This I didn’t know. If it’s true, it’s bad news. Potential converts would have to renounce their memberships if they truly wanted to become Roman Catholic. Even though I believe some of what Father Beck says in his article is naive, it’s a good thing that he has raised this issue.
Catholic Online reports: LONDON (UK Catholic Herald) – A few years ago I was told that at the ceremony of induction of the vicar of one of the local Anglican churches, the Bible which was handed to him had embossed on its front cover the emblem of the Freemasons, the square and compasses. It subsequently came to light that nearly all the male members of his Parochial Church Council were “on the square”, and his predecessor as vicar had been a Mason as well. This is not a “low”, or Evangelical, church, but very firmly in the Anglo Catholic tradition, where a number of clergy and lay people over the years have talked of becoming Catholics. Read full article here.
