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were beginning to find their bearings, there already existed—particu-
larly in England, Scotland and France—medieval guilds of men …
No one alive in the 1300s could have predicted a merger of minds be-
tween freemason guilds and the Italian humanists….
The new Masonry shifted away from all allegiance to Roman ecclesiasti-
cal Christianity. And again, as for the Italian occultist humanists, the se-
crecy guaranteed by the tradition of the Lodge was essential in the
circumstances.
The two groups had more in common than secrecy, however. From the
writings and records of speculative Masonry, it is clear that the central
religious tenet became a belief in the Great Architect of the Universe—a
figure familiar by now from the influence of Italian humanists…The
Great Architect was immanent to and essentially a part of the material
cosmos, a product of the "enlightened" mind.
There was no conceptual basis by which such a belief could be reconciled
with Christianity. For precluded were all such ideas as sin, Hell for pun-
ishment and Heaven for reward, and eternally perpetual Sacrifice of the
Mass, saints and angels, priest and pope. 41
In short, in Europe, in the fourteenth century, a humanist and Ma-
sonic organization was born that had its roots in the Kabbalah. And, this
organization did not regard Allah as the Jews, Christians and Muslims

did: the Creator and Ruler of the whole universe and the only Lord and
God of humanity. Instead, they used a different concept, such as the
"Great Architect of the Universe," which they perceived as being "part of
the material universe."
In other words, this secret organization, that appeared in Europe in the
fourteenth century, rejected Allah, but, under the concept of "the Great Ar-
chitect of the Universe," accepted the material universe as a supposed divin-
ity (Surely Allah is beyond that).

For a clearer definition of this corrupt belief, we can jump forward to
the twentieth century and look at Masonic literature. For example, one of
Turkey's most senior Masons, Selami Isindag, has a book entitled Mason-

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