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Article FREEMASONRY AND THE SPANISH INQUISITION. ← Page 3 of 5 →
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Freemasonry And The Spanish Inquisition.
masons to appoint his successor . Louis XV ., on being informed of it , declared that if a Frenchman were elected , he would send him to the Bastile . However , the Duke d' Autin was chosen , and after his death , Louis de Bourbon , Prince of ' C ' onti , succeeded him . Louis de Bourbon , Duke de Chartres , another prince of the blood , became Grand Master . In 1737 , the Dutch prohibited the assemblies of Freemasons , as a precautionary measure , without charging them with any crimes . The
members of a lodge assembled ; they were arrested and prosecuted , but they defended themselves with so much energy , that they were acquitted and the prohibition revoked . The Elector Palatine of the Rhine also prohibited the Order in his states , and arrested several members at Manheim , in consequence of their disobedience . John GastonGrand Duke of Tuscanypublished a decree of
pros-, , cription against the lodges in the same year . This prince died soon after , and the Masons again assembled . They were denounced to Pope Clement XII . This pontiff sent an inquisitor to Florence , who imprisoned several members of the society ; but Francis of Lorraine , when he became Grand Duke , set them at liberty . He declared himself the protector of the institution , and founded several lodges in Florence and other towns in his states .
If I were a member of the society , I would do all in my power to abolish those things which gave the inquisitors , and other ecclesiastics , occasion to say that sacred and profane things are mingled at the masonic ceremonies , particularly the following , which have already appeared in printed works . In the sixth grade or rank , which is that of Particular Secretary , ( Secretaire Intime , ) the history of Hiram , King of Tyre , is taken from
the ninth chapter of the third book of Kings , for the masonic allegories ; and Jehovah , the ineffable name of God , for the sacred word of Freemasonry . This custom is likewise observed , with some slight differences , in several other grades . In the eighteenth , called the Rosicrucian of Haradom of Kilwinning , is a representation of columns with inscriptions , the highest is as follows : " In the name of the holy and indivisible Trinity ; " lower down" May
, our salvation be eternal in God ; " still lower , " We have the happiness of being in the pacific unity of the sacred numbers . " The history of the second chapter of the first , and the nineteenth of the second , book of Esdras , is made use of . The word of order between two Freemasons of the same rank , is INRI , which some persons have supposed to be Jesus Nazarenus Rex JudaBorum ; the word passe is added , which means Emmanuel , or God is with us .
The rank of Rosicruciasi in the Scotch lodges is the perfection of the Order ; the meaning is developed in fifteen sections . In the fifth , the allegories are the mounts of salvation . Mounts Moriah and Calvary ; the first for the sacrifices of Abraham , David , and Solomon ; the second for that of Jesus of Nazareth ; other allegories relate to the Holy Spirit , designated as the majesty of God , which descended on the tabernacle and on the temple at the moment of its dedication . In the twelfth
section a holy mountain is seen , on which is a large church , in the form of a cross , from east to west , in the neighbourhood of a city , which is the image of the celestial Jerusalem . In the thirteenth , three great lights , symbols of the natural law , the laws of Moses and of Jesus Christ , and the cabinet of wisdom , designated as the stable for oxen , in which is a
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Freemasonry And The Spanish Inquisition.
masons to appoint his successor . Louis XV ., on being informed of it , declared that if a Frenchman were elected , he would send him to the Bastile . However , the Duke d' Autin was chosen , and after his death , Louis de Bourbon , Prince of ' C ' onti , succeeded him . Louis de Bourbon , Duke de Chartres , another prince of the blood , became Grand Master . In 1737 , the Dutch prohibited the assemblies of Freemasons , as a precautionary measure , without charging them with any crimes . The
members of a lodge assembled ; they were arrested and prosecuted , but they defended themselves with so much energy , that they were acquitted and the prohibition revoked . The Elector Palatine of the Rhine also prohibited the Order in his states , and arrested several members at Manheim , in consequence of their disobedience . John GastonGrand Duke of Tuscanypublished a decree of
pros-, , cription against the lodges in the same year . This prince died soon after , and the Masons again assembled . They were denounced to Pope Clement XII . This pontiff sent an inquisitor to Florence , who imprisoned several members of the society ; but Francis of Lorraine , when he became Grand Duke , set them at liberty . He declared himself the protector of the institution , and founded several lodges in Florence and other towns in his states .
If I were a member of the society , I would do all in my power to abolish those things which gave the inquisitors , and other ecclesiastics , occasion to say that sacred and profane things are mingled at the masonic ceremonies , particularly the following , which have already appeared in printed works . In the sixth grade or rank , which is that of Particular Secretary , ( Secretaire Intime , ) the history of Hiram , King of Tyre , is taken from
the ninth chapter of the third book of Kings , for the masonic allegories ; and Jehovah , the ineffable name of God , for the sacred word of Freemasonry . This custom is likewise observed , with some slight differences , in several other grades . In the eighteenth , called the Rosicrucian of Haradom of Kilwinning , is a representation of columns with inscriptions , the highest is as follows : " In the name of the holy and indivisible Trinity ; " lower down" May
, our salvation be eternal in God ; " still lower , " We have the happiness of being in the pacific unity of the sacred numbers . " The history of the second chapter of the first , and the nineteenth of the second , book of Esdras , is made use of . The word of order between two Freemasons of the same rank , is INRI , which some persons have supposed to be Jesus Nazarenus Rex JudaBorum ; the word passe is added , which means Emmanuel , or God is with us .
The rank of Rosicruciasi in the Scotch lodges is the perfection of the Order ; the meaning is developed in fifteen sections . In the fifth , the allegories are the mounts of salvation . Mounts Moriah and Calvary ; the first for the sacrifices of Abraham , David , and Solomon ; the second for that of Jesus of Nazareth ; other allegories relate to the Holy Spirit , designated as the majesty of God , which descended on the tabernacle and on the temple at the moment of its dedication . In the twelfth
section a holy mountain is seen , on which is a large church , in the form of a cross , from east to west , in the neighbourhood of a city , which is the image of the celestial Jerusalem . In the thirteenth , three great lights , symbols of the natural law , the laws of Moses and of Jesus Christ , and the cabinet of wisdom , designated as the stable for oxen , in which is a