Alta Vendita Explained

Permanent Instruction of the Alta Vendita
Author:	Italian Carbonari (allegedly)
Genre:	Religion, politics
Published:	1859; recently 1999 (TAN Books & Publishers)
Pages:	43

The Permanent Instruction of the Alta Vendita (commonly called the Alta Vendita, "high marketplace") is a document originally published in Italian in 1859, claimed by some Catholics to have been produced by the highest lodge^[1] of the Italian Carbonari and written by "Piccolo Tigre" ("Little Tiger").

"Piccolo Tigre" is supposedly the pseudonym of a Jewish Freemason (according to George F. Dillon, a proponent of the theory a Masonic war against Christian civilisation).^[2]

Content

The author, who wrote under the pseudonym "Piccolo Tigre" is also claimed to be the author of other 19th century Masonic documents.^[3]

Outcome and legacy

Popes Pius IX^[4] urged the Alta Vendita to be exposed to public scrutiny. It was first published in Jacques Crétineau-Joly's book L'Église romaine en face de la Révolution in 1859.

The document was popularised in the English speaking world by Monsignor George F. Dillon's 1885 book War of Anti-Christ with the Church and Christian Civilization.^[5]

Alta Vendita was analyzed in a monograph by John Vennari.^[6]

See also

• Anticlericalism and Freemasonry
• New World Order (conspiracy theory)
• War of Anti-Christ with the Church and Christian Civilization
• Nicodemite
• The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

External links

• Original Italian Text here (#II. on page)

Notes and References

1. "At the head was the alta vendita, to which deputies were chosen from the other vendite." Catholic Encyclopedia: Carbonari
2. Book: Dillon, George F. . War of Antichrist with the Church and Christian Civilization: Lectures Delivered in Edinburgh in October 1884 . 1885 . M.H. Gill & Son . 72 . en.
3. Web site: Heritage History War of Anti-Christ with the Church by Rev. G. E. Dillon. 2020-07-31. www.heritage-history.com.
4. "This little booklet reprints a collection of papers — reputedly from 1820s Alta Vendita correspondence — published by authority of Pope Pius IX (1846-1878) in 1859." Web site: Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon. 2004-12-15. Anti-masonry Frequently Asked Questions:"Q 10. Doesn't the Alta Vendita prove that Freemasonry is anti-Catholic?". live. https://web.archive.org/web/20060816170525/http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry01.html. 16 August 2006. 2006-08-14.
5. Republished by Denis Fahey in 1950 as Grand Orient Freemasonry Unmasked as the Secret Power Behind Communism
6. Book: Vennari, John. The Permanent Instruction of the Alta Vendita: A Masonic Blueprint for the Subversion of the Catholic Church. 1999. Tan Books and Publishers, Incorporated. 978-0-89555-644-8. en.