Catholic Word of the Day: FREEMASONRY, 06-25-14

CCDictionary ^ | 06-25-14 | Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary,

[piusv]

Clearly.

[Mogger]

I doubt there were any Masons back in King Solomon’s day either. LOL!

Why do you doubt it?

Masons designed and built the temple.

[Mogger]

Why are you trying to change the subject by mentioning alleged abuse?

"Alleged" abuse?????

Catholic priests have been convicted in court case after court case in the last decade.

The Catholic church has coughed up MILLIONS in restitution to victims.

[Salvation]

Not Masons with a capital 'M'

but masons with a small 'm'

Fear not; be not dismayed. With great pains I have provided for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone too I have provided. To these you must add. You have an abundance of workmen: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skilled in working gold, silver, bronze, and iron From a templemount website.

[Salvation]

Alleged because over half of them have been proved innocent. For example, in my area, the jury convened after the hearing and the foreman stated (according to attorneys who talked with other jurors.) “Well, he’s a Catholic priest, not let’s prove that he’s guilty.”

Trouble was this priest was also employed by the state to work at the boys reform school and had state dates to back him up. He wasn’t even at the school when the alleged misdeeds took place.

[sitetest]

Dear SpirituTuo,

Actually, although many American Masons are nice enough, I can think of at least two times in US history that American Masons have acted with grave hostility toward Catholics and the Catholic Church.

In the last part of the 19th century, in the upper northwest, Masons, along with other nefarious groups, tried to close down Catholic parochial schools by making all private schools illegal, and forcing all school-aged children to attend public schools.

This was overthrown by the Supreme Court, but it survives in the Blaine Amendments of various states that forbid the expenditure of public funds to help provide for the educational needs of any child going to a Catholic school, named after James G. Blaine, Republican presidential candidate in 1884 (”Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine! The continental liar from the state of Maine!” - I still remember SOMETHING from high school US history).

As well, Masons gave rise to the anti-Catholic government of Mexico in the early part of the 20th century that ultimately murdered many Catholic priests, many thousands of Catholic laity, and forbid the open practice of Catholicism in Mexico, outside of church buildings, including Catholic education and catechesis.

sitetest

[Salvation]

Dear sitetest,
Thanks so much for the history lesson.

[familyop]

But how will Italy build up its military forces enough to carry out another inquisition? Join up even more closely (if that’s possible) with Iran, Russia, Syria and Lebanon, perhaps?

[familyop]

I’ll remind you that this is the U.S.A., by the way.

[SpirituTuo]

Thank you for the information!

I have only recently spent time learning about the Mexican martyrs, especially Bl. Miguel Pro. What a very sad time in the history of such a Catholic country.

[fishtank]

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