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Observations On The Degree Of "Rose Croix."
OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEGREE OF "ROSE CROIX . "
THIS is also called the Red Cross ; but it is neither the Red Cross of Oonstantine nor of Babylon , —the first of which is scarcely more than fifty years old , and the latter not more than a century , —and it is a mere English translation of Rose Croix : it is moreover an improper translation , because Rosy Cross is not only more correct , but it is well known to all that the Templars were the real Red Cross Knights . The name Rose Croixagainhas no connection with the ancient
Rosicru-, , cians , who were alchemists , and quite ignorant of Freemasonry : and it is first used in Masonry in a charter or bull given by Prince Charles Edward Stuart , in 1747 , to the town of Arras in France . This bull is printed ( with some trifling errors ) by Thory in his " llistoire du Grand Orient de France , " p . 184 . It is there stated : " Nous , Charles Edouard Stuard , Roi d'Angleterre , de France , de l'Ecosse , et dTrlande , et en cette qualite S . G . M . du Chapitre de H ., connu sous le titre de Chev .
de l'Aigle et du Pelican , et depuis nos maiheurs et nos infortunes , sous celui de Rose Croix—creons et erigeons , par la presente bulle , en la dite ville d'Airas , sur S . Chapitre primordial de Rose Croix , sous le titre distinctif , " & c . From this it may he inferred—1 st , that Charles Edward assumed himself to be the Sovereign Grand Master of H ., or H . R . D . M ., one of the degrees ofthe "Royal Order" of Robert the Bruce , * of which the reigning monarch of Scotland , ( now of Great Britain ) , if a
male , is the Hereditary Grand Master , —also , that it was as King he claimed the Grand Mastership ; Sndly , that the same degree which he conferred the power of granting , was previously known by the title of " The Eagle and Pelican ; " Srdly , that he believed that degree to be the same as the order or degree of H . or H . R . D . M . ; 4 thly , that the degree of " The Eagle and Pelican" only obtained the name of "Rose Croix" after his misfortunes , ( in 1745-46 ) ; 5 thly , that tbe Chapter of
Arras was created the first and head Chapter of the degree in France , and consequently , that the degree , whether it vras the Eagle and Pelican , or Rose Croix , or H . R . D . M ., was not originally a French degree , although known to the Prince and his adherents . Indeed , the accurate Thory proves that Freemasonry was unknown in France in the year 1725 , when a charter was granted to a few individuals for St . John ' s Masonry , by the Grand Lodge at London , and hence all degrees
not afterwards imported into France , must have been invented there since 172 , 5 ; Gthly , that the degree of Rose Croix was either a British or Irish degree , or corrupted from some one previously practised , under another denomination , in Great Britain or Ireland . Now there is not the smallest proof that the degree of Rose Croix was known , or any where practised in Britain , till more than twenty years after 1747 ; and it was not introduced into Ireland till brought there by a French gentleman forty years afterwards , viz . in 1787 . Moreover , every English form of the ceremonial , however much modified or altered
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Observations On The Degree Of "Rose Croix."
OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEGREE OF "ROSE CROIX . "
THIS is also called the Red Cross ; but it is neither the Red Cross of Oonstantine nor of Babylon , —the first of which is scarcely more than fifty years old , and the latter not more than a century , —and it is a mere English translation of Rose Croix : it is moreover an improper translation , because Rosy Cross is not only more correct , but it is well known to all that the Templars were the real Red Cross Knights . The name Rose Croixagainhas no connection with the ancient
Rosicru-, , cians , who were alchemists , and quite ignorant of Freemasonry : and it is first used in Masonry in a charter or bull given by Prince Charles Edward Stuart , in 1747 , to the town of Arras in France . This bull is printed ( with some trifling errors ) by Thory in his " llistoire du Grand Orient de France , " p . 184 . It is there stated : " Nous , Charles Edouard Stuard , Roi d'Angleterre , de France , de l'Ecosse , et dTrlande , et en cette qualite S . G . M . du Chapitre de H ., connu sous le titre de Chev .
de l'Aigle et du Pelican , et depuis nos maiheurs et nos infortunes , sous celui de Rose Croix—creons et erigeons , par la presente bulle , en la dite ville d'Airas , sur S . Chapitre primordial de Rose Croix , sous le titre distinctif , " & c . From this it may he inferred—1 st , that Charles Edward assumed himself to be the Sovereign Grand Master of H ., or H . R . D . M ., one of the degrees ofthe "Royal Order" of Robert the Bruce , * of which the reigning monarch of Scotland , ( now of Great Britain ) , if a
male , is the Hereditary Grand Master , —also , that it was as King he claimed the Grand Mastership ; Sndly , that the same degree which he conferred the power of granting , was previously known by the title of " The Eagle and Pelican ; " Srdly , that he believed that degree to be the same as the order or degree of H . or H . R . D . M . ; 4 thly , that the degree of " The Eagle and Pelican" only obtained the name of "Rose Croix" after his misfortunes , ( in 1745-46 ) ; 5 thly , that tbe Chapter of
Arras was created the first and head Chapter of the degree in France , and consequently , that the degree , whether it vras the Eagle and Pelican , or Rose Croix , or H . R . D . M ., was not originally a French degree , although known to the Prince and his adherents . Indeed , the accurate Thory proves that Freemasonry was unknown in France in the year 1725 , when a charter was granted to a few individuals for St . John ' s Masonry , by the Grand Lodge at London , and hence all degrees
not afterwards imported into France , must have been invented there since 172 , 5 ; Gthly , that the degree of Rose Croix was either a British or Irish degree , or corrupted from some one previously practised , under another denomination , in Great Britain or Ireland . Now there is not the smallest proof that the degree of Rose Croix was known , or any where practised in Britain , till more than twenty years after 1747 ; and it was not introduced into Ireland till brought there by a French gentleman forty years afterwards , viz . in 1787 . Moreover , every English form of the ceremonial , however much modified or altered