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Masonic Antiquities.
order to express that this policy had previously been submitted to and approved by the Jesuits , Samuel Prichard says that the principal pursuit of those who lived in the sixteenth century , was inlaying the foundation of the Sciekce of Geometry ; S . G-., that is to say ,
that in the sixteenth century the foundation of the enormous power of the Ge ^ eeal or Chief of the Society of Jesuits was being laid , Generalu Sociefatis . The epoch of this establishment was intended to remain concealed ; we find it symbolized thus , however , in the word Babel : B , 2 ; A , 1 ; B , 2 ; E , 5 ; L , 11 ; which added together produce 21 . The number 15 is here omitted , in order to express by ' .
abbreviation the number 1521 , the date of the celebrated pilgrimage of Ignatius Loyola . Then it was that he first conceived the scheme of his order , —that order which was to subjugate to his power kings , nations , and empires .
Nov is even poor Euclid spared . His name is thus turned into the title of Ignatius Loyola : E , 5 ; U , 20 ; C , 3 ; L , 11 ; I , 9 ; D , 4 ; which produce 52 ; 5 and 2 again make 7 , representing the letter Gr the first letter of GrENERiLii . The General is said to be a worthy and excellent mathematician of the Egyptians , because he has the initial . E ; . that is to say , allegorically" Eglise" ( Church ) . The word Egyptians is placed in the plural number , in order that the number
of its letters ( 9 ) may express the letter J , so as to make altogether the words Eglise Jesuitique . Prichard meant thus to signify that St . Ignatius Loyola separated himself from the church ; that is to say , from the chief point of the policy of . the popes , in order to become himself a " Hiram , " or a new architect who should construct a new building . This new building is represented by the Temple of
Solomon at Jerusalem . These words , Solomon and Jerusalem , are printed in italics , to show that they are the only important words , and signify particularly by their initials S . J ., the Society of Jesuits . Manon Grecus instructed our Charles Martel , or Marcel ( or as he called in the Burghley papers in the British Museum , "Marshall" } , who was afterwards elected king of France ; but it was not that fact
that Prichard meant to express ; he wanted a C and an M , to symbolise the college of Cler ' -Mont . This college of Cler ' - | ilont , or Clergy-Mount ( Mont du Olerge ) , represents the Order of the Jesuits . This Charles Mart el , who was elected king of France , means that the Jesuits succeeded in getting within their power , and governing the kings of Prance . The Manon Qrecus , or chief of the expert initiates , points to all the means employed to establish firmly the college of Cler -Mont . It is from Yranee that the Order was
imported into Englan'd . King Athelstan and the Lodges at York refer to James II ., who established a college of Jesuits in London when he was duke of York . The Laws or Charges represent the Book of Constitutions of the Order of Jesuits , which is , so to speak , the book of the order ; and in order that there may be no mistake in the matter , L , 11 ; and C , 8 , make 14 , or O , standing for Order . The phrase " their Brother ' s and Fellow ' s necessities / ' demands
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Antiquities.
order to express that this policy had previously been submitted to and approved by the Jesuits , Samuel Prichard says that the principal pursuit of those who lived in the sixteenth century , was inlaying the foundation of the Sciekce of Geometry ; S . G-., that is to say ,
that in the sixteenth century the foundation of the enormous power of the Ge ^ eeal or Chief of the Society of Jesuits was being laid , Generalu Sociefatis . The epoch of this establishment was intended to remain concealed ; we find it symbolized thus , however , in the word Babel : B , 2 ; A , 1 ; B , 2 ; E , 5 ; L , 11 ; which added together produce 21 . The number 15 is here omitted , in order to express by ' .
abbreviation the number 1521 , the date of the celebrated pilgrimage of Ignatius Loyola . Then it was that he first conceived the scheme of his order , —that order which was to subjugate to his power kings , nations , and empires .
Nov is even poor Euclid spared . His name is thus turned into the title of Ignatius Loyola : E , 5 ; U , 20 ; C , 3 ; L , 11 ; I , 9 ; D , 4 ; which produce 52 ; 5 and 2 again make 7 , representing the letter Gr the first letter of GrENERiLii . The General is said to be a worthy and excellent mathematician of the Egyptians , because he has the initial . E ; . that is to say , allegorically" Eglise" ( Church ) . The word Egyptians is placed in the plural number , in order that the number
of its letters ( 9 ) may express the letter J , so as to make altogether the words Eglise Jesuitique . Prichard meant thus to signify that St . Ignatius Loyola separated himself from the church ; that is to say , from the chief point of the policy of . the popes , in order to become himself a " Hiram , " or a new architect who should construct a new building . This new building is represented by the Temple of
Solomon at Jerusalem . These words , Solomon and Jerusalem , are printed in italics , to show that they are the only important words , and signify particularly by their initials S . J ., the Society of Jesuits . Manon Grecus instructed our Charles Martel , or Marcel ( or as he called in the Burghley papers in the British Museum , "Marshall" } , who was afterwards elected king of France ; but it was not that fact
that Prichard meant to express ; he wanted a C and an M , to symbolise the college of Cler ' -Mont . This college of Cler ' - | ilont , or Clergy-Mount ( Mont du Olerge ) , represents the Order of the Jesuits . This Charles Mart el , who was elected king of France , means that the Jesuits succeeded in getting within their power , and governing the kings of Prance . The Manon Qrecus , or chief of the expert initiates , points to all the means employed to establish firmly the college of Cler -Mont . It is from Yranee that the Order was
imported into Englan'd . King Athelstan and the Lodges at York refer to James II ., who established a college of Jesuits in London when he was duke of York . The Laws or Charges represent the Book of Constitutions of the Order of Jesuits , which is , so to speak , the book of the order ; and in order that there may be no mistake in the matter , L , 11 ; and C , 8 , make 14 , or O , standing for Order . The phrase " their Brother ' s and Fellow ' s necessities / ' demands