I went into the Church rabbit hole a few months ago, and when you look into it and the Masonic connections, all the way back to the beginning from when the Pope became the power behind the Church, then look into Kabbalah (sp?) and the beginnings of Islam, you will find that the Masons at 33 degree combine all of this. If you look at the Vatican and the symbolism, they use the same columns, symbols, the checkered floor, the pedophilia, the goddess (mary) and the whole thing starts to just stink. they live by their Symbolism and they follow it completely. but God and power of prayer and Love destroys all of that. Its just hard to achieve as a whole.
the William Cooper tapes do a really good job of explaining it in chronological order and Walther Veith (sp) you can find on Hook Tube is also very good at explaining the symbolism and what they are doing.