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jonar242
Påståendet stämmer inte.
1784 (June 22): The first edict was issued. Karl Theodor banned all secret, unauthorized societies and communities across Bavaria.
1785 (March 2): A second edict specifically outlawed the Illuminati by name, labeling the group treasonous and heretical. It forbade recruitment and meetings under penalty of severe punishment.
1785 (August 16): The final, sweeping edict reiterated the ban with stricter terms, resulting in raids, confiscation of the group's documents, and the suppression of the order.
Fel datum där, det ska vara den 16 augusti
1787. Det tredje ediktet inför dödsstraffet för rekrytering till Illuminatorden:
"The effect of these supposed revelations was not long in coming. The Elector decided to resort to the most rigorous measures against this abominable sect. On August 16, 1787, he published the following rescript: The more time passes, the more clearly it becomes apparent how harmful and dangerous the sect of the Illuminati, so widespread in our states and abroad, is to the State and to religion. It is impossible to foresee the deplorable effects that would result for posterity, even for the most distant future, if we did not take very serious steps, while there is still time, to eradicate an evil that rages with such violence and is far more fearsome than the plague itself Consequently, His Electoral Highness not only reiterates by these presents the prohibitions contained in the previous Edicts, but, in order to give them greater force, He orders that criminal proceedings be carried out without distinction of person, rank, status, or capacity against anyone who allows himself to be recruited in His States or abroad, for the recruiter to be deprived of his life by the sword, and the recruit to be condemned to the confiscation of his property and to banishment for life from all the States of His Electoral Highness with an oath never to return there."
Ytterligare påbud tillkom dock senare:
"On November 15, 1790, the Bavarian government issued an edict that effectively outlawed the Illuminati and all secret societies, following earlier bans in 1784, 1785, and 1787. This action was part of a broader effort to suppress groups perceived as subversive to political and religious authority."
"November 4, 1799, an edict prohibited all secret societies of whatever nature and required all candidates for public office to sign a commitment not to belong to any of them. This prohibition was solemnly renewed on
March 5, 1804. The unrepentant Illuminati had to face the facts: the new Elector had thrown the final shovelful of earth on the Most Serene Order."
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jonar242
Det ursprungliga sällskapet handlade dock om upplysningstidens filosofi och religionskritik, snarare än nutida konspirationsteorier om en världsregering.
Man hade också en politisk agenda, och den verkar ha fortsatt även efter det att orden hade upplösts, genom tidigare medlemmar:
"When Prince Max of Zweibrücken succeeded his uncle on February 16, 1799, Lippert, one of the most bitter enemies of the Illuminati, was indeed retired; Montgelas became Minister of Foreign Affairs; Zwack, since 1795 Zweibrücken's plenipotentiary minister to the Imperial Chamber, received an important post; Count Seinsheim was appointed president of a commission charged with the suppression of the numerous convents and the confiscation of their revenues and properties; Baron Frauenberg, a former Illuminati, was sent to Rome to negotiate with the Pope on this matter Montgelas's policies, which soon propelled him to the forefront of the government thanks to his sovereign's indolence,
appeared to be inspired by the teachings he had received in the Order's assemblies. The former Brother Musaeus never renounced, through his actions, the opinions of the Illuminati he had once been, for whom
the destruction of the old order seemed both a duty and a pleasure. He found support among the educated class, for the spirit of discontent that had once given rise to the Order of the Illuminati continued to incite the majority of this class against the old regime. "