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