Ecclesiam a Jesu Christo

Ecclesiam a Jesu Christo was a Papal bull promulgated by Pius VII in 1821.

It stated that Freemasons must be excommunicated for their oath-bound secrecy of the society and conspiracies against church and state.

It also linked Freemasonry with the Carbonari, an anti-clerical revolutionary group active in Italy. It said that the Carbonari affected a love of the Catholic religion. However the true goals of the Carbonari was said to be:


 * Religious indifference
 * Disestablishment of the church and total religious freedom
 * The profanation of Jesus Christ through their ceremonies
 * To scorn, and perhaps replace the sacraments of the church
 * To plot against Papal primacy

All members of the Carbonari were excommunicated, along with those who kept Carbonari secrets and those promoting Carbonari literature.