"Catholic" Cardinal and Masonic Lodge Master (at least honorary)
We have been warned that the Freemasonic sect would infiltrate the Church. You cannot be both a Freemason and a Christian at the same time. This Cardinal is yet another wolf.
Cardinal Ravasi's Letter
Just weeks after Cardinal Ravasi,
President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, addressed his letter
to the Lodges, these have shown themselves to be pleased by the
recognition shown them by the prominent ecclesiastical figure, and at
the highest levels.
For the beaproned brothers, "the Cardinal's words are a recognition of our noble goals," so says the Grand Lodge.
"Freemasonry
is incompatible with Christianity, even if Cardinal Ravasi calls
himself 'honorable Brother Gianfranco,' in order to build a bridge to
the Lodge," writes news site InfoVaticana.
Ravasi's letter which was originally published on14. February in the business newspaper Il Sole 24, was an appeal to overcome the centuries of confrontation between the Church and the Lodge.
The
letter did not call into question the numerous condemnations by the
Church, not even the statements of incompatibility by the Magisterium
and the ban on Lodge membership in the Codex of Canom Law, explicitly in
1917, implicitly in the 1983. Cardinal Ravasi wrote however :
"These various declarations of incompatibility between the two affiliations of the Church and the Lodge do not impede dialogue."
At
the same time he mentioned the dialogue of the German bishops with the
Lodges in the 1970s. Because, so says the Cardinal, there are
commonalities, "like the dimension of community, good will, the battle
against materialism, the worth of the human person and learning about
one another."
Cardinal
Ravasi did not mention that a Catholic who is the member of a Lodge is
in serious sin. And automatically excluded from the Sacraments.
The answer of the Grand Lodge in Spain
The Grand Lodge of Spain is
one of the most influential Masonic associations in the Iberian
peninsula answered the "honorable Brother Gianfranco." This is the
manner that the aproned brothers address each other, as soon as they
have stood initiation. The Cardinal's letter ships "great courage," said the Grand Lodge.
The
honorary mention went so far as to actually recognize Cardinal Ravasi
as "Master" and imply that he is an initiate. The "Master" is a Lodge
Brother who has presided directly over a Lodge, and directs their
work. In the last passage of the Grand Lodge's letter it reads:
"The Cardinalhas extended his brotherly hand in which he called us brothers. It's a relationship in which anyone can participate, when they enter our Order. The dear brother initiate strives for virtue as in every mystery school, of which the Master embraces. The mystery schools seek the self-transformation of each one who strives for the higher. If the initiate is accepted and elected as a master, to lead the work of the Lodge, to which he is called by all, he ceases to be addressed as dear brother. His new treatment, as honorable brother, means re same for the Church as it does for the Freemasonry: he is someone of wise and flawless good. That is the freemasonic ideal. Honorable brother Gianfranco, thank you for the courageous gesture, which has opened a space for brotherly harmony. Like all of the worthy, you call into labor."
Related:
http://tradcatknight.blogspot.com/2017/02/cardinal-ravasi-dear-brother-masons.html
