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title: 'Secret Societies: A Discussion of Their Character and Claims'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'David MacDill'
date: 1867-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Apologetical Method'
- 'Non-Christian Religions and Beliefs'
scriptures:
- 'Ephesians 5'
- 'Romans 1'
- 'John 18'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/macdill-1867-secret-societies-a-discussion-of-their-character-and-claims
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# Secret Societies: A Discussion of Their Character and Claims

19th-century Presbyterian critique arguing secret societies are unchristian: their secrecy, oaths, pagan origins, and incompatibility with biblical teaching (Eph 5; John 18).

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