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"At the head was the alta vendita, to which deputies were chosen from the other vendite." Catholic Encyclopedia: Carbonari 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 of a Masonic war against Christian civilisation).
Content The author, who wrote under the pseudonym "Piccolo Tigre" is also claimed to be the author of other 19th century Masonic documents.
Outcome and legacy
Pope Pius IX"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." 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.Republished by Denis Fahey in 1950 as Grand Orient Freemasonry Unmasked as the Secret Power Behind Communism
Alta Vendita was analyzed in a monograph by John Vennari.
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
References
External links Original Italian Text here (#II. on page)