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Article ESSAY ON MODERN PSEUDO-MASONIC RITES.* ← Page 6 of 9 →
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Essay On Modern Pseudo-Masonic Rites.*
allowed to receive more than one Degree at the same meeting , and to obtain the whole 25 required a period of eighty-one months . Soon , however , as has been already stated , 8 more Grades were added , which were attributed to Frederic II ., King of Prussia , and then the 33 were divided into 7 classes , and the Order retained its name of Rite Ancien et Accepte . The Inimical Councils of the Knights of the East and the Knights of
the West , had , by their internal broils , considerably weakened the Orders they sought to defend , and it was foreseen by many , that the friends of Symbolical Masonry would ultimately be victorious . And , indeed , so it proved , for soon after the decree of the G . O . both the Councils fell to the ground . Several , however , of the Brethren , who had in these Councils received the " Hauts grades" of the Capitulary Orders , joined the G . Lod and in 1785 formed in the bosom of the G . Lodge a Supreme
ge , Grand Chapter of the higher Grades . In spite of this triumph , the sense of the older members of the G . Lodge was decidedly against this multiplicity of Degrees , and they resolved , if possible , to simplify the Order , without losing anything really valuable . Those members who had been most vehement in their support of the Capitulary Grades having now , as it were , been victorious , began to consider the subject more coolly , and even they could not but feel dissatisfied at the enormous variety of
Degrees , the names of which no man could recollect . This feeling paved the way for the adherents of Symbolical Masonry , and accordingly the Grand Chapter promulgated a new series of four Orders , which represented all the " Hauts Grades . " These , together with the Symbolical Order , formed the " Rite Francais . " The following are the Grades and Orders : —
1 . Grade Apprenti ) Maconnerie Bleue ou 3 . ;; S agnon : ::::: ( ^^ - 4 . „ Elu . . 1 . Ordre . S 5 . „ Ecossais . . 2 . Ordre . ( jj auts Grade" ! 6 ' . „ Chevalier d'Orient 3 . Ordre . f 7 . „ Rose Croix . 4 . Ordre . J
The last four Grades are called " Orders , " because they represent the four high Orders of the " Rite Ancien et Accepte . ' This new Rite , founded as it was on rational grounds , became exceedingly popular , so much so indeed , as nearly to obliterate every vestige of the Rite Ancien et Accepte . It continued to be the only Rite practised in France until the year 1799 , when some Brethren , whose love of splendid ornaments and fine sounding titles , which astonished the vulgar , had not been extinguished , resolved once again to revive the
33 Degrees . These vain men could not make any impression in the G . Lodge , for they were anxious to meet with its sanction , if it could be obtained ; but the G . Lodge resisted long , until many of its members were seduced to follow the banners of Ecossisme—a great and angry contest ensued , and lasted for five years , until both parties were heartily tired . In 1804 a Grand Lodge of the " Rite Ancien et Accepte" was held , for the purpose of agreeing to some sort of truce or cessation of hostilities ; and forty days afterwards a solemn treaty of alliance between the G . Lodge of the " Rite Ecossais Ancien et Accepte " and the G . O . ofthe "RiteFrancais Moderne , " was executed by both parties , under the sanction of M .
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Essay On Modern Pseudo-Masonic Rites.*
allowed to receive more than one Degree at the same meeting , and to obtain the whole 25 required a period of eighty-one months . Soon , however , as has been already stated , 8 more Grades were added , which were attributed to Frederic II ., King of Prussia , and then the 33 were divided into 7 classes , and the Order retained its name of Rite Ancien et Accepte . The Inimical Councils of the Knights of the East and the Knights of
the West , had , by their internal broils , considerably weakened the Orders they sought to defend , and it was foreseen by many , that the friends of Symbolical Masonry would ultimately be victorious . And , indeed , so it proved , for soon after the decree of the G . O . both the Councils fell to the ground . Several , however , of the Brethren , who had in these Councils received the " Hauts grades" of the Capitulary Orders , joined the G . Lod and in 1785 formed in the bosom of the G . Lodge a Supreme
ge , Grand Chapter of the higher Grades . In spite of this triumph , the sense of the older members of the G . Lodge was decidedly against this multiplicity of Degrees , and they resolved , if possible , to simplify the Order , without losing anything really valuable . Those members who had been most vehement in their support of the Capitulary Grades having now , as it were , been victorious , began to consider the subject more coolly , and even they could not but feel dissatisfied at the enormous variety of
Degrees , the names of which no man could recollect . This feeling paved the way for the adherents of Symbolical Masonry , and accordingly the Grand Chapter promulgated a new series of four Orders , which represented all the " Hauts Grades . " These , together with the Symbolical Order , formed the " Rite Francais . " The following are the Grades and Orders : —
1 . Grade Apprenti ) Maconnerie Bleue ou 3 . ;; S agnon : ::::: ( ^^ - 4 . „ Elu . . 1 . Ordre . S 5 . „ Ecossais . . 2 . Ordre . ( jj auts Grade" ! 6 ' . „ Chevalier d'Orient 3 . Ordre . f 7 . „ Rose Croix . 4 . Ordre . J
The last four Grades are called " Orders , " because they represent the four high Orders of the " Rite Ancien et Accepte . ' This new Rite , founded as it was on rational grounds , became exceedingly popular , so much so indeed , as nearly to obliterate every vestige of the Rite Ancien et Accepte . It continued to be the only Rite practised in France until the year 1799 , when some Brethren , whose love of splendid ornaments and fine sounding titles , which astonished the vulgar , had not been extinguished , resolved once again to revive the
33 Degrees . These vain men could not make any impression in the G . Lodge , for they were anxious to meet with its sanction , if it could be obtained ; but the G . Lodge resisted long , until many of its members were seduced to follow the banners of Ecossisme—a great and angry contest ensued , and lasted for five years , until both parties were heartily tired . In 1804 a Grand Lodge of the " Rite Ancien et Accepte" was held , for the purpose of agreeing to some sort of truce or cessation of hostilities ; and forty days afterwards a solemn treaty of alliance between the G . Lodge of the " Rite Ecossais Ancien et Accepte " and the G . O . ofthe "RiteFrancais Moderne , " was executed by both parties , under the sanction of M .