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Article THE FREEMASONS LEXICON.* ← Page 12 of 13 →
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The Freemasons Lexicon.*
God the Soil , and God the Holy Ghost ; to be able to accomplish your own regeneration ; to become a man full of wisdom and understanding in all sciences ; to take whatever name you chose , & c . & c . But it is a pity that , to obtain all those glorious privileges , we are directed to a host of spirits , who are , it is true , very minutely described in this Solomonic Claviculae ; but no mortal has ever obtained the key to open it . ClemensDuke of Bavaria and Elector of Colognewas born on the
, , 16 th August , 1700 , ancl died 6 th February , 1766 . The suppression of the Order of Freemasonry by Pope Clement XII ., in the year 1738 , with which every Roman Catholic prince was obliged to comply , disgusted the Elector Clemens August , who was a Freemason , and was the reason why he founded the Mops Order in the year 1740 . Clerikat oder Clerikcr—called also Clericorum Ordines Templar . —A system which arose in 1767 , about the same time as the Strict Observance
began to spread , but which has since been broken up . The discoverer of this system was the late Chief Court Chaplin Stark , in Darmstadt . He maintained that he had received those secrets from the fathers in Auvergne , and would probably have exercised the functions of the ancient High Priests—namely , of thoss who professed to be entrusted by the Almighty with the greatest secrets , and grand seal of nature ; of which , also , Aaron and his successors in the Mosaic dispensation , were
chosen Chief Preservers , in the Holy of Holies of the chosen people of God . It was given out that there was a secret Chapter of the Clerikers , who possessed the highest degrees of Freemasonry—which had penetrated into its most secret recesses—which knew the supremacy of the
Order , and which did the secret work of the Orders : and not only of the Orders which Freemasonry had created , but the Order which had brought forth Freemasonry itself , ancl which made use of Freemasonry as of an hierogliphically wrought veil—those Clerikers now wished to be the priests of the new Order of Knights Templars . The degrees of this system were the three degrees of Freemasonry corrupted ; 4 , The Young Scot ; 5 , The Scottish Ancient Master and Knight of the Order of St .
Andrew ; 6 , The Provincial Chief of the Chapter of the lied Cross ; 7 , The degree of Magus , which consisted of five divisions . Clermontsehes System , or High Chapter . —This was formerly wrought in the Clermontish College at Paris , and at the time of the system of the Knights Templars . The priests of this Order were said to be in possession of the secret of the higher degrees of Freemasonry , and that the source of all the higher degrees was to be found in its High Chapter .
This Order became known in the years 1735 to 1746 , but had existed previously . Cocarde . Cockade . —Many Brethren consider a blue cockade on the hat as a sign of freedom and equality ; those Brothers consider such a cockade a part of their clothing . Others consider the hat only to be this sign . Conferene Loge . Conference Lodge . —There are commonly
assem-, blies of M . M ., in which the financial affairs of the Lodge , poor money , * correspondence , & c . & c . are discussed . It is good for the Lodge when such conference Lodges are held monthly , as they serve to strengthen the interest which the Brethren take in the welfare of the Lodge . Constitution . Warrant . —In former times a Lodge formed itself without any ceremony wherever a sufficient number of Brethren dwelt
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons Lexicon.*
God the Soil , and God the Holy Ghost ; to be able to accomplish your own regeneration ; to become a man full of wisdom and understanding in all sciences ; to take whatever name you chose , & c . & c . But it is a pity that , to obtain all those glorious privileges , we are directed to a host of spirits , who are , it is true , very minutely described in this Solomonic Claviculae ; but no mortal has ever obtained the key to open it . ClemensDuke of Bavaria and Elector of Colognewas born on the
, , 16 th August , 1700 , ancl died 6 th February , 1766 . The suppression of the Order of Freemasonry by Pope Clement XII ., in the year 1738 , with which every Roman Catholic prince was obliged to comply , disgusted the Elector Clemens August , who was a Freemason , and was the reason why he founded the Mops Order in the year 1740 . Clerikat oder Clerikcr—called also Clericorum Ordines Templar . —A system which arose in 1767 , about the same time as the Strict Observance
began to spread , but which has since been broken up . The discoverer of this system was the late Chief Court Chaplin Stark , in Darmstadt . He maintained that he had received those secrets from the fathers in Auvergne , and would probably have exercised the functions of the ancient High Priests—namely , of thoss who professed to be entrusted by the Almighty with the greatest secrets , and grand seal of nature ; of which , also , Aaron and his successors in the Mosaic dispensation , were
chosen Chief Preservers , in the Holy of Holies of the chosen people of God . It was given out that there was a secret Chapter of the Clerikers , who possessed the highest degrees of Freemasonry—which had penetrated into its most secret recesses—which knew the supremacy of the
Order , and which did the secret work of the Orders : and not only of the Orders which Freemasonry had created , but the Order which had brought forth Freemasonry itself , ancl which made use of Freemasonry as of an hierogliphically wrought veil—those Clerikers now wished to be the priests of the new Order of Knights Templars . The degrees of this system were the three degrees of Freemasonry corrupted ; 4 , The Young Scot ; 5 , The Scottish Ancient Master and Knight of the Order of St .
Andrew ; 6 , The Provincial Chief of the Chapter of the lied Cross ; 7 , The degree of Magus , which consisted of five divisions . Clermontsehes System , or High Chapter . —This was formerly wrought in the Clermontish College at Paris , and at the time of the system of the Knights Templars . The priests of this Order were said to be in possession of the secret of the higher degrees of Freemasonry , and that the source of all the higher degrees was to be found in its High Chapter .
This Order became known in the years 1735 to 1746 , but had existed previously . Cocarde . Cockade . —Many Brethren consider a blue cockade on the hat as a sign of freedom and equality ; those Brothers consider such a cockade a part of their clothing . Others consider the hat only to be this sign . Conferene Loge . Conference Lodge . —There are commonly
assem-, blies of M . M ., in which the financial affairs of the Lodge , poor money , * correspondence , & c . & c . are discussed . It is good for the Lodge when such conference Lodges are held monthly , as they serve to strengthen the interest which the Brethren take in the welfare of the Lodge . Constitution . Warrant . —In former times a Lodge formed itself without any ceremony wherever a sufficient number of Brethren dwelt