Ecclesiam a Jesu Christo was a Papal bull promulgated by Pius VII in 1821.

It stated that Freemasons must be excommunicated for their oath-bound secrecy of the society and conspiracies against church and state.

It also linked Freemasonry with the Carbonari, an anti-clerical revolutionary group active in Italy.

[1] It said that the Carbonari affected a love of the Catholic religion.

[2] However the true goals of the Carbonari was said to be: All members of the Carbonari were excommunicated,[8] along with those who kept Carbonari secrets[9] and those promoting Carbonari literature.