"Filled with the spirit of Satan, who knows how to trans-
form himself into an angel of light, Freemasonry puts forward
as its pretended aim the good of humanity. Paying a lip
service to the authority of law, and even to the obligations of
religion, it aims (as its own statutes declare), at the destruction
of civil authority and of the Christian priesthood, both of
which it regards as the foes of human liberty." Leo XIII:
Parvenu a la Vingtcinquieme annee, 1902.
Book that explores the conflict between the church and secret societies, from atheism, extended through volitaire right up to fenianism , cabalism etc.