It is evident that freemasonry has acquired some Christian even liturgical models. We must not forget, in fact, that in the seventeenth century, many… - Gianfranco Ravasi
" "It is evident that freemasonry has acquired some Christian even liturgical models. We must not forget, in fact, that in the seventeenth century, many English lodges recruited some members and masters among the Anglican clergy, so much so that one of the first and fundamental masonic “constitution” was compiled by the Presbyterian pastor James Anderson, who died in 1739. It stated, among other, that an adept “will not be a stupid atheist nor an unreligious libertine”, also if the proposed credo, in the end, was the most undefined, “the one of a religion all men agree with”.
About Gianfranco Ravasi
(born 18 October 1942) is an Italian of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since 2010, he has been President of the since 2007. He headed Milan's Ambrosian Library from 1989 to 2007.
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