anti-Masonry
Sign in to saveAnti-Masonry (alternatively called anti-Freemasonry) is "avowed opposition to Freemasonry", which has led to multiple forms of religious discrimination, violent persecution, and suppression in some countries as well as in various organized religions (primarily Abrahamic religions). That said, there is no homogeneous anti-Masonic movement. Anti-Masonry consists of radically differing criticisms from frequently incompatible political institutions and organized religions that oppose each other, and are hostile to Freemasonry in some form.
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- Early anti-Masonic documents
- Political anti-Masonry
- United States
- Asia
- Europe
- Finland
- Soviet Union
- Fascist Italy
- Hungary
- Nazi Germany and occupied Europe
- Francoist Spain
- United Kingdom
- Religious anti-Masonry
- Muslim anti-Masonry
- Christian anti-Masonry
- Conspiracy theories
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
- Critical of Freemasonry
- Supportive of Freemasonry
Anti-Masonry (alternatively called anti-Freemasonry) is "avowed opposition to Freemasonry", which has led to multiple forms of religious discrimination, violent persecution, and suppression in some countries as well as in various organized religions (primarily Abrahamic religions). That said, there is no homogeneous anti-Masonic movement. Anti-Masonry consists of radically differing criticisms from frequently incompatible political institutions and organized religions that oppose each other, and are hostile to Freemasonry in some form.
==Early anti-Masonic documents== The earliest known anti-Masonic document was a leaflet which was printed in 1698 by a Presbyterian minister who was named Winter. It reads: