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Masonic architecture in Catholic Churches – Ecclesiastical Freemasonry
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data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/11/03/masonic-symbolism-in-liturgical-design/liturgical-design/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/liturgical-design.png" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Liturgical design" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/liturgical-design.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/liturgical-design.png?w=760" /></a> </span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/11/03/masonic-symbolism-in-liturgical-design/" rel="bookmark">Masonic Symbolism in Liturgical Design</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><span>Published on <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/11/03/masonic-symbolism-in-liturgical-design/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-03T14:18:58+11:00">November 3, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-07T09:28:17+11:00">November 7, 2024</time></a></span></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/author/anonymouscath/">anonymouscath</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/11/03/masonic-symbolism-in-liturgical-design/#comments">1 Comment</a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull is-content-justification-center" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:calc( 0.5 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)));padding-right:var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal));padding-bottom:calc( 0.5 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)));padding-left:var(--wp--style--root--padding-left, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal))"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <div style="height:7px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>“Masonry, like all the Religions, all the Mysteries, Hermeticism, and Alchemy, conceals its secrets from all except the Adepts and Sages, or the Elect, and uses false explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols to mislead those who deserve only to be misled, to conceal the Truth, which it calls Light, from them, and to draw them away from it.”</p> <p>Albert Pike, former Sovereign Grand Commander</p> </blockquote> <p></p> <p>The Masonic infiltration which has penetrated very deeply into the heart of the Church is often reflected in the layout of modern churches. The designs which reveal Masonic influence track closely with the liturgical changes that took place after the Council, and which were first exposed by Cardinals Ottaviani and Bacci in their historic <em>Intervention</em>. Their letter to Pope Paul VI, and its attached document compiled by a group of theologians, became known as the <em>Ottaviani Intervention.</em>That document lists the main problems detected in Pope Paul’s New Order of the Mass:</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>definition of the Mass (supper, memorial, assembly instead of Sacrifice)</li> <li>purpose of the Mass (community/fraternal charity instead of Sacrifice and worship)</li> <li>essence of the Mass (thanksgiving – actually a fruit instead of the Mystery of Calvary continued)</li> </ul> <p>With regard to liturgical design, these changes were achieved by</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>reducing the main altar to a table</li> <li>eliminating the sanctuary and placing the altar in the midst of the people</li> <li>omitting specifically Catholic elements</li> <li>inverting the roles of priest and laity </li> <li>eliminating hierarchical structure</li> <li>implicitly denying the Real Presence</li> <li>having the priest face the people to support the idea of narrative rather than sacrifice</li> <li>providing limitless options to undermine unity</li> <li>using ambiguous designs and art </li> <li>focussing on ‘paschalism’ to the exclusion of other communications of grace</li> <li>promoting “archaeologism”, condemned by Pope Pius XII, to suggest that the Church has somehow lost Her way in more recent times.</li> </ul> <p>It is easy to see how these novel elements in design are closely aligned with Masonic principles of liberty, equality and fraternity.</p> <p>Traditionally, the design of a church symbolises the exclusive and hierarchical nature of Catholicism. The Sacrifice of the Mass takes place in a dedicated area, the Sanctuary, which is only entered by males. Only an ordained priest may offer the Mass, and steps surrounding the altar denote his ascent on behalf of the people towards the Triune God.</p> <p>By contrast, the egalitarianism of Masonry sees the altar moved to the midst of the people, with the priest mingling among them. Steps no longer appear, and on some churches, the altar is even placed at a lower level than the congregation.</p> <p>Specifically Catholic elements such as statuary, side altars, traditional motifs in stained glass windows, artwork and textiles point to a Church which believes Herself to be the One True Faith. These must be jettisoned in favour of the more universal “spiritualism” found in Masonry.</p> <p>In line with the Masonic need for secrecy and misdirection, ambiguous patterns and symbols create confusion, replacing clear catechesis with mystical suggestions. In accordance with the Masonic principle of liberty, these creative details invite the designer or congregation to express their individuality, rather than being subservient to traditional themes and motifs.</p> <p>The principle of fraternity is expressed when a church’s design emphasises a merely human charity – an assembly of people gathered to pray for the poor or to build up the their community. Any reference to the Mass as a Sacrifice, or focus on the Real Presence of the Lord in the tabernacle is eliminated. Similarly, artwork reminding parishioners of their eternal destination is replaced by representations of the corporal works of mercy.</p> <p>Some specific examples of these principles are found in the churches shown below.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Saints Peter and Paul, in Bulimba, Brisbane. [Queensland, Australia.] </h3> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="6691" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/?attachment_id=6691" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pp3-1.jpeg" data-orig-size="450,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="P&amp;P3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pp3-1.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pp3-1.jpeg?w=450" width="450" height="300" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pp3-1.jpeg?w=450" alt="" class="wp-image-6691" style="width:647px;height:auto" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pp3-1.jpeg 450w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pp3-1.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pp3-1.jpeg?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Saints Peter and Paul, in Bulimba, Queensland, Australia</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull is-content-justification-center" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:calc( 0.5 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)));padding-right:var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal));padding-bottom:calc( 0.5 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)));padding-left:var(--wp--style--root--padding-left, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal))"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <p></p> <div class="wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><img data-attachment-id="6695" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/?attachment_id=6695" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pp2-1.jpeg" data-orig-size="250,375" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="P&amp;P2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pp2-1.jpeg?w=200" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pp2-1.jpeg?w=250" width="250" height="375" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pp2-1.jpeg?w=250" alt="" class="wp-image-6695 size-full" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pp2-1.jpeg 250w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pp2-1.jpeg?w=100 100w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <p>As explained in <a href="http://www.bulimbacatholic.com/our-church.html">notes</a> about the church’s interior found on the parish website, this layout represents the theology wherein the assembly, that is the congregation, is the celebrant of the liturgy. Thus the priest loses his preeminent place and merges with the people. This was one of the concerns raised in <em>The Ottaviani Intervention </em>and represents the Masonic principle of egalitarianism. </p> <p>Focus on the priest , as a man, actually increases in this layout and the people are forced to stare at each other. </p> </div></div> <p>According to the <a href="http://www.bulimbacatholic.com/our-church.html">notes,</a> both the altar and the ambo are cubes, each carved from a single block of marble and decorated with arches. Notably, the <em>Le Guide du Paris Maçonnique</em>, explains that the perfect cube, the cut stone and the arches are all “inherently Masonic.” [As related in <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Unholy-Craft-Freemasonry-Roots-Christophobia-ebook/dp/B01N4L85K1">Unholy Craft: Freemasonry and the Roots of Christophobia</a></em>.]</p> <p>As an aside, the priest in question held, as a fundraiser for the Church’s renovations, a Black and White Ball. It is a small point but interesting in the context of this discussion.</p> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Another example of a cube-shaped altar can be found in <a href="https://gloria.tv/post/UcizeSAV3G212mPpdpggGWrwH">this</a> German church. Made of red marble, the altar was consecrated by Auxiliary Bishop of Munich, Rupert Graf zu Stolberg, at the St. Michael Church in Niederaudorf.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="8001" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/11/03/masonic-symbolism-in-liturgical-design/rnoblxwiza7d9csvoi0uwvltnq8snx2homu3bvv/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/rnoblxwiza7d9csvoi0uwvltnq8snx2homu3bvv.webp" data-orig-size="1080,1080" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="rnoblxwiza7d9csvoi0uwvltnq8snx2homu3bvv" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/rnoblxwiza7d9csvoi0uwvltnq8snx2homu3bvv.webp?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/rnoblxwiza7d9csvoi0uwvltnq8snx2homu3bvv.webp?w=760" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="1024" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/rnoblxwiza7d9csvoi0uwvltnq8snx2homu3bvv.webp?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-8001" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/rnoblxwiza7d9csvoi0uwvltnq8snx2homu3bvv.webp?w=1024 1024w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/rnoblxwiza7d9csvoi0uwvltnq8snx2homu3bvv.webp?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/rnoblxwiza7d9csvoi0uwvltnq8snx2homu3bvv.webp?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/rnoblxwiza7d9csvoi0uwvltnq8snx2homu3bvv.webp?w=768 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/rnoblxwiza7d9csvoi0uwvltnq8snx2homu3bvv.webp 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> </div> </div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">St. Patrick’s at Parramatta, Sydney. [New South Wales, Australia.]</h3> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="6665" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/?attachment_id=6665" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.34-pm.png" data-orig-size="1021,560" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screen Shot 2024-07-16 at 1.27.34 pm" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.34-pm.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.34-pm.png?w=760" loading="lazy" width="1021" height="560" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.34-pm.png?w=1021" alt="" class="wp-image-6665" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.34-pm.png 1021w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.34-pm.png?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.34-pm.png?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.34-pm.png?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta, Australia</figcaption></figure></div></div></div> <p></p> <p>This rather sparsely-decorated cathedral has been described by visitors as a ‘barn’ or a ‘basketball court’. The shift from Catholic, theocentric liturgical design to a Masonic, anthropocentric one is very clear here: there is no tabernacle in the main body of the church, and the lectern faces over the altar to the crucifix on the back wall. What looks like a floating storm cloud, <a href="https://architectureau.com/articles/designing-australias-sacred-spaces/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">is said</a> by the designer to embody “a sublime narrative of spiritual life.” </p> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="6667" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/?attachment_id=6667" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.58-pm.png" data-orig-size="1010,641" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screen Shot 2024-07-16 at 1.27.58 pm" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.58-pm.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.58-pm.png?w=760" loading="lazy" width="1010" height="641" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.58-pm.png?w=1010" alt="" class="wp-image-6667" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.58-pm.png 1010w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.58-pm.png?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.58-pm.png?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.58-pm.png?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px" /></figure> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="6669" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/?attachment_id=6669" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.29.57-pm.png" data-orig-size="1009,657" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screen Shot 2024-07-16 at 1.29.57 pm" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.29.57-pm.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.29.57-pm.png?w=760" loading="lazy" width="1009" height="657" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.29.57-pm.png?w=1009" alt="" class="wp-image-6669" style="width:379px;height:auto" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.29.57-pm.png 1009w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.29.57-pm.png?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.29.57-pm.png?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.29.57-pm.png?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px" /></figure> </div> </div> <p>The altar is a very egalitarian square. While not ugly, the fish and decoration shown at the entrance to the Adoration chapel, are ambiguous: they in no way point to the reality of the Real Presence only a few feet away.</p> <p>The ‘presider’s chair’ is brutalist and situated near a rather grotesque crucifix. Notably, the arms of the cross are incomplete. </p> <p>The tabernacle, like its decorations, is quite ambiguous: it is difficult to discern what we are looking at. The arms on the cross surrounding the Sacred Host are of the same length – a common occult representation of a cross which is commonly found in Rosicrucianism.</p> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="6662" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/?attachment_id=6662" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.04-pm.png" data-orig-size="482,552" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screen Shot 2024-07-16 at 1.27.04 pm" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.04-pm.png?w=262" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.04-pm.png?w=482" loading="lazy" width="482" height="552" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.04-pm.png?w=482" alt="" class="wp-image-6662" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.04-pm.png 482w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.04-pm.png?w=131 131w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.27.04-pm.png?w=262 262w" sizes="(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px" /></figure></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="6663" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/?attachment_id=6663" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.26.06-pm.png" data-orig-size="479,719" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Screen Shot 2024-07-16 at 1.26.06 pm" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.26.06-pm.png?w=200" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.26.06-pm.png?w=479" loading="lazy" width="479" height="719" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.26.06-pm.png?w=479" alt="" class="wp-image-6663" style="width:296px;height:auto" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.26.06-pm.png 479w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.26.06-pm.png?w=100 100w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screen-shot-2024-07-16-at-1.26.06-pm.png?w=200 200w" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px" /></figure></div></div> </div> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull is-content-justification-center" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:calc( 0.5 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)));padding-right:var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal));padding-bottom:calc( 0.5 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)));padding-left:var(--wp--style--root--padding-left, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal))"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Banyo Seminary Chapel, Brisbane. [Queensland, Australia.]</h3> <p></p> </div></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="6680" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/?attachment_id=6680" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/banyo-seminary-chapel1.jpeg" data-orig-size="960,640" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Banyo-Seminary-Chapel1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/banyo-seminary-chapel1.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/banyo-seminary-chapel1.jpeg?w=760" loading="lazy" width="960" height="640" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/banyo-seminary-chapel1.jpeg?w=960" alt="" class="wp-image-6680" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/banyo-seminary-chapel1.jpeg 960w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/banyo-seminary-chapel1.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/banyo-seminary-chapel1.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/banyo-seminary-chapel1.jpeg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Banyo Seminary, Queensland, Australia</figcaption></figure></div> <div class="wp-block-group alignfull is-content-justification-center" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:calc( 0.5 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)));padding-right:var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal));padding-bottom:calc( 0.5 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)));padding-left:var(--wp--style--root--padding-left, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal))"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <p></p> <p>Another example is this chapel in a dioscesan seminary in Australia. Again we see the altar and ambo have been brought into the midst of the congregants. No sanctuary, as such, exists. Congregants are left with little choice but to look at each other, instead of being able to gaze unimpeded at the Holy Sacrifice unfolding before them.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="6673" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/?attachment_id=6673" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lodge.png" data-orig-size="550,345" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Lodge" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lodge.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lodge.png?w=550" loading="lazy" width="550" height="345" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lodge.png?w=550" alt="" class="wp-image-6673" style="width:713px;height:auto" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lodge.png 550w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lodge.png?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lodge.png?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A typical Masonic lodge layout</figcaption></figure></div> <p>If we compare the three new churches above to the typical layout of a Masonic temple, we are at once struck by some obvious similarities. In the lodge, chairs are arranged in rows with the people facing each other. A table, known as the Table of the Book, is situated between the rows of chairs. In this layout, the focus is on man, which is a fundamental problem in new church designs as well.</p> <p>Where once the focus of the Mass was clearly on God – as the faithful, along with the priest, faced the high altar with tabernacle and a prominent crucifix – these modern designs place the emphasis firmly on man. This novelty takes on a more sinister aspect with the introduction of occult-inspired details, such as the cube-shaped altar. In that case, what could be put down to mere ideological influence is clearly exposed as an attempt to <em>replac</em>e the object of worship: Christ for Antichrist.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <div style="height:7px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </div></div> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Categories <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/category/masonic-architecture-in-catholic-churches/" rel="category tag">Masonic architecture in Catholic Churches</a></span><span class="sep">•</span><span class="tags-links">Tags <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/albert-pike/" rel="tag">Albert Pike</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/banyo-seminary/" rel="tag">Banyo Seminary</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/freemasonry/" rel="tag">Freemasonry</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/liturgical-design/" rel="tag">Liturgical design</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/st-patricks-parramatta/" rel="tag">St Patrick's Parramatta</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/sts-peter-paul-bulimba/" rel="tag">Sts Peter & Paul Bulimba</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/vatican-ii/" rel="tag">Vatican II</a></span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <article id="post-7009" class="post-7009 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-masonic-architecture-in-catholic-churches tag-aleister-crowley tag-archdiocese-of-brisbane tag-culture tag-featured tag-occult tag-oto"> <div class="featured-image"> <span> <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/08/05/when-a-shrine-to-lucifer-appeared-in-a-brisbane-cathedral/"><img width="940" height="627" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/st.-stephens.png?w=940" class="attachment-toujours-featured size-toujours-featured wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/st.-stephens.png?w=940 940w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/st.-stephens.png?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/st.-stephens.png?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/st.-stephens.png?w=768 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/st.-stephens.png?w=1024 1024w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/st.-stephens.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" data-attachment-id="7017" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/08/05/when-a-shrine-to-lucifer-appeared-in-a-brisbane-cathedral/st-stephens/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/st.-stephens.png" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="St. Stephen’s" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/st.-stephens.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/st.-stephens.png?w=760" /></a> </span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/08/05/when-a-shrine-to-lucifer-appeared-in-a-brisbane-cathedral/" rel="bookmark">When a Shrine to Lucifer appeared in a Brisbane Cathedral</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><span>Published on <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/08/05/when-a-shrine-to-lucifer-appeared-in-a-brisbane-cathedral/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-08-05T11:30:06+10:00">August 5, 2024</time></a></span></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/author/anonymouscath/">anonymouscath</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2024/08/05/when-a-shrine-to-lucifer-appeared-in-a-brisbane-cathedral/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Although some us have only recently come to see the influence of the occult underlying the Church’s most serious problems, there are others who saw the dangers years ago and tried to alert fellow Catholics to the danger. One of those faithful pioneers was <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/07/20/occult-symbols-in-the-jubilee-2025-logo/">Tim Pemble-Smith</a>. Through his publication, <em>News From the Pews</em>, he and his colleagues set out to expose Freemasonry and other occult forces with the Archdiocese of Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia. </p> <p>The following is from Issue 24 of <em>News from the Pews</em>, dated 28 April, 2000. It explains the occult meanings behind an art installation which was once placed inside a chapel at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Brisbane. At the time, the chapel was dedicated to “The Human Search for God”, but has since been redesigned and dedicated to St. Mary McKillop. </p> <p>After much public outcry, and largely due to pressure from Mr. Pemble-Smith and his colleagues, the installation was removed. Strangely, no records of this artwork exist online, neither from the indigenous artist, Fiona Foley nor the Cathedral. For copyright reasons, this article contains no photographs from the shrine. </p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Article begins:</h4> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">‘Devil’ Shrine in St. Stephen’s</h2> <p>Over the past two years, this newsletter has exposed many hidden demonic messages contained in T<em>he Human Search for God</em> shrine in St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Yet, the shrine has not been closed down and requests for an enquiry have been ignored….The Church admits that the shrine contains “systems of meaning”, but neither the artist nor the Church has explained those meanings. In this issue, we re-examine the artwork and see how it corresponds with the writings of the ‘devil-worshipper’ Aleister Crowley.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Influence of Crowley</h3> <p>Although he died in 1947, Aleister Crowley was the most influential occultist of the twentieth century. He was a self-proclaimed devil worshipper and sex and drug fiend. His book, <em>777 and Other Qabalist Writings of Aleister Crowley</em>, sets out a system of elaborate codes to disguise the meanings of references to the occult. For example, the use of numbers is prevalent in much the same way as a codebook shows the disguised meaning of a message. Crowley created his own cult to worship the devil and wrote books setting out the way to practice his religion. Today there are many believers who follow his methods.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Artwork in Shrine</h3> <p>To a person unfamiliar with Crowley’s methods, the artwork presents a series of abstract images. There are seven panels of artwork in all, with four, square, central panels. The panels are all dark. You see a blood moon, a dog, a black luminous disc, and dark blue moon, leaves, pipi shells, fish etc. Certain images are repeated. Perhaps the first thing you notice is panel 1.</p> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img data-attachment-id="7023" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/1-14/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1-edited.png" data-orig-size="1080,810" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1-edited.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1-edited.png?w=760" loading="lazy" width="760" height="570" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1-edited.png?w=760" alt="" class="wp-image-7023" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1-edited.png?w=760 760w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1-edited.png?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1-edited.png?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1-edited.png?w=768 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1-edited.png?w=1024 1024w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1-edited.png 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px" /></figure></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <p></p> <p>The dog in panel 1 stands out. Crowley used the dog as a reference to the Christian God. In Crowley’s system, “dog” is simply “God” spelled backwards. Crowley revelled in the use of wordplay, ie, a play on words. It should be noted that in the Courier-Mail (newspaper) article, Ms Foley is reported to have admitted to using reverse spelling in her art.</p> </div> </div> <p>A Crowley follower who is familiar with Ms Foley’s other art, will recognise the dog in Panel 1 as the one in Ms Foley’s other work, “The Three-legged dog day.” They would also notice the 7 stars in the left corner in the pattern of a crescent. Cycles of the moon are commonly references to witchcraft. It is a classic Crowleyan reference. As Crowley said, “The best blood is of the moon monthly: then the fresh blood of a child…”</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Multiple uses of Images and Shapes </h3> <p>A follower of Crowley will also be looking in the shrine for any repeated images or shapes. Multiple uses of images or shapes could point to Crowley’s codes. The Crowley follower would quickly note the central group of 4 square panels arranged into a larger square – panels 3, 4, 5, & 6.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Functions of Four: Alchemy</h3> <p>The Crowley fan knows that any ‘functions of 4’ are likely to point to alchemy, the ‘black art’ of attaining spiritual union with the devil. In the shrine there are many: the 4, square, central panels arranged to form a larger square, the 4 fish swimming, a group of 4 shells, a 4-part skeletal fish image.</p> <p>The Crowley follower will know that if these panels relate to alchemy, the four central panels should represent the four elements of alchemy – earth, air, fire and water.</p> <p>It is clear that panel 4 represents the red <em>earth</em> and that panel 5 represents water. The circular, black disk in panel 3 has a distinctive <em>luminescent</em> quality. It does not reflect light as the moon does, it’s black light comes from within. The Crowley fan will recognise this as Crowley’s vision of a ‘black sun’ – a reference to the abyss (hell) and to the dark angel of the abyss, <strong>Lucifer</strong> – the light bringer. Panel 3 is the <em>fire</em> panel.</p> <p>Panel 6 presents the blue moon in the night air. This is the <em>air</em> panel. <em>Air</em> and <em>earth</em> panels are thus, as required, located diagonally opposite each other, as are <em>fire</em> and <em>water</em>. So the four square panels represent the four elements of alchemy, in a way, which – via the black sun – can be referenced to Crowley, the ‘abyss’ and to Lucifer.</p> <p>Further, panels 3 and 6 present the sun and the moon opposite each other, “in balance”: symbolic of alchemy, as Crowley says.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Fish: Alchemy</h3> <p>Ms Foley presents four fish swimming in panel 5. The number 4 here is symbolic of alchemy. In <em>777</em> Crowley also links fish to alchemy. The fish are presented swimming in iridescent water. In <em>777</em>, Crowley connects iridescence of water and alchemy.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Shells & Leaves</h3> <p>In Crowley’s system, the number ‘777’ itself represents his “world of the shells”, “demon-world” or “abode of the evil spirits” which are called the “shells”. Note that there are <span style="text-decoration: underline">17</span> shells in panel 4 and <span style="text-decoration: underline">4 </span>more (4: alchemy again) in panel 5 – in total, <span style="text-decoration: underline">21</span> shells. 21 shells is a way of presenting 7, 7, 7 shells – a reference to Crowley’s codebook <em>777.</em></p> <p>Ms Foley also presents <strong>five ‘V’ or heart-shaped, yellow brown leaf images</strong>, 3 in panel 4 and 2 more immediately above in panel 3. Reading downwards, this is ‘VVVVV’, Crowley’s <em>signature</em> contraction of the Latin used in reference to himself as ‘Master of the Temple.’ In Crowley’s system, the number 5 corresponds with the <em>heart.</em> Five is also Crowley’s number for sulphur, the yellow brown substance said to be used in <strong>alchemy</strong>. Crowley linked yellow brown with the ‘earth nature’ of his imaginary ‘camel’, which he says is the ‘means of travelling through the wilderness of the abyss’. As to the heart, Crowley states in <em>777</em> in reference to the invocation of his ‘Holy Guardian Angel’ (the devil) that “the human heart is the foundation of the work”.</p> <p>Foley’s combination of <span style="text-decoration: underline">3</span> leaves and <span style="text-decoration: underline">17</span> shells in panel 4 (Remember there were exactly 17 shells in panel 4, for yet another reason; it was not simply coincidence) and <span style="text-decoration: underline">2</span> leaves in panel 3 immediately above is also significant. In 777, Crowley uses the numbers <strong>2, 3 and 17</strong> to derive a reference to the ‘Angel of Venus’, who is <strong>Lucifer</strong>.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Is it a shrine to the devil?</h3> <p>This <em>otherwise unexplained</em> shrine speaks for itself. The images and codes it contains correspond all too perfectly with Aleister Crowley’s writings. The parallels are too many and detailed to be mere coincidence. So, is it likely that the <em>reluctant-to-comment </em>Foley “Had never even heard of Crowley”?</p> <p class="has-small-font-size" style="line-height:0.5"></p> <p class="has-small-font-size" style="line-height:0.5">HutheMeow, CC BY-SA 4.0 <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons</p> <p class="has-small-font-size" style="line-height:0.5">Wikicommons, author unknown: Aleister Crowley in the garments of the Ordo Templi orientis (OTO)</p> <p></p> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Categories <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/category/masonic-architecture-in-catholic-churches/" rel="category tag">Masonic architecture in Catholic Churches</a></span><span class="sep">•</span><span class="tags-links">Tags <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/aleister-crowley/" rel="tag">Aleister Crowley</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/archdiocese-of-brisbane/" rel="tag">Archdiocese of Brisbane</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/featured/" rel="tag">Featured</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/occult/" rel="tag">Occult</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/oto/" rel="tag">OTO</a></span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <article id="post-3695" class="post-3695 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-masonic-architecture-in-catholic-churches tag-culture tag-featured tag-freemasonry tag-liturgical-design tag-modernism"> <div class="featured-image"> <span> <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/12/18/sex-abuser-rupniks-occult-art/"><img width="940" height="627" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup-header-1.png?w=940" class="attachment-toujours-featured size-toujours-featured wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup-header-1.png?w=940 940w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup-header-1.png?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup-header-1.png?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup-header-1.png?w=768 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup-header-1.png?w=1024 1024w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup-header-1.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" data-attachment-id="3738" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/12/18/sex-abuser-rupniks-occult-art/rup-header-2/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup-header-1.png" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="RUP-header" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup-header-1.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup-header-1.png?w=760" /></a> </span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/12/18/sex-abuser-rupniks-occult-art/" rel="bookmark">Sex-Abuser Rupnik’s Occult Art</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><span>Published on <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/12/18/sex-abuser-rupniks-occult-art/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-12-18T09:22:36+11:00">December 18, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-12-18T09:28:32+11:00">December 18, 2022</time></a></span></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/author/anonymouscath/">anonymouscath</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/12/18/sex-abuser-rupniks-occult-art/#comments">1 Comment</a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="entry-content"> <p class="has-medium-font-size">It recently became known that the Vatican covered up for sex-abuser and Jesuit priest, Marko Rupnik. Apparently he was <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253079/jesuit-superior-says-that-fr-marko-rupnik-was-excommunicated-in-2019" target="_blank">excommunicated</a> in 2019 for serious abuse of the sacrament of Confession – absolving a woman with whom he had fornicated. This unfortunate woman was only one of at least nine with whom he undertook such relations, but it was all swept under the rug by the Jesuit-controlled CDF.</p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Our interest in this man is not so much for his despicable violations of his vow of chastity, but for his disturbing artwork. Rupnik is the man behind a couple of the Vatican’s very strange logos and also had a hand in the disturbing basilica at San Giovanni Rotondo – the newer version of St Pio’s pilgrimage site.</p> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:66.66%"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="3727" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/12/18/sex-abuser-rupniks-occult-art/rup1/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup1.png" data-orig-size="260,433" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="rup1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup1.png?w=180" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup1.png?w=260" loading="lazy" width="260" height="433" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup1.png?w=260" alt="" class="wp-image-3727" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup1.png 260w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup1.png?w=90 90w" sizes="(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px" /></figure> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:33.33%"> <p class="has-medium-font-size">The logo for the Jubilee Year of Mercy: “Christ sees with the eyes of Adam, and Adam with the eyes of Christ.”</p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Could be. </p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Or maybe this is a tribute to the Gnostic “third-eye” opening after ritual sodomy.</p> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:33.33%"> <p></p> <p></p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Rupnik’s logo for the 2022 World Meeting of Families, “This mystery is great”, says he. Well, it certainly is a mystery how an excommunicated priest came to design the official logo.</p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Interesting to see the third-eye symbolism recurring here; this time it is Our Lady and Jesus who share the third eye.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:66.66%"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="3730" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/12/18/sex-abuser-rupniks-occult-art/rup2/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup2.jpeg" data-orig-size="1155,770" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"","camera":"NIKON Z 6","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1624365320","copyright":"","focal_length":"50","iso":"1000","shutter_speed":"0.003125","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="rup2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup2.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup2.jpeg?w=760" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="682" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup2.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-3730" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup2.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup2.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup2.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup2.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rup2.jpeg 1155w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> </div> </div> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Some more of Rupnik’s talent can be seen in the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.vatican.va/content/dam/vatican/virtualtour/redemptorismater/resources/tour-en.html" target="_blank">Redemptoris Mater</a> chapel in the Vatican. John Paul II had the chapel renamed in 1987 then refurbished in 1996. It was meant to be a tribute to his ecumaniacal obsession of uniting the Eastern and Western churches, but the artwork, mosaics completed in the style of Eastern iconography, appears to have an underlying anti-Christ theme to it.</p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">One of the four walls was worked by Alexander Kornoukhov, a Russian Orthodox artist – this seems to be the wall directly behind the (rather bizarre) altar. Rupnik completed the other three walls, which show predominantly scenes from Scripture.</p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">The Knights of Columbus loved the end result so much that in 2005, they paid for this panoramic <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.vatican.va/content/dam/vatican/virtualtour/redemptorismater/resources/tour-en.html" target="_blank">online</a> version to be set up so that interested parties could make a virtual pilgrimage. The images below are screenshots taken from that site. For a psychedelic taste of Rupnik’s work, you may wish to visit (or to avoid) the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.centroaletti.com/" target="_blank">Aletti </a>centre website.</p> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <p></p> <p class="has-medium-font-size">It’s hard to know exactly what this depiction of the Annunciation is meant to represent. The scroll probably means that Our Lady was prophesied in the Old Testament, but by placing Her figure in such a way that She appears to be on the scroll itself reduces Her to a mere myth.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="3701" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/12/18/sex-abuser-rupniks-occult-art/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12-34-48-pm/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.34.48-pm.png" data-orig-size="520,620" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.34.48-pm" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" 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class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="3703" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/12/18/sex-abuser-rupniks-occult-art/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12-35-45-pm/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.35.45-pm.png" data-orig-size="517,636" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.35.45-pm" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.35.45-pm.png?w=244" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.35.45-pm.png?w=517" loading="lazy" width="517" height="636" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.35.45-pm.png?w=517" alt="" class="wp-image-3703" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.35.45-pm.png 517w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.35.45-pm.png?w=122 122w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.35.45-pm.png?w=244 244w" sizes="(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px" /></figure> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="3704" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/12/18/sex-abuser-rupniks-occult-art/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12-36-10-pm/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.36.10-pm.png" data-orig-size="555,607" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.36.10-pm" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.36.10-pm.png?w=274" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.36.10-pm.png?w=555" loading="lazy" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.36.10-pm.png?w=555" alt="" class="wp-image-3704" width="426" height="466" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.36.10-pm.png?w=426 426w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.36.10-pm.png?w=137 137w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.36.10-pm.png?w=274 274w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-16-at-12.36.10-pm.png 555w" sizes="(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px" /></figure> </div> </div> <p></p> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-11 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <p class="has-medium-font-size">St Peter unlocks the door to his pawn-shop? Note the yin-yang style decoration of the circles.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Perhaps the strangest of the images is this one of Christ with his “as above, so below” gesture. Behind him, JPII looks on approvingly.</p> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-12 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="3721" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/12/18/sex-abuser-rupniks-occult-art/screen-shot-2022-12-18-at-8-20-21-am/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-18-at-8.20.21-am.png" data-orig-size="832,671" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="screen-shot-2022-12-18-at-8.20.21-am" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-18-at-8.20.21-am.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-18-at-8.20.21-am.png?w=760" loading="lazy" width="832" height="671" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-18-at-8.20.21-am.png?w=832" alt="" class="wp-image-3721" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-18-at-8.20.21-am.png 832w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-18-at-8.20.21-am.png?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-18-at-8.20.21-am.png?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screen-shot-2022-12-18-at-8.20.21-am.png?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px" /></figure> </div> </div> <p class="has-medium-font-size">Interesting Masonic-style grip between Christ and the male figure to our left. </p> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-13 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <p class="has-medium-font-size"></p> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-14 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Categories <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/category/masonic-architecture-in-catholic-churches/" rel="category tag">Masonic architecture in Catholic Churches</a></span><span class="sep">•</span><span class="tags-links">Tags <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/featured/" rel="tag">Featured</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/freemasonry/" rel="tag">Freemasonry</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/liturgical-design/" rel="tag">Liturgical design</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/modernism/" rel="tag">Modernism</a></span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <article id="post-7675" class="post-7675 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-masonic-architecture-in-catholic-churches tag-brother-william-woeger tag-christ-cathedral tag-culture tag-freemasonry tag-liturgical-design tag-modernism"> <div class="featured-image"> <span> <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/10/06/masonic-elements-in-a-californian-cathedral/"><img width="940" height="529" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=940" class="attachment-toujours-featured size-toujours-featured wp-post-image" alt="Masonic Elements in a Californian Cathedral" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=940 940w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=768 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" data-attachment-id="274" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/christ-cathedral-4/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,900" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="christ-cathedral-4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=760" /></a> </span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/10/06/masonic-elements-in-a-californian-cathedral/" rel="bookmark">Masonic Elements in a Californian Cathedral</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><span>Published on <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/10/06/masonic-elements-in-a-californian-cathedral/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-10-06T12:08:00+11:00">October 6, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-06T12:14:02+11:00">October 6, 2024</time></a></span></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/author/anonymouscath/">anonymouscath</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/10/06/masonic-elements-in-a-californian-cathedral/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Christ Cathedral in Orange County, California, is another example of a modern church with Masonic overtones. The anti-Catholic theme begins outside with this contemporary take on a Masonic obelisk ….