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Article THE FREEMASONS' LEXICON.* ← Page 9 of 10 →
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The Freemasons' Lexicon.*
superstition , to have any effect upon our ideas of Gocl and of godly things , all persecution for difference of religious opinions would fall of themselves . Of fanaticism of whole Loclges against each other for a difference in their rituals and systems there were formerly too many traces , but they have happily for many years entirely ceased . Religious fanaticism cannot have any place in a Freemasons' Lodge , for the members of every sect of the Christian Church have an equal riht in the
g Order . If a Roman Catholic is at the head of the Lodge to-day , and a Lutherian or a member of the Reformed Church to-morrow , it is scarcely remarked by the Brethren . Fanst Johann . John Faust . —As in this work the Exorcists have obtained a place , every one will look for the name of Dr . Faust , or Faustus . Who has not heard of his compact with the Devil and of his hellish power ? This book really existed , is not scarce , and even
in 1802 a new edition appeared at Leipzig , and only cost eighteenpence . We may boldly take this hook in hand and read it through , either backward or forward , ancl neither Ghost nor Devil will appear . In the old editions there are certain characters and figures without either sense or meaning , and certain explanations and proverbs from the Scriptures . This work , and the history of his selling himself to the Devilis said to have been written by a professor of the black art
, , Dr . John Faustus , who should have lived in the commencement of the sixteenth century . According to his book he was the son of a farmer in Swabia , studied theology in Wittenburg , and devoted himself to the study of medicine , astrology , ancl magic . After he had spent a great fortune he inherited from an uncle , he made his compact with the Devil ,
who took him away twenty-four years afterwards . There are no proofs that such a person ever existed , ancl much less of the fabulous exorcism . But a real John Faust lived about a century before , who was a rich goldsmith in iMaintz ; he went into partnership , in 1-149 , with the discoverer of the art of printing , John Guttenberg , gave his fortune to this new art , and was a printer himself . We have yet bibles extant with his name as printer , ancl this Faust is still considered as a
celebrated man . Fessler Jgnats Aurelius . Ignatius Aurelius Fessler . —A man who , by his misfortunes , by his literary labours , and by the important services he rendered to Freemasonry , is deservedly celebrated among the Brethren . He was born in July , 1756 , at Ezorndorf , in Lower Hungary . In 1773 was a Capucin monk , under the name Innocentius , at Modeling , and as such was sent to Vienna , in 1781 . He left the
Capucin Order here , and was made a doctor in theology , and sent by Joseph II . to Lemberg , as ordinary professor of the oriental languages and Hermeneutie . In the same year , on the 1 st of May , he was initiated in the Phoenix Lodge , at the Round Table , in Lemberg . In Lemberg he wrote and published the tragedy Sidney , and was persecuted for so doing by his co-religionists ; fled , in 17 S 8 , to Silesia , where the Erb PrinceVon Carolathappointed him tutor to his children .
, , At this time he wrote many of his entertaining works , as Mark Aurel , Auristides , Themistocles , Matthias Corvinus , Attila , & c , & c . In the year 1791 he embraced the Lutherian religion , married in 1792 ; he founded an institution for education , in 1796 , at Berlin . On the 2 nd June , 1796 , he joined the Lodge Royal York , at Berlin , from which Grand Lodge he received a commission to revise the ritual . His valuable labour , completed with knowledge and taste , was introduced
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Lexicon.*
superstition , to have any effect upon our ideas of Gocl and of godly things , all persecution for difference of religious opinions would fall of themselves . Of fanaticism of whole Loclges against each other for a difference in their rituals and systems there were formerly too many traces , but they have happily for many years entirely ceased . Religious fanaticism cannot have any place in a Freemasons' Lodge , for the members of every sect of the Christian Church have an equal riht in the
g Order . If a Roman Catholic is at the head of the Lodge to-day , and a Lutherian or a member of the Reformed Church to-morrow , it is scarcely remarked by the Brethren . Fanst Johann . John Faust . —As in this work the Exorcists have obtained a place , every one will look for the name of Dr . Faust , or Faustus . Who has not heard of his compact with the Devil and of his hellish power ? This book really existed , is not scarce , and even
in 1802 a new edition appeared at Leipzig , and only cost eighteenpence . We may boldly take this hook in hand and read it through , either backward or forward , ancl neither Ghost nor Devil will appear . In the old editions there are certain characters and figures without either sense or meaning , and certain explanations and proverbs from the Scriptures . This work , and the history of his selling himself to the Devilis said to have been written by a professor of the black art
, , Dr . John Faustus , who should have lived in the commencement of the sixteenth century . According to his book he was the son of a farmer in Swabia , studied theology in Wittenburg , and devoted himself to the study of medicine , astrology , ancl magic . After he had spent a great fortune he inherited from an uncle , he made his compact with the Devil ,
who took him away twenty-four years afterwards . There are no proofs that such a person ever existed , ancl much less of the fabulous exorcism . But a real John Faust lived about a century before , who was a rich goldsmith in iMaintz ; he went into partnership , in 1-149 , with the discoverer of the art of printing , John Guttenberg , gave his fortune to this new art , and was a printer himself . We have yet bibles extant with his name as printer , ancl this Faust is still considered as a
celebrated man . Fessler Jgnats Aurelius . Ignatius Aurelius Fessler . —A man who , by his misfortunes , by his literary labours , and by the important services he rendered to Freemasonry , is deservedly celebrated among the Brethren . He was born in July , 1756 , at Ezorndorf , in Lower Hungary . In 1773 was a Capucin monk , under the name Innocentius , at Modeling , and as such was sent to Vienna , in 1781 . He left the
Capucin Order here , and was made a doctor in theology , and sent by Joseph II . to Lemberg , as ordinary professor of the oriental languages and Hermeneutie . In the same year , on the 1 st of May , he was initiated in the Phoenix Lodge , at the Round Table , in Lemberg . In Lemberg he wrote and published the tragedy Sidney , and was persecuted for so doing by his co-religionists ; fled , in 17 S 8 , to Silesia , where the Erb PrinceVon Carolathappointed him tutor to his children .
, , At this time he wrote many of his entertaining works , as Mark Aurel , Auristides , Themistocles , Matthias Corvinus , Attila , & c , & c . In the year 1791 he embraced the Lutherian religion , married in 1792 ; he founded an institution for education , in 1796 , at Berlin . On the 2 nd June , 1796 , he joined the Lodge Royal York , at Berlin , from which Grand Lodge he received a commission to revise the ritual . His valuable labour , completed with knowledge and taste , was introduced