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https://www.chick.com/battle-cry/article?id=The-Masonic-Lodge-and-Presbyterianism
This above link is from Jack Chick, but is reliable:
"The 1984 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland appointed a committee to make a study of the practices and teachings of Freemasonry and its compatibility with Presbyterian standards. Their findings were printed in a booklet entitled The Lodge and Presbyterianism published by the Presbyterian church of Qld., 147 Ann Street, Brisbane, Qld. 4000.
Their conclusions were:
- Freemasonry is a religion.
- Its meetings include acts of worship.
- It acknowledges all major religions as being acceptable.
- It teaches salvation by works which is contrary to the Christian gospel.
- It forbids religious discussions in the lodge thus denying a Christian the right to witness for Christ.
- Its prayers are unacceptable to New Testament Christianity in that Christ cannot be addressed in them.
- It transgresses the first three commandments.
- It requires its candidates for initiation to swear solemn oaths without prior knowledge of the nature and extent of all that the oaths involve.
The final conclusion was that Freemasonry is at variance with the Christian gospel."
But then there is this: https://www.wilmingtonfavs.com/worl...ominent-roles-in-the-presbyterian-church.html
Among Southern Baptists, there have been lots of Freemasons in the church.
BUT, the North American Mission Board did put out this summary: https://www.namb.net/apologetics-blog/freemasonry-overview/
I was a freemason, but resigned after I was saved. And they didn't even invite me into the Illuminati or nothing.
If we lived 100 years ago would Freemasonry be an issue?
1955 - that gets you almost 2/3 of the way to your '100 years ago
Don’t they basically run this place.... not Puritanboard. But most other places, with God’s allowance of course
I know that the SBC did a position report on the Masons, and concluded that from the scriptures that no Baptist should be found part of their group.How have Presbyterian and Reformed Churches in the past dealt with the issue of Freemasonry?
Yours in the Lord,
jm
Do they not hold to the basic tenets of free masonry then still?There is a difference between Prince Hall Masons and mainstream white Masons.
There is a difference between Prince Hall Masons and mainstream white Masons.
The CRC appears to have condemned it in 1857.
Well, yes, anyone who isn't blind could see that.
Do they not hold to the basic tenets of free masonry then still?
Research Freemasonry and the Apollo Program and Nasa.
This should show that Freemasonry still held a great deal of sway until the latter decades of the 20th-Century. Masonic symbols made it on the first moon mission.
Neil Armstrong was a mason and brought a flag on his mission. Not just the American flag but masonic symbols were left on the moon's surface.
I haven't heard this before. Do you have a source?
Research Freemasonry and the Apollo Program and Nasa.
This should show that Freemasonry still held a great deal of sway until the latter decades of the 20th-Century. Masonic symbols made it on the first moon mission.
Neil Armstrong was a mason and brought a flag on his mission. Not just the American flag but masonic symbols were left on the moon's surface.