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Literary Notices.
iutb the regular Lodges , when their pretensions were speedily unmasked , and / the authors of the imposition were called on to vindicate their conduct'befOre the Grand Lodge . Complaints were preferred against them at- ' the ' Quarterly Communication in June , 1739 , and the' offending Brethren Were allowed six months to prepare their defence . After a full ' investigation- ' and proof of their delinquen cy , it Was resolved that the transgressors should be pardoned upon their submission and promises of future good behaviour . ' It was also resolved , that 'the laws shall be strictly put in execution against all Brethren who shall ) in future ; countenance , connive , or assist at any irregular makings . '" * - *
-Notwithstanding these resolutions , the schism soon gained a-head , and became strong enough to establish a Grand Lodge of its own . And for the purpose of creating a sensible difference between the two systems , ivhich , in the end , were distinguished by the names of ancient and modern Masons ; the schismatics , under the direction of Laurence Dermott , took into their council some foreign Masons , and amongst the rest , the celebrated Chevalier Ramsay , who concocted the English Royal Arch from the latter portion of the third degree . Let Dr . Oliver again speak for himself .
; ' "I proceed to show the presumption that the Royal Arch degree was concocted by the ancients to widen the breach , and make the line of distinction between them and the GrandLodge broader and more indelible . Colonel Stone says — ' It is asserted , but with how much truth I have not the means of deciding , that the first warrant for the practice of the Royal Arch degree was granted by Charles Edward Stuart , son of the Pretender , to hold a Chapter of an order called the Scotch Jacobite , at Arrasin France ,. where he had received many favours at the hands of
, the Masons . This Chapter was subsequently removed to Paris , where it was called Le Chapitre d'Arras , and is , in fact the original of our present Royal ArCh Chapters . ' Stone ' s information on the foreign degrees , however , ' was very imperfect ; for there is no evidence to prove that the English Royal Arch was ever worked in France . The Chapter established under the auspices of the Chevalier was denominated the Eagle and Pelicananother name for the Royal Order of Bruceor that
, , part of it which is called the R . S . Y . C . S ., a composition of a widely different nature from our Royal Arch . c " In compiling the Ahiman Rezcn , Dermott was particularly guarded lest he - 'sbould' make any undue disclosures which might betray the English origin of his degree , for it would have destroyed his claim to the-title of an ancient Mason : but , notwithstanding all his care , I . shall
be able to prove the fact almost from the Ahiman Rezon itself , 'with the assistance of a little analogous testimony collected from other sources . It was evidently his intention that the Royal Arch should be received amongst the Brethren as a foreign degree , which had been practised fromthe most ancient times . Now it could not be a continental rite ; because ' -it- 'does not : correspond with the Royal Arch propagated ' -by Ramsay ' on the continent of Europe ; neither is it found -in any of the
French orGerman systems of Masonry practised during tlie : early part and middle of the last century . It is not contained in the Royal Order of -Bruce- which is- the only ancient ' system of Masonry in existence , except the three blue degrees ; neither do we discover it in the systems bf Gharles Edward-Stuart , of the Chapter of Clermont ; in : the'degree ' s of BarohXHundej-in Hermetic , Cabalistic ; or Eclectic Masohry * : nor . in
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Literary Notices.
iutb the regular Lodges , when their pretensions were speedily unmasked , and / the authors of the imposition were called on to vindicate their conduct'befOre the Grand Lodge . Complaints were preferred against them at- ' the ' Quarterly Communication in June , 1739 , and the' offending Brethren Were allowed six months to prepare their defence . After a full ' investigation- ' and proof of their delinquen cy , it Was resolved that the transgressors should be pardoned upon their submission and promises of future good behaviour . ' It was also resolved , that 'the laws shall be strictly put in execution against all Brethren who shall ) in future ; countenance , connive , or assist at any irregular makings . '" * - *
-Notwithstanding these resolutions , the schism soon gained a-head , and became strong enough to establish a Grand Lodge of its own . And for the purpose of creating a sensible difference between the two systems , ivhich , in the end , were distinguished by the names of ancient and modern Masons ; the schismatics , under the direction of Laurence Dermott , took into their council some foreign Masons , and amongst the rest , the celebrated Chevalier Ramsay , who concocted the English Royal Arch from the latter portion of the third degree . Let Dr . Oliver again speak for himself .
; ' "I proceed to show the presumption that the Royal Arch degree was concocted by the ancients to widen the breach , and make the line of distinction between them and the GrandLodge broader and more indelible . Colonel Stone says — ' It is asserted , but with how much truth I have not the means of deciding , that the first warrant for the practice of the Royal Arch degree was granted by Charles Edward Stuart , son of the Pretender , to hold a Chapter of an order called the Scotch Jacobite , at Arrasin France ,. where he had received many favours at the hands of
, the Masons . This Chapter was subsequently removed to Paris , where it was called Le Chapitre d'Arras , and is , in fact the original of our present Royal ArCh Chapters . ' Stone ' s information on the foreign degrees , however , ' was very imperfect ; for there is no evidence to prove that the English Royal Arch was ever worked in France . The Chapter established under the auspices of the Chevalier was denominated the Eagle and Pelicananother name for the Royal Order of Bruceor that
, , part of it which is called the R . S . Y . C . S ., a composition of a widely different nature from our Royal Arch . c " In compiling the Ahiman Rezcn , Dermott was particularly guarded lest he - 'sbould' make any undue disclosures which might betray the English origin of his degree , for it would have destroyed his claim to the-title of an ancient Mason : but , notwithstanding all his care , I . shall
be able to prove the fact almost from the Ahiman Rezon itself , 'with the assistance of a little analogous testimony collected from other sources . It was evidently his intention that the Royal Arch should be received amongst the Brethren as a foreign degree , which had been practised fromthe most ancient times . Now it could not be a continental rite ; because ' -it- 'does not : correspond with the Royal Arch propagated ' -by Ramsay ' on the continent of Europe ; neither is it found -in any of the
French orGerman systems of Masonry practised during tlie : early part and middle of the last century . It is not contained in the Royal Order of -Bruce- which is- the only ancient ' system of Masonry in existence , except the three blue degrees ; neither do we discover it in the systems bf Gharles Edward-Stuart , of the Chapter of Clermont ; in : the'degree ' s of BarohXHundej-in Hermetic , Cabalistic ; or Eclectic Masohry * : nor . in