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Article A CENTURY OF FREEMASONRY* ← Page 2 of 6 →
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A Century Of Freemasonry*
this man we find presiding over Masonry in France , and flourishing in the Patents of the Grand Lodge of France * But one thing is very much to the credit of the French Grand Lodge , —and that is , the continued resistance it offered to the encroachments made by the ambitious adventurers of the period . The Chevaliers d'Orient and the Degree Empereurs
d'Orient et 'dOccident Avere . struggling for supremacy , and by reason of their conferring * the higher Degrees , they assumed a command over the Grand Lodge , Avhich it most happily attempted in every Avay not to recognise ; and the remarks of Thory quite warrant us in applauding the truly retiring and modest behaviour of the Grand LodgeAvhichindeedAvas also
, , , not wanting in dignity . The Grancl Lodge of France , tired out AA'ith the continual assumption of the Chapters , who looked clown upon it as only administering the three symbolical Degrees , made every effort to stem the tide that Avas rolling ceaselessly up , and yet Avas unsuccessful .
Suddenly , by a coup d'etat , the Grancl Lodge cancelled all the warrants ofthe Chapters in a decree of the 24 th August , 1766 , and at the same time forbade all the Symbolical Lodges to acknowledge their supremacy . A copy of the decree was sent to London , and an affiance Avas formed between the Lodges to prevent the spread of the Chapters . This had some effect , for up to 1771 the Conseil des Empereurs d'Orient et d'Occident and Pirlet ' s Coimcil were the only Degrees that stood in the
way . So much jealousy had arisen betAveen the members of Grand Lodge ( Past Masters of Paris ) and those introduced by Lacorne , that confusion was again arising ; but the storm lulling a little , a peace Avas again proclaimed in 1762 . But this peace was of short duration , and , indeed , was but hypocritical altogether . f
Although the two Grand Lodges only formed a single one , the materials Avere so heterogeneous , that two factions were soon beheld in it . The old Masters , who had assisted in the first years of the Grand Mastership of the Count of Clermont to restore its ancient splendour , and who all belonged either to the nobility , the class of jurists , or to the higher citizens , unAvillingly beheld themselves mixed with mechanics Avithout education , or Avith suspicious persons , who were little fitted to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Century Of Freemasonry*
this man we find presiding over Masonry in France , and flourishing in the Patents of the Grand Lodge of France * But one thing is very much to the credit of the French Grand Lodge , —and that is , the continued resistance it offered to the encroachments made by the ambitious adventurers of the period . The Chevaliers d'Orient and the Degree Empereurs
d'Orient et 'dOccident Avere . struggling for supremacy , and by reason of their conferring * the higher Degrees , they assumed a command over the Grand Lodge , Avhich it most happily attempted in every Avay not to recognise ; and the remarks of Thory quite warrant us in applauding the truly retiring and modest behaviour of the Grand LodgeAvhichindeedAvas also
, , , not wanting in dignity . The Grancl Lodge of France , tired out AA'ith the continual assumption of the Chapters , who looked clown upon it as only administering the three symbolical Degrees , made every effort to stem the tide that Avas rolling ceaselessly up , and yet Avas unsuccessful .
Suddenly , by a coup d'etat , the Grancl Lodge cancelled all the warrants ofthe Chapters in a decree of the 24 th August , 1766 , and at the same time forbade all the Symbolical Lodges to acknowledge their supremacy . A copy of the decree was sent to London , and an affiance Avas formed between the Lodges to prevent the spread of the Chapters . This had some effect , for up to 1771 the Conseil des Empereurs d'Orient et d'Occident and Pirlet ' s Coimcil were the only Degrees that stood in the
way . So much jealousy had arisen betAveen the members of Grand Lodge ( Past Masters of Paris ) and those introduced by Lacorne , that confusion was again arising ; but the storm lulling a little , a peace Avas again proclaimed in 1762 . But this peace was of short duration , and , indeed , was but hypocritical altogether . f
Although the two Grand Lodges only formed a single one , the materials Avere so heterogeneous , that two factions were soon beheld in it . The old Masters , who had assisted in the first years of the Grand Mastership of the Count of Clermont to restore its ancient splendour , and who all belonged either to the nobility , the class of jurists , or to the higher citizens , unAvillingly beheld themselves mixed with mechanics Avithout education , or Avith suspicious persons , who were little fitted to