</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="271" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/christ-cathedral-1/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-1.jpg" data-orig-size="474,358" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="christ-cathedral-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-1.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-1.jpg?w=474" loading="lazy" width="474" height="358" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-1.jpg?w=474" alt="" class="wp-image-271" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-1.jpg 474w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-1.jpg?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-1.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Exterior of Christ Cathedral, California</figcaption></figure> <p> … and continues all the way to the sanctuary and altar. The altar itself is square, unlike the rectangular design of traditional Catholic altars. It is topped by a strange crucifix with crescent-moon shapes attached to the four ends of the cross. Crescent moons are a common symbol in witchcraft and the occult.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="274" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/christ-cathedral-4/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,900" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="christ-cathedral-4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=760" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="576" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-274" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg?w=768 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/christ-cathedral-4.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p>Theologian and philosopher, Peter Kwasniewski, gives this description of the sanctuary and offers an example of Freemasonic architecture for comparison:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> <p>“The location of the altar in the center of the room, the placement and type of presiders’ chairs, the dark torches on the ground punctuating the corners, the square mensa, and the all-seeing eye below the altar table at once bring us to a blood-curdling full stop. Can it be by accident that the altar at Christ Cathedral is a carbon copy of the altar of Freemasonry? Do we have a “reasonable hope” for denial? Even a cursory look at a Masonic altar makes the visual and symbolic link inescapable.</p> <p>If one ignores the superior craftsmanship and style of the following Masonic temple, one can see the exact parallel in the disposition of the chairs — the tall chair in the center flanked by lower seating on either side — and then the square altar with the freestanding candles. (There is of course a fourth candle in the church, for it would have looked too strange to retain the asymmetry of three.)</p> <cite><a href="https://onepeterfive.com/dark-symbolism-christ-cathedral/" rel="nofollow">https://onepeterfive.com/dark-symbolism-christ-cathedral/</a></cite></blockquote> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="278" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/pic-26-1024x698-1/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/pic-26-1024x698-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,698" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="pic-26-1024×698-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/pic-26-1024x698-1.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/pic-26-1024x698-1.jpg?w=760" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="698" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/pic-26-1024x698-1.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-278" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/pic-26-1024x698-1.jpg 1024w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/pic-26-1024x698-1.jpg?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/pic-26-1024x698-1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/pic-26-1024x698-1.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Dr Kwasniewski gave this example of a Masonic Lodge layout</figcaption></figure> <p>One liturgical ‘expert’ who contributed to the Christ Cathedral was Brother William Woeger. Brother Woeger designed the “Crux Gemmata” – the crucifix – as well as the candlesticks, reliquary and other features. Jesus’ crown of thorns and the altar’s reliquary are studded with strange crystals, reminiscent of those used by New Agers. Below is another design by Brother Woeger, which again shows Masonic influence. Note the checked floor, another square altar, surrounded by large candlesticks and the rows of pews which face each other.</p> <p>I might return to Brother Woeger in a future article.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="281" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/chapel-vertical/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/chapel-vertical.jpg" data-orig-size="575,720" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="chapel-vertical" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/chapel-vertical.jpg?w=240" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/chapel-vertical.jpg?w=575" loading="lazy" width="575" height="720" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/chapel-vertical.jpg?w=575" alt="" class="wp-image-281" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/chapel-vertical.jpg 575w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/chapel-vertical.jpg?w=120 120w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/chapel-vertical.jpg?w=240 240w" sizes="(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px" /></figure> <p></p> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Categories <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/category/masonic-architecture-in-catholic-churches/" rel="category tag">Masonic architecture in Catholic Churches</a></span><span class="sep">•</span><span class="tags-links">Tags <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/brother-william-woeger/" rel="tag">Brother William Woeger</a>, <a 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data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="0gaypope" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/0gaypope.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/0gaypope.png?w=760" /></a> </span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/02/14/the-first-gay-pope/" rel="bookmark">“The first gay pope”?</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><span>Published on <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/02/14/the-first-gay-pope/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-02-14T17:53:11+11:00">February 14, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-02-15T07:00:36+11:00">February 15, 2022</time></a></span></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/author/anonymouscath/">anonymouscath</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/02/14/the-first-gay-pope/#comments">4 Comments</a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="entry-content"> <p>In January, the liberal Vatican news outlet, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://international.la-croix.com/news/letter-from-rome/the-first-gay-pope/15560?utm_source=NewsLetter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=29Jan22mailjet" target="_blank">La Croix International</a>, ran an article with the startling title, “The First Gay Pope”. The story was written by Robert Mickens and carried the subtitle, “The real reasons why Pope Francis is pushing Catholics to become more welcoming and less judgmental of gays and lesbians”.</p> <p>Mickens justified his title by reminding readers that former US President, Bill Clinton, has been called, “the first black president”, despite the obvious fact that he is not black. Mickens goes onto explain that the title had been applied to Clinton, not because of his many initiatives aimed at helping African-Americans, but because he had been pre-judged – like a Black person would have been – over the immoral incident with Monica Lewinsky.</p> <p>Thus, according to Mickens, Pope Francis could be called the ‘first gay pope’, not because he has changed the Church’s teaching on homosexuality but, rather, because of his “style” in dealing with homosexuals. As Mickens says, <em>” … he has — in a real sense — <strong>changed everything</strong> in terms of attitude and ethos, just by his own personal approach to gay people.”</em> (Emphasis added)</p> <p>The author then goes on to remind readers that when Bergoglio made the rhetorical question, “Who am I to judge?”, he was speaking of the case of a gay cleric, contrasting the example of the ordained sodomite with that of a “gay lobby” which is said to be one of the factions present within the Vatican. That cleric, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://onepeterfive.com/director-of-papal-residence-msgr-battista-ricca-highlights-depth-of-homosexual-infiltration-in-the-church/" target="_blank">Monsignor Battista Ricca</a> is a good example of Bergoglio’s policy of loving the sinner and, well, kind of tolerating the sin.</p> <p>Mickens ends with the veiled suggestion that this gay-friendly pope may one day be succeeded by an openly gay one, while also referencing the alleged behaviour of at least a couple of twentieth-century popes:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p><em>The United States’ “first Black president” was eventually succeeded in the White House by a real African-American. The Church, on the other hand, has been led at times — even in relatively recent history — by popes who would surely be considered homosexuals by today’s understanding of the term. But none of them ever dared to say the things the “first gay pope” has been saying these past several years. He still has a way’s to go, but many LGBTQ+ Catholics are ready to accompany him on the journey.</em></p><cite>Robert Mickens</cite></blockquote> <p>Now, I don’t know about you, but I would feel uncomfortable calling the pope “gay” – and I don’t even particularly like this pope. (Mickens is something of a fan – if not of Francis personally, then at least of his liberalism). Remember the fuss Paul VI made when he was<a href="https://www.traditioninaction.org/HotTopics/a02tPaulV_Accusations.