“Not Catholicism nor other mainstream Protestant.”
Except for Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Anglicans/Episcopalians, Quakers, many of the Orthodox, and most Bible-Churches.
Indeed, many an Archbiship of Caternbury was a Sir Knight Templar — back when the Anglicans were hard-asses.
The only reason the Roman Catholic Church has an issue anymore is a historical accident largely related to the Protestant break up — the Knights of Columbus take the same oath as the Knghts Templar -— except the Templars swear to protect all Christiandom, while the KOC concentrate their efforts on the RCC.
The only reason the Roman Catholic Church has an issue anymore is a historical accident..
History is certainly involved, but there are also a great many theological objections. Both are looked at in the study I linked to earlier.
Except for Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Anglicans/Episcopalians, Quakers, many of the Orthodox, and most Bible-Churches.
I've posted Catholic views on Freemasonry, this includes Eastern Orthodox who have their own proscriptions. I also posted the Anglican study and conclusions. There is also a Lutheran one which I'll find if you wish.
As to Baptist, which I think would be considered a "Bible-Church", I'll note that in 1993, the Southern Baptist Convention overwhelmingly approved a report on Freemasonry. I'll post a link to a article on this report below. It says in part:
This action recognized the many charitable endeavors of Freemasonry. It also acknowledged that "many outstanding Christians and Southern Baptists now are, and in the past have been Masons." For the first time in the history of the SBC, however, the Convention concluded, "many tenets and teachings of Freemasonry are not compatible with Christianity or Southern Baptist doctrine." The report accepted by the Convention identified eight tenets and teachings of Freemasonry that it concluded were not compatible with Christianity."The tenets teachings and objections are then described. The fill article is here: Freemasonry