At the risk of belaboring the obvious, let me point out that under the definitions and descriptions given in these encyclopedia entries John has mentioned, the Church, and specifically the works of the temple, would undoubtedly qualify as a secret society. (Of course, I consider it no such thing, as I suspect most here do not, but those who wrote the cited entries almost certainly would.)
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