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Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
fiut these noble plans were but in their infancy , and did no more at rhis time than promise , celebrity at Naples . . - Th- innocent mystery by which the Society is preserved , or some abuse nerhaps which often will dishonor the most noble designs , ^ Viarne ' d the King kf the security of his relig ion and for the safety of the sMteThe existence of this Society offended the monarchand
. , the rise of a new Order , in which he was assured the first courtiers had s -retly enroled themselves , all added reason-: for his publishing a ' n edi : t in 1751 , which royal bull , interdicted the Freemasons , and threatened to prosecute them according to the laws , and as disturbers of the public repose . About the same time , Benedict XIV . hurled the thunder of the which excelled the Conclave
Church against an Order ,, as the sun otftshines a twinkling star . Some have imagined that his Holiness was instigated to do this by the solicitations of the king of'Naoles , and others intimate , that being himself a Mason , he would thereby stifle suspicion , and calm the minds of . tne bigotted , jo-norant , and weak . We should be tempted to put this conjecture if it sufferable to conjec
tmon it in reading the holv bull , were pass - tures upon the edicts of this religious monarch . They also mention that the Master of the Lodge , overcome by the exigence of tne times , and to preserve the Society , was on the point of discovering to the King the social arcana of his Craft . This Prince seemed m fact reconciled , and his silence at the effects of the edict , appeared to be a tacit revocation . Many members who had opposed the
court on the Masonic prosecution obtained distinguished employs One of them was charged with the education of the Prince , and became his confessor . The most zealous members who had been driven away for some time by this courtly storm , now came and made their liberal offerings on the altar of the Society , and which had been reluctantly postponed from the temper of the times . lesbecame
The Society was insensibly reanimated at Nap , more numerous than ever , and more zealous , because it was still in it s youth . Brotherly love , that heavenly gift , the most efficacious in consoling the miseries of this life , and too often unknown to kings , appeared now to expand its blessings through the whole city . The Grand Lod of London being considered as the source of
ge Masonic Legislation , that of Nap les obtained statutes and per-, mission for forming their provincial Grand . New- motives engaged them afterwards to separate , and after having formed themselves into a National Lodge , it contracted new alliances with the united Society of Germany . They afterwards established new Lodges in the kingdoms of Sicily and Naples . If we are permitted members of that their
to mention any one of the principal Society , names would apologize for tKe insertion . Charles becoming king of Spain , intended to p lace the crown of the two Sicilies on the head of Ferdinand the . Fourth , his son . This young Pnn « = was invested with public authority at an age when men beginj ^^^ g ^ nu act for themselves , and to make choice between the M ^ tm- <\}^ k At / GR AND " vA
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
fiut these noble plans were but in their infancy , and did no more at rhis time than promise , celebrity at Naples . . - Th- innocent mystery by which the Society is preserved , or some abuse nerhaps which often will dishonor the most noble designs , ^ Viarne ' d the King kf the security of his relig ion and for the safety of the sMteThe existence of this Society offended the monarchand
. , the rise of a new Order , in which he was assured the first courtiers had s -retly enroled themselves , all added reason-: for his publishing a ' n edi : t in 1751 , which royal bull , interdicted the Freemasons , and threatened to prosecute them according to the laws , and as disturbers of the public repose . About the same time , Benedict XIV . hurled the thunder of the which excelled the Conclave
Church against an Order ,, as the sun otftshines a twinkling star . Some have imagined that his Holiness was instigated to do this by the solicitations of the king of'Naoles , and others intimate , that being himself a Mason , he would thereby stifle suspicion , and calm the minds of . tne bigotted , jo-norant , and weak . We should be tempted to put this conjecture if it sufferable to conjec
tmon it in reading the holv bull , were pass - tures upon the edicts of this religious monarch . They also mention that the Master of the Lodge , overcome by the exigence of tne times , and to preserve the Society , was on the point of discovering to the King the social arcana of his Craft . This Prince seemed m fact reconciled , and his silence at the effects of the edict , appeared to be a tacit revocation . Many members who had opposed the
court on the Masonic prosecution obtained distinguished employs One of them was charged with the education of the Prince , and became his confessor . The most zealous members who had been driven away for some time by this courtly storm , now came and made their liberal offerings on the altar of the Society , and which had been reluctantly postponed from the temper of the times . lesbecame
The Society was insensibly reanimated at Nap , more numerous than ever , and more zealous , because it was still in it s youth . Brotherly love , that heavenly gift , the most efficacious in consoling the miseries of this life , and too often unknown to kings , appeared now to expand its blessings through the whole city . The Grand Lod of London being considered as the source of
ge Masonic Legislation , that of Nap les obtained statutes and per-, mission for forming their provincial Grand . New- motives engaged them afterwards to separate , and after having formed themselves into a National Lodge , it contracted new alliances with the united Society of Germany . They afterwards established new Lodges in the kingdoms of Sicily and Naples . If we are permitted members of that their
to mention any one of the principal Society , names would apologize for tKe insertion . Charles becoming king of Spain , intended to p lace the crown of the two Sicilies on the head of Ferdinand the . Fourth , his son . This young Pnn « = was invested with public authority at an age when men beginj ^^^ g ^ nu act for themselves , and to make choice between the M ^ tm- <\}^ k At / GR AND " vA