Ecclesiam a Jesu Christo

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

Ecclesiam a Jesu Christo Latin for 'The Church established by Jesus Christ' Papal bull of Pope Pius VII
Signature date	13 September 1821
Subject	Condemnation of Freemasonry
Text	In Latin
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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.^[1] It said that the Carbonari affected a love of the Catholic religion.^[2] However the true goals of the Carbonari was said to be:

• Religious indifference^[3]
• Disestablishment of the church and total religious freedom^[4]
• The profanation of Jesus Christ through their ceremonies^[5]
• To scorn, and perhaps replace the sacraments of the church^[6]
• To plot against Papal primacy^[7]

All members of the Carbonari were excommunicated,^[8] along with those who kept Carbonari secrets^[9] and those promoting Carbonari literature.^[10]

See also

• Papal Documents relating to Freemasonry
• Anti-Masonry
• Christianity and Freemasonry
• Catholicism and Freemasonry
• Declaration Concerning Status of Catholics Becoming Freemasons