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. It said that the Carbonari affected a love of the Catholic religion. However the true goals of the Carbonari was said to be: All members of the Carbonari were excommunicated, along with those who kept Carbonari secrets and those promoting Carbonari literature.