International Masonic Association (historical)

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The International Masonic Association (historical) was a transnational coordinating body that linked and supported liberal and Continental Masonic obediences across Europe and beyond in the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Masonic organization
historical organization
transnational coordinating body
aimedAt defending freedom of conscience
promoting liberal democratic values
promotion of public education
separation of church and state
social reform
continent Europe
countryOfOrigin Switzerland
dissolved mid-20th century
fieldOfWork Freemasons
surface form: Freemasonry

human rights advocacy
international cooperation
secularism advocacy
foundedBy Continental Freemasonry
surface form: Continental Masonic obediences

liberal Masonic obediences
hasLanguage English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
hasMember Grand Lodge
surface form: Grand Lodge Alpina of Switzerland

Grand Orient of Belgium
surface form: Grand Lodge of Belgium

Grand Orient de France
Grand Orient of Argentina
Grand Orient of Belgium
Grand Orient of Brazil
Grand Orient of Chile
Grand Orient of Colombia
Grand Orient of Cuba
Grand Orient of Czechoslovakia
Grand Orient of Egypt
Grand Orient of Greece
Grand Orient of Italy
Grand Orient of Lebanon
Grand Orient of Luxembourg
Grand Orient of Mexico
Grand Orient of Morocco
Grand Orient of Palestine
Grand Orient of Peru
Grand Orient of Poland
Grand Orient of Portugal
Grand Orient of Romania
Grand Orient of Spain
Grand Orient of Syria
Grand Orient of Tunisia
Grand Orient of Turkey
Grand Orient of Turkey (Istanbul jurisdiction)
Grand Orient of Uruguay
Grand Orient of Venezuela
Grand Orient of Yugoslavia
Grand Orient of the Netherlands
hasMotto Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
headquartersLocation Geneva
ideology anticlericalism
internationalism
Continental Freemasonry
surface form: liberal Freemasonry

secularism
memberOf liberal Masonic movement
notableFor being targeted by totalitarian regimes
coordination of Continental Freemasonry in the interwar period
opposition to fascism
operatedIn Europe
Latin America
Middle East
North Africa
opposedTo exclusive belief in a Supreme Being as a Masonic requirement
regular Anglo-American Freemasonry
reasonForDissolution Second World War disruption
pressure from authoritarian and totalitarian regimes
religiousPolicy Continental Freemasonry
surface form: adogmatic Freemasonry

non-dogmatic
successor CLIPSAS
supported coordination of liberal Masonic obediences
defense of Masonic interests in international forums
exchange of information between member obediences
international Masonic congresses
mutual recognition among liberal Masonic obediences

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Continental Freemasonry notableBody International Masonic Association (historical)
Continental Freemasonry umbrellaOrganization International Masonic Association (historical)
this entity surface form: International Masonic Union Catena