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2 unusual facts about Declaration on Masonic Associations


Declaration on Masonic Associations

When canon law was codified into the 1917 Code of Canon Law, these existing prohibitions were preserved in the code, especially in Can 2335.

Joseph Ratzinger as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

In 1983, he issued the Declaration on Masonic Associations which drew on Clarification concerning status of Catholics becoming Freemasons (itself issued by the Congregation 9 months before his becoming its prefect).



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