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> accused of being a sodomite</a> by a gay Freemason? He asked the entire Church of Italy for a day of prayer and reparation.</p> <p>But there has been no such response from Bergoglio. Makes one wonder. Recall that he also didn’t personally refute claims that he <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/pope-francis-there-no-hell" target="_blank">doesn’t believe in hell</a> or said that unrepentant <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://charterforcompassion.org/understanding-our-differences-and-similarities/pope-francis-assures-atheists-you-don-t-have-to-believe-in-god-to-go-to-heaven" target="_blank">atheists can go to heaven</a>.</p> <p>By the way, the kind of thing Mickens retweets and shares on his Twitter feed is shown below. </p> <p>If I were Pope and were also a Catholic, I would be most offended if a liberal from La Croix wrote an article calling me gay. But that’s probably just the abundance of my heart speaking: ” … and a rigid man out of the rigid treasure bringeth forth that which is rigid….” (with apologies to St Luke)</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Among Catholic priests in the US, relatively few are African American or publicly gay. Bryan Massingale is both, preaching about racial injustice and urging the church to be more welcoming to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LGBTQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LGBTQ</a> Catholics. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/religion?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#religion</a><a href="https://t.co/lsalSpoV1I">https://t.co/lsalSpoV1I</a></p>— David Crary (@CraryAP) <a href="https://twitter.com/CraryAP/status/1492874964638343169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Far from plotting an American "activist" agenda onto the synodal process, the Women's Ordination Conference simply requests the respect of encounter before dismissal, writes <a href="https://twitter.com/dearmisskate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dearmisskate</a> of <a href="https://twitter.com/OrdainWomen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OrdainWomen</a>. <a href="https://t.co/TFvIL43jJo">https://t.co/TFvIL43jJo</a></p>— NCR (@NCRonline) <a href="https://twitter.com/NCRonline/status/1491766409684213767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"Two rallies – both claiming to operate under 'God's mandate'- captured the hypocrisy of the right at this moment: Protect the unborn, but feel free to infect – and perhaps kill – innocent people already born, including, er, pregnant women."<a href="https://t.co/ZuDmsjzRVc">https://t.co/ZuDmsjzRVc</a></p>— Robert Mickens (@robinrome) <a href="https://twitter.com/robinrome/status/1486045233477570561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div></figure> </div><!-- .entry-content --> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links">Categories <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/category/masonic-architecture-in-catholic-churches/" rel="category tag">Masonic architecture in Catholic Churches</a></span><span class="sep">•</span><span class="tags-links">Tags <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/featured/" rel="tag">Featured</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/modernism/" rel="tag">Modernism</a>, <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/tag/pope-francis/" rel="tag">Pope Francis</a></span> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <article id="post-1257" class="post-1257 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-masonic-architecture-in-catholic-churches tag-church-architecture tag-featured tag-italy tag-liturgical-design tag-occult-symbols"> <div class="featured-image"> <span> <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/01/19/occult-specialist-brought-in-for-italian-church-design/"><img width="940" height="529" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-1.jpeg?w=940" class="attachment-toujours-featured size-toujours-featured wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-1.jpeg?w=940 940w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-1.jpeg?w=1880 1880w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-1.jpeg?w=150 150w, 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data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-1.jpeg?w=760" /></a> </span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/01/19/occult-specialist-brought-in-for-italian-church-design/" rel="bookmark">Occult specialist brought in for Italian church design</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><span>Published on <a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/01/19/occult-specialist-brought-in-for-italian-church-design/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-01-19T22:52:35+11:00">January 19, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-02-21T08:34:52+11:00">February 21, 2022</time></a></span></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/author/anonymouscath/">anonymouscath</a></span></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/2022/01/19/occult-specialist-brought-in-for-italian-church-design/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </div><!-- .entry-meta --> </header><!-- .entry-header --> <div class="entry-content"> <p><em>NOTE: This article was updated on Feb 21, 2022</em>, <em>to include the link to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R3toMUvZ2Q" target="_blank">this video</a> from Rome Reports.</em> <em>In the video, you can see the architect explaining that the rough stone altar represents ‘giving oneself to the earth.”</em></p> <p>When we see a church like the newly-completed San Giacomo Apostolo in Ferrara, Italy, our second question is usually, “Why?” (Our first question might be along the lines of, “Is this for real??”)</p> <p>Designed by a secular architectural firm who tried to create something that “didn’t look like a church”, the building does have most of the essentials of a church – even though they are rather dark, distorted versions. There is an altar, baptistry, Blessed Sacrament chapel, nave, spartan Stations of the Cross, and multiple crosses, although none appear to hold a <em>corpus</em>.</p> <p>The design is the result of a competition run by the Italian Bishops Conference, who needed a new church for the city of Ferrara. The exterior is meant to echo the finale of the local hot-air-balloon festival, in which the balloons slowly deflate. I suspect that this does <em>not</em> represent the hopes and dreams of the Fathers fading away after the Council, but it would make an apt metaphor.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="1337" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/embt-church-1/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-1.jpeg" data-orig-size="900,506" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"\u00a9Duccio Malagamba, Barcelona\nAll Rights Reserved \/ Todos los Derechos Reservados","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="embt-church-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-1.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-1.jpeg?w=760" loading="lazy" width="900" height="506" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-1.jpeg?w=900" alt="" class="wp-image-1337" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-1.jpeg 900w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-1.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-1.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-1.jpeg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></figure> <p>In the words of the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.archilovers.com/stories/29884/benedetta-tagliabue-embt-presents-san-giacomo-apostolo-church-and-parish-complex-in-ferrara.html" target="_blank">architect</a>, one enters the church <em>through a grove</em> which seems innocent enough until one realises that groves are often associated with paganism and with the occult. They are even mentioned in the Bible in connection with the worship of false gods. Of course, this may be simply a turn of phrase, as the poplars surrounding the site were obviously planted long before this church was built. But it is an odd choice of words, seeing as the trees are lining the perimeter, rather than being grouped together, as the word “grove” suggests.</p> <p>Above the altar is an <em>oculus</em>, (Latin for eye; in architectural terms this refers to any eye-shaped feature, such as a hole at the centre of a dome); these are quite often found in churches. This particular one is decidedly creepy, though, surrounded by cold concrete and interwoven timbers, punctuated by the immense, rough cross, and crowning the almost windowless church. The overall effect is less than inviting, and the lack of windows is, well ….. somewhat Masonic.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="1266" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/ferrara-church-4/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-4.jpeg" data-orig-size="900,506" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="ferrara-church-4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-4.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-4.jpeg?w=760" loading="lazy" width="760" height="427" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-4.jpeg?w=760" alt="" class="wp-image-1266" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-4.jpeg?w=760 760w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-4.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-4.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-4.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-4.jpeg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px" /><figcaption>View of the sanctuary, topped by the oculus, with the cross suspended over it – all the charm of a Goth nightclub.