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Article FREEMASONRY AND THE SPANISH INQUISITION. ← Page 4 of 5 →
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Freemasonry And The Spanish Inquisition.
faithful chevalier and his holy wife , and the sacred names of Joseph , Mary , and Jesus . The fourteenth is an allusion to the descent of our Saviour into tbe limbos after his death , his resurrection , and ascension . Lastly , the fifteenth has the words eonsummatum est , which Jesus pronounced on the cross . In the twenty-seventh grade of the Grand Commander of the Temple , a cross is made on the forehead of the brotherwith the thumb of the
, right hand the sacred word INRI ; the scarf has four crosses , the disc a triangle of gold , with the Hebrew characters of the ineffable name Jehovah . The seal of the Order has between the devices of the shield of arms a cross , the arch of alliance , a lighted candle in a candlestick on each side , and above , the inscription , Glory to God ( Laus Deo ) . All these thingsand many others which allude to the sacred history
, of the temple of Jerusalem , built by Solomon , re-established byEsdras , restored by the Christians , and defended by the Knights Templars , present a mixture liable to an interpretation similar to that in the information of the witnesses at Florence , which was the first apostolical condemnation ; it was renewed under Pius VII ., in an edict of Cardinal Gonsalvi in 1814 . There was not less inconvenience in the execratory oath of the famous
masonic secret , for which no adequate object has been discovered , unless it was one which no longer exists . John Mark Larmeneo ( who secretly succeeded the Grand Master of the Templars , the unfortunate James de Mola , who requested him to accept the dignity ) invented , in concert with some knights who had
escaped the proscription , different signs , of words and actions , m order to recognize and receive knights into the Order secretly and by means of a novitiate , during which they were to be kept in ignorance of the object of the association ( which was to preserve the Order , to re-establish it in its former glory , and to revenge the deaths of the Grand Master and the knights who perished with him ) . When the qualities of the new member were perfectly well known , the grand secret was to be confided to himafter a most formidable oath .
, The secret signs were intended as a precaution against admitting into the Order those Templars who had formed schisms during the persecution ; they retired into Scotland , and refused to acknowledge John Larmeneo as Grand Master , and pretended that they had re-established the Order ; this pretension was refuted by a chapter of legitimate knights ; after this the new chief issued his diploma in 1324 , and his successors have followed his example , on obtaining the dignity of Secret
Grand Master of the Order of Templars in France . The list of Grand Masters until the year 1776 has been published . Philip de Bourbon , Duke of Orleans , was appointed in 1705 ; Louis Augustus de Bourbon , Duke de Maine , in 1724 ; Louis Henry de Bourbon Conde , in 1737 ; Louis Francis de Bourbon Conti , in 1745 ; Louis Henry Timoleon de Cosse Brissac , in 1776 ; and Bernard Raymond Fabrein 1814 .
, The Knights Templars who retired to Scotland founded an establishment in 1314 , under the protection of Robert Bruce ; their objects and their measures were the same , and they were concealed under the title of architects ; this was the origin of Freemasonry . They soon , however , forgot the most criminal part of the execratory oath . Since the deaths of Clement V . and Philip the Fair , the persecutors
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasonry And The Spanish Inquisition.
faithful chevalier and his holy wife , and the sacred names of Joseph , Mary , and Jesus . The fourteenth is an allusion to the descent of our Saviour into tbe limbos after his death , his resurrection , and ascension . Lastly , the fifteenth has the words eonsummatum est , which Jesus pronounced on the cross . In the twenty-seventh grade of the Grand Commander of the Temple , a cross is made on the forehead of the brotherwith the thumb of the
, right hand the sacred word INRI ; the scarf has four crosses , the disc a triangle of gold , with the Hebrew characters of the ineffable name Jehovah . The seal of the Order has between the devices of the shield of arms a cross , the arch of alliance , a lighted candle in a candlestick on each side , and above , the inscription , Glory to God ( Laus Deo ) . All these thingsand many others which allude to the sacred history
, of the temple of Jerusalem , built by Solomon , re-established byEsdras , restored by the Christians , and defended by the Knights Templars , present a mixture liable to an interpretation similar to that in the information of the witnesses at Florence , which was the first apostolical condemnation ; it was renewed under Pius VII ., in an edict of Cardinal Gonsalvi in 1814 . There was not less inconvenience in the execratory oath of the famous
masonic secret , for which no adequate object has been discovered , unless it was one which no longer exists . John Mark Larmeneo ( who secretly succeeded the Grand Master of the Templars , the unfortunate James de Mola , who requested him to accept the dignity ) invented , in concert with some knights who had
escaped the proscription , different signs , of words and actions , m order to recognize and receive knights into the Order secretly and by means of a novitiate , during which they were to be kept in ignorance of the object of the association ( which was to preserve the Order , to re-establish it in its former glory , and to revenge the deaths of the Grand Master and the knights who perished with him ) . When the qualities of the new member were perfectly well known , the grand secret was to be confided to himafter a most formidable oath .
, The secret signs were intended as a precaution against admitting into the Order those Templars who had formed schisms during the persecution ; they retired into Scotland , and refused to acknowledge John Larmeneo as Grand Master , and pretended that they had re-established the Order ; this pretension was refuted by a chapter of legitimate knights ; after this the new chief issued his diploma in 1324 , and his successors have followed his example , on obtaining the dignity of Secret
Grand Master of the Order of Templars in France . The list of Grand Masters until the year 1776 has been published . Philip de Bourbon , Duke of Orleans , was appointed in 1705 ; Louis Augustus de Bourbon , Duke de Maine , in 1724 ; Louis Henry de Bourbon Conde , in 1737 ; Louis Francis de Bourbon Conti , in 1745 ; Louis Henry Timoleon de Cosse Brissac , in 1776 ; and Bernard Raymond Fabrein 1814 .
, The Knights Templars who retired to Scotland founded an establishment in 1314 , under the protection of Robert Bruce ; their objects and their measures were the same , and they were concealed under the title of architects ; this was the origin of Freemasonry . They soon , however , forgot the most criminal part of the execratory oath . Since the deaths of Clement V . and Philip the Fair , the persecutors