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Latomia.
GREAT BRITAIN . —In this kingdom there have existed many disputes between the fraternities in London and York . The difference in religion created jealousy and misunderstanding ; but there was no prohibition against Freemasonry by tbe government . PORTUGAL AND SPAIN . —The fraternity was much oppressed in these countries ; in 1738 Clement VI . issued a bull against them ; and in
1740 Philip V . passed an edict by which many were imprisoned , and not a few were tortured by the Inquisition . GERMANY . —Owing to the differences of opinion in many of the German States , Freemasonry was not generally received . HAMBURGH . —The first Lodge was established here in 1737 . BRUNSWICK . —Frederick the Great , then crown-prince , was initiated on the night of the 11-th of August , 1738 ; the advantageous result of this stop was soon made evident . The section concludes with a history of Masonry in other countries .
" The relation of Philosophy to Christianity . " This subject is divided into two questions : —First , as to how far is philosophy necessary to the Christianity of our days ?—and as to how far can we not measure the Christianity of our days by philosophy ?* '' Orangeism and Orange Lodges . " These societies materially interfered with the spreading of
Freemasonry , their seeming similarity to which caused the latter to suffer in public estimation . Other political secret societies tended to the same effect . In Ireland the oath for securing ultra-loyalists , was to secure the ascendancy of the Protestant religion ; while in England , Orangeism had more of a political than of a religious object .
u In what relation does Freemasonry stand towards mankind , and in particular towards Christianity ?" The author assumes Freemasonry to be beneficial in its effects on mankind , as that it is a FORE-SCHOOL to Christianity . "Historical recollection of the fore-times of Sweden . " The reminiscences on this head appear to be occasioned principally
by the opening of the chests which had belonged to Gustavus III ., on the 29 th of March , 1 S-12— fifty years after the death of that monarch . The chests contained four packets of papers on Freemasonry , with this inscription , "To be opened by a reigning king , of my house only !'
" Frederick II . ( the Great ) as a Freemason . —Frederick the Great in Holland with his father , on a visit to the Prince of Orange . " Upon Frederick I . ( when at table in the castle of Loo , in Gildern , ) declaiming with great violence against the body of Freemasons , the reigning Duke , Albert Wolfgang of Schaumburg-Lippe , openly confessed that he was one of the initiated , and defended the fraternity with great eloquence and ability . The crown-prince , afterwards Frederick the Great , struck by the Duke ' s energy , at once conceived a desire to join the fraternity , and on the same day made his intention known to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Latomia.
GREAT BRITAIN . —In this kingdom there have existed many disputes between the fraternities in London and York . The difference in religion created jealousy and misunderstanding ; but there was no prohibition against Freemasonry by tbe government . PORTUGAL AND SPAIN . —The fraternity was much oppressed in these countries ; in 1738 Clement VI . issued a bull against them ; and in
1740 Philip V . passed an edict by which many were imprisoned , and not a few were tortured by the Inquisition . GERMANY . —Owing to the differences of opinion in many of the German States , Freemasonry was not generally received . HAMBURGH . —The first Lodge was established here in 1737 . BRUNSWICK . —Frederick the Great , then crown-prince , was initiated on the night of the 11-th of August , 1738 ; the advantageous result of this stop was soon made evident . The section concludes with a history of Masonry in other countries .
" The relation of Philosophy to Christianity . " This subject is divided into two questions : —First , as to how far is philosophy necessary to the Christianity of our days ?—and as to how far can we not measure the Christianity of our days by philosophy ?* '' Orangeism and Orange Lodges . " These societies materially interfered with the spreading of
Freemasonry , their seeming similarity to which caused the latter to suffer in public estimation . Other political secret societies tended to the same effect . In Ireland the oath for securing ultra-loyalists , was to secure the ascendancy of the Protestant religion ; while in England , Orangeism had more of a political than of a religious object .
u In what relation does Freemasonry stand towards mankind , and in particular towards Christianity ?" The author assumes Freemasonry to be beneficial in its effects on mankind , as that it is a FORE-SCHOOL to Christianity . "Historical recollection of the fore-times of Sweden . " The reminiscences on this head appear to be occasioned principally
by the opening of the chests which had belonged to Gustavus III ., on the 29 th of March , 1 S-12— fifty years after the death of that monarch . The chests contained four packets of papers on Freemasonry , with this inscription , "To be opened by a reigning king , of my house only !'
" Frederick II . ( the Great ) as a Freemason . —Frederick the Great in Holland with his father , on a visit to the Prince of Orange . " Upon Frederick I . ( when at table in the castle of Loo , in Gildern , ) declaiming with great violence against the body of Freemasons , the reigning Duke , Albert Wolfgang of Schaumburg-Lippe , openly confessed that he was one of the initiated , and defended the fraternity with great eloquence and ability . The crown-prince , afterwards Frederick the Great , struck by the Duke ' s energy , at once conceived a desire to join the fraternity , and on the same day made his intention known to