Rome Has Spoken: When the Pope Declared War on Secret Societies | Humanum Genus

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The episode discusses Pope Leo XIII's declaration of war on secret societies and the framing of the conflict as a battle between the City of God and the City of Man.

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! For 146 years, pope after pope warns Catholics about a secret society and almost nobody listens. So Leo XIII does something different: he frames the whole problem as a war between two cities, the City of God and the City of Man, and then names the modern structure he thinks finally gives the “city of man” real organization. That document is Humanum ...

People in this episode

Host: Avoiding Babylon Crew

Topics covered

• Pope
• secret societies
• City of God
• City of Man
• Catholic Church
• Leo XIII
• Humanum Genus

Keywords

• Pope
• secret societies
• Leo XIII
• Humanum Genus
• Catholic Church
• City of God
• City of Man
• religion
• spirituality
• Christianity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Catholics

Books & works: Humanum Genus

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