Qui Pluribus

Qui Pluribus - (On Faith And Religion) was a Papal Encyclical promulgated by Pius IX.Qui Pluribus It attacked the belief that reason should be put above faith. 
It singled out the free gift of anti-Catholic Bibles. Its coupling of political liberalism and religious indifferentism is seen as a condemnation of the Italian Carbonari in particular and Freemasonry in general."While not mentioning Masonry directly, it criticizes those it does not identify for those same faults that the previous papal pronouncements imputed to Freemasonry, and is regarded as an anti-Masonic pronouncement by some Catholic sources." ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH LAW REGARDING FREEMASONRY by REID McINVALE, Texas Lodge of Research
==Legacy==
===Distribution of Bibles===
The Roman Catholic Church no longer forbids the distribution of Bibles and actually collaborates with biblical societies since the time of the Council's declaration Dei Verbum.
===Religious pluralism===
Qui Pluribus' opposition to religious pluralism was considerably softened by the constitutions of the Second Vatican Council. In particular, Gaudium et Spes approves of the pluralistic culture of modernity, while Dignitatis Humanae supports Church-State separation and human rights. 
===Opposition to Freemasonry===
Papal denunciations of Freemasonry are officially still in force.
== See also ==
* Papal Documents relating to Freemasonry
* Anti-Masonry
* Christianity and Freemasonry
* Catholicism and Freemasonry
* Clarification concerning status of Catholics becoming Freemasons
==References==
Category:Works by Pope Pius IX
Category:Carbonari
Category:Catholicism and Freemasonry
Category:Papal encyclicals
Category:Religion and politics
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