Inimica vis

Inimica vis (On Freemasonry) was a Papal Encyclical addressed to the bishops of Italy.Inimica vis, text of the encyclical
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 is still quoted in current Catholic criticisms of Freemasonry. Bearing “False” Witness Continues, Mark Alessio, The Remnant
It is viewed as reproving the Italian bishops for an apathetic response to Freemasonryp. 48, That They Be One: The Social Teaching of the Papal Encyclicals, by Michael Joseph Schuck, 1991, Georgetown University Press and it complained that some members of the Catholic clergy were co-operating with the Masonic and anticlerical government of Italy.ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH LAW REGARDING FREEMASONRY, by Reid McInvale It was seen as the start of Papal "bargaining" with the forces symbolised by Freemasonry,The Miter and The Trowel by William G. Madison] although it has also been noted that Freemasonry was denounced as a "vile sect".page 144, World Christianities, C. 1815-1914, y Sheridan Gilley, Brian Stanley, Cambridge University Press
On the same date as Inimica vis was promulgated, (18 December 1892), Pope Leo XIII wrote Custodi di quella fede, an encyclical epistle addressed to the Italian people, attacking Freemasonry.
== See also ==
* Papal Documents relating to Freemasonry
* Anti-Masonry
* Christianity and Freemasonry
* Catholicism and Freemasonry
* Clarification concerning status of Catholics becoming Freemasons
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