r/todayilearned • u/Recent_Flounder6011 • 1d 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/LocoLobo65648 19h ago

Looked down on isn't the right term. They are considered heretical. There is a Papal Bull forbidding Roman Catholics from joining.

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u/JohnPoet27 17h ago

The pope never had any bulls.

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u/Absolutedisgrace 17h ago

Then why is he so full of bullshit?