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Constitution ^ of the 33 rd Degree . An interruption to its active operations occurred during the disastrous period when the dark spirit of anti-Masonry was moving like an incubus over the United States . But its constitutional powers were never surrendered , and its authority has been always acknowledged by the possessors of the
Sublime and Ineffable Degrees . Vacancies having occurred by the deaths of members , these vacancies were duly and constitutionally supplied , by the appointment of competent brethren as Sovereign Grand Inspectors-General . It claims M the Southern and South-western district of the United States , as the Supreme tribunal for the Sublime and Ineffable Degrees of the
Ancient and Accepted Rite . In deference to the Constitutions of the York Bite , practised in that country , it waives its rights and privileges , so for as they relate to the Degrees of Ancient Graft Masonry , which , long before the establish in the "Western hemisphere , were under the control of a Symbolic
Grand Lodge . -But it claims th ^ exclusive right to c following Degrees , which now are , and always have been > communicated by Sovereign Grrand Inspectors- General , or by bodies deriving their authority from a Supreme Council of the 33 rd Decree : —
4 . Secret Master . 5 . Perfect Master . 6 . Intimate Secretary . 7 . Provost and Judge . 8 . Intendant of the Buildings . . 9 . Elected Knights of ISiine . 10 . Illustrious Elect of Fifteen . 11 . Sublime Knights Elected . 12 . Grand Master Architect , 13 . Knight of the Ninth Arch . 14 Grand Elect , Perfect and Sublime Mason .
These Degrees are conferred in a body called a Lodge of Perfection , the presiding officer of which must be a Prince of Jerusalem , 16 th Degree . 15 . Knight of the East . 16 . Prince of Jerusalem .
These two Degrees are conferred in a body called a Council of Princes of Jerusalem , whose authority is supreme over these Degrees , and all under them . 17 . Knight of the East and "West . 18 . Sovereign Prince Pose Croix ( usually written JS . ^) . These two Degrees are conferred in a body called a Chapter of Rose Croix .
19 . Grand Pontiff . 20 , Grand Master of all Symbolic Lodges . 21 . Noachite , or Prussian Knight . 22 . Knight of the Koyal Axe , or Prince of Libanus . 23 . Chief of the Tabernacle . 24 . Prince of the Tabernacle . 25 . Knight of the Brazen Serpent . 26 . Prince of Mercy . 27 . Sovereign Commander of the Temple . 28 . Knight of the Sun . 29 . Knight of Saint Andrew . 30 . Grand Elect Knight
of K—II . 31 . Grand Inquisitor Commander . 32 . Sublime Prince of the Boyal Secret . From the 19 th inclusive , these Degrees are conferred in a body designated as a " Consistory of Princes of the Eoyal Secret ; " but they confer the 30 th , 31 st , and 32 nd only as the proxies of the Supreme Councils . '
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Histoey' Of The Ancient Amtd Accepted Bi...
Constitution ^ of the 33 rd Degree . An interruption to its active operations occurred during the disastrous period when the dark spirit of anti-Masonry was moving like an incubus over the United States . But its constitutional powers were never surrendered , and its authority has been always acknowledged by the possessors of the
Sublime and Ineffable Degrees . Vacancies having occurred by the deaths of members , these vacancies were duly and constitutionally supplied , by the appointment of competent brethren as Sovereign Grand Inspectors-General . It claims M the Southern and South-western district of the United States , as the Supreme tribunal for the Sublime and Ineffable Degrees of the
Ancient and Accepted Rite . In deference to the Constitutions of the York Bite , practised in that country , it waives its rights and privileges , so for as they relate to the Degrees of Ancient Graft Masonry , which , long before the establish in the "Western hemisphere , were under the control of a Symbolic
Grand Lodge . -But it claims th ^ exclusive right to c following Degrees , which now are , and always have been > communicated by Sovereign Grrand Inspectors- General , or by bodies deriving their authority from a Supreme Council of the 33 rd Decree : —
4 . Secret Master . 5 . Perfect Master . 6 . Intimate Secretary . 7 . Provost and Judge . 8 . Intendant of the Buildings . . 9 . Elected Knights of ISiine . 10 . Illustrious Elect of Fifteen . 11 . Sublime Knights Elected . 12 . Grand Master Architect , 13 . Knight of the Ninth Arch . 14 Grand Elect , Perfect and Sublime Mason .
These Degrees are conferred in a body called a Lodge of Perfection , the presiding officer of which must be a Prince of Jerusalem , 16 th Degree . 15 . Knight of the East . 16 . Prince of Jerusalem .
These two Degrees are conferred in a body called a Council of Princes of Jerusalem , whose authority is supreme over these Degrees , and all under them . 17 . Knight of