Talk:Papal ban of Freemasonry/to do/German

German Bishops Conference
1980 German bishops conference produced a report on Freemasonry listing twelve points and allegations. .

Among the allegations were that Freemasonry denies revalation and objective truth. They also aleeged that religious indifference is fundamental to Freemasonry and that Freemasonry is Deist and that it denies the possibility of divine revelation so threatening the respect due to the Church's teaching office.

The sacramental character of Masonic rituals was seen as signifying an individual transformation, offering an alternative path to perfection and having a a total claim on the life of a member

It concludes by stating that all lodges are forbidden to Catholics, including Catholic-friendly lodges and that German Protestant church's were also suspicious of Freemasonry