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Hundreds of conspiracy theories about Freemasonry have been described since the late 18th century. [1] Usually, these theories fall into three distinct categories: political (usually involving allegations of control of government, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom), religious (usually involving allegations of anti-Christian or Satanic beliefs or practices), and cultural ...
Anti-Masonry (alternatively called anti-Freemasonry) is "avowed opposition to Freemasonry", [1] which has led to multiple forms of religious discrimination, violent persecution, and suppression in some countries as well as in various organized religions (primarily Abrahamic religions). [2] However, there is no homogeneous anti-Masonic movement.
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The Masonic author Mackey called Freemasonry "a science which is engaged in the search after the divine truth". [31] Anderson's The Constitutions of the Free-Masons, 1723, likens the guidance of moral truth to a religion in which all men agree and said that the specifics of Mason's religious faith are their own opinions to leave to themselves. [32]
Freemasonry was an important catalyst in the founding of the Knights of Columbus and the Knights of Peter Claver in the United States [131] and the Knights of the Southern Cross in Australia, because one of the attractions of Freemasonry was that it provided a number of social services unavailable to non-members (e.g., devout Catholics).
SSPX's The Angelus is known to sell antisemitic publications in their bookstores such as "Liberalism Is a Sin" by Fr. Félix Sardà y Salvany, "The Jews" by Hilaire Beloc, "Freemasonry unmasked" by Monsignor George Dillon, "The Mystery of Freemasonry Unveiled", "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion", and "The Kingship of Christ and Organized ...
The Judeo-Masonic conspiracy is an antisemitic and anti-Masonic conspiracy theory [2] involving an alleged secret coalition of Jews and Freemasons. These theories are popular on the far-right, particularly in France, [3] Turkey, [4] [5] Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Russia, Serbia, Eastern Europe, and Japan, with similar allegations still ...
In 1848, Henry L. Valance allegedly confessed on his deathbed to taking part in Morgan's murder, a purported event recounted in chapter two of Reverend C. G. Finney's anti-Masonic book The Character, Claims, and Practical Workings of Freemasonry (1869). [34] In October 1827, a badly decomposed body washed up on the shores of Lake Ontario. Many ...