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Re:A medieval Gothic monastery built using CAD / CAM by gjsman-1000 on Saturday December 02, 2023 @12:41AM (#38496224)
No, the Stonecutters was a parody of the Freemasons. Ironically, there has never been anything the Catholic Church has published more formal statements denouncing, than Freemasonry. Not even the big ones like Abortion have as many.

So much so, Francis released a formal response to a dubia (formal questioning) reaffirming that Catholics cannot be Freemasons just last week - even though the Freemasons represent a silly social club now, compared to what they used to be.

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Re:A medieval Gothic monastery built using CAD / CAM by lo_zamoyski on Saturday December 02, 2023 @06:21AM (#38497808)
The Freemasons today may be obsolete as a revolutionary political force (note Philippe Egalite’s comparison of Freemasonry to a candle and revolution to the sun), but the primary reason Catholics cannot be Freemasons is theological. Freemasonry, despite what its members might claim, makes definite theological assertions that are incompatible with Christianity, and specifically, Catholicism.

[0] https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/what-are-the-masons...

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