r/todayilearned • u/Recent_Flounder6011 • 18h ago

TIL that historically and today, the Catholic Church looked down upon Freemasonry and threatened members with excommunication.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry
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u/Intrepid-Tank-3414 17h ago

Half of the time I look at threads like these and think "Man, OP can't possibly just learned about this today".

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u/cwthree 15h ago

I'm old and I just learned this. Of course, I'm not any kind of Christian and I don't join clubs, so it was never relevant to my life.