Opposition to Freemasonry
Anti-Masonry (alternatively called anti-Freemasonry) is "avowed opposition to Freemasonry",[1] 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).[2] However, 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.[2]
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary (1979 ed.), p. 369.
- ^ a b Ferrer Benimeli, José A. (2014). "Freemasonry and Religion". In Bogdan, Henrik; Snoek, Jan A. M. (eds.). Handbook of Freemasonry. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion. Vol. 8. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. pp. 139–144. doi:10.1163/9789004273122_010. ISBN 978-9004273122. ISSN 1874-6691. LCCN 2014009769. S2CID 159127723.