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="1338" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/embt-church-4/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-4.jpeg" data-orig-size="900,506" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"\u00a9Duccio Malagamba, Barcelona\nAll Rights Reserved \/ Todos los Derechos Reservados","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="embt-church-4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-4.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-4.jpeg?w=760" loading="lazy" width="900" height="506" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-4.jpeg?w=900" alt="" class="wp-image-1338" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-4.jpeg 900w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-4.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-4.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/embt-church-4.jpeg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><figcaption>Another view of the enormous cross, which looks ready to crush the occupants, and gives little assurance that Our Lord will help us to carry ours.</figcaption></figure> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-15 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="1341" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/san-giacomo-apostolo-church-by-embt-ferrara-italy_dezeen_2364_col_12-852x867-2/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/san-giacomo-apostolo-church-by-embt-ferrara-italy_dezeen_2364_col_12-852x867-2.jpeg" data-orig-size="852,867" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="san-giacomo-apostolo-church-by-embt-ferrara-italy_dezeen_2364_col_12-852×867-2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/san-giacomo-apostolo-church-by-embt-ferrara-italy_dezeen_2364_col_12-852x867-2.jpeg?w=295" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/san-giacomo-apostolo-church-by-embt-ferrara-italy_dezeen_2364_col_12-852x867-2.jpeg?w=760" loading="lazy" width="852" height="867" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/san-giacomo-apostolo-church-by-embt-ferrara-italy_dezeen_2364_col_12-852x867-2.jpeg?w=852" alt="" class="wp-image-1341" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/san-giacomo-apostolo-church-by-embt-ferrara-italy_dezeen_2364_col_12-852x867-2.jpeg 852w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/san-giacomo-apostolo-church-by-embt-ferrara-italy_dezeen_2364_col_12-852x867-2.jpeg?w=147 147w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/san-giacomo-apostolo-church-by-embt-ferrara-italy_dezeen_2364_col_12-852x867-2.jpeg?w=295 295w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/san-giacomo-apostolo-church-by-embt-ferrara-italy_dezeen_2364_col_12-852x867-2.jpeg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px" /></figure> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <p>To the left, you can see the way both crosses almost intersect, with another cross mounted at an angle on the far wall; the clashing, intersecting crosses found in Paul VI’s Masonic-inspired portrait come to mind – more on that <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://ecclesiastical-freemasonry.com/2021/06/15/revisiting-paul-vis-masonic-portrait/" target="_blank">here.</a></p> <p>The cross that adorns the wall behind the sanctuary is not a Christian one: the radiating arms of the cross are of the same length, suggesting a Rosicrucian cross. Rosicrucianism is an occult movement, linked </p> </div> </div> <p>with Freemasonry and which contains elements of Kaballah, Alchemy, Christian Mysticism and Hermeticism. Jewels surround this cross: these have no apparent Christian reference, but the architect thought they might remind the faithful of angels. At least that’s what she told the media.</p> <p>The jewels, stone crosses and bizarre black statuary are the work of the occult-artist, Enzo Cucchi, who was invited by the architects to collaborate with them. The <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15430-church-of-san-giacomo-apostolo" target="_blank">designers</a> describe Cucchi’s black statues, which represent scenes from the Old and New Testaments, as resembling “oozing basalt.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="1559" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/screen-shot-2022-02-21-at-8-20-47-am/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/screen-shot-2022-02-21-at-8.20.47-am.png" data-orig-size="635,627" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="screen-shot-2022-02-21-at-8.20.47-am" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/screen-shot-2022-02-21-at-8.20.47-am.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/screen-shot-2022-02-21-at-8.20.47-am.png?w=635" loading="lazy" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/screen-shot-2022-02-21-at-8.20.47-am.png?w=635" alt="" class="wp-image-1559" width="758" height="748" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/screen-shot-2022-02-21-at-8.20.47-am.png 635w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/screen-shot-2022-02-21-at-8.20.47-am.png?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/screen-shot-2022-02-21-at-8.20.47-am.png?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px" /><figcaption>One of the many cement crosses, all <em>sans corpus</em>, represented as being ‘taped’ to the wall.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="1265" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/ferrara-church-3/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-3.jpeg" data-orig-size="1920,1080" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="ferrara-church-3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-3.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-3.jpeg?w=760" loading="lazy" width="760" height="427" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-3.jpeg?w=760" alt="" class="wp-image-1265" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-3.jpeg?w=760 760w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-3.jpeg?w=1518 1518w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-3.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-3.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-3.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-3.jpeg?w=1024 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px" /><figcaption>“Oozing basalt” statues and …. fireflies???</figcaption></figure> <p>Enzo Cucci is part of an art movement known as transversalism, and was included in an art exhibition entitled <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/2014/11/06/shit_and_die.html" target="_blank">S*** and Die.</a> (Caution – there’s some mild nudity if you click on the link.) The whole thing gets even worse: a documentary film made about that exhibit was called “Seance.” </p> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-16 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <p>The baptismal font (right) in this unappealing chamber sits atop what looks like a bidet. Decorum prevents me from drawing a parallel with the art show mentioned above. </p> <p>The stone font is actually an authentic liturgical antique: it came from an abandoned church in Bergamo. Bergamo, for the historically-minded, is the birthplace of John XXIII and was once the bishopric of the (rather evil) Cardinal Radini-Tadeschi.</p> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-attachment-id="1263" data-permalink="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/ferrara-church-2/" data-orig-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-2.jpeg" data-orig-size="1920,1080" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="ferrara-church-2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-2.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-2.jpeg?w=760" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="576" src="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-2.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-1263" srcset="https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-2.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-2.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-2.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-2.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://ecclesiasticalfreemasonry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ferrara-church-2.jpeg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> </div> </div> <p>Back to the occultist, Cucchi: here’s what one <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4985651" target="_blank">biographer</a> had to say about him:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>“Cucchi is the painter as seer, demon and saint, possessor and possessed, he is at once the creator and subject of his tale. He is the painter as mad visionary, participant in and witness to the nether world from which one can emerge after a ritual of fire and purification, to the realm of the sublime.”</p><cite>Description of Cucchi by a devoted fan and art critic.</cite></blockquote> <p>The painter as demon? Hardly the kind of man one would want working on a church. Unless, of course, one wanted a church reminiscent of an occult-themed safe-room. </p> <p>The Archbishop of Ferrara, Gian Carlo Perega, is an interesting character. He is by no means a traditionalist, as you would expect after seeing this strange building, but he recently – and post <em>Traditiones Custodes</em> – set up TLM <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://southerncross.cc/two-european-bishops-liberate-catholic-tradition/" target="_blank">personal parish.</a> Perhaps this was to appease, if not to protect, the rather large traditionalist base in his Archdiocese. Perego is, however, better known as a progressive who promotes the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://international.la-croix.com/news/religion/the-political-wilderness-of-local-catholicism-at-the-time-of-pope-francis/10448" target="_blank">plight of migrants.</a></p> <p>I know the sedevacantists like to have fun with churches like this one: I suppose they see it as a vindication of their position. To me, it is just sad. Sad for the people who worship there and don’t know any better. Sad for the priest who doesn’t understand his vocation. Sad for the bishop who thinks being edgy will make him popular. 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