Inimica vis
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Inimica vis (On Freemasonry) was a Papal Encyclical addressed to the bishops of Italy.[1]
It remarked on the multiple condemnations of Freemasonry over the preceding century and a half and concentrated on the local difficulties of the Italian church. It was promulgated by Leo XIII in 1892.
It complained that some members of the Catholic clergy were co-operating with the Masonic and anticlerical government of Italy.[2] It was seen as the start of Papal "bargaining" with the forces symbolised by Freemasonry.[3]
References
- ^ Inimica vis, text of the encyclical
- ^ ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH LAW REGARDING FREEMASONRY, by Reid McInvale
- ^ The Miter and The Trowel by William G. Madison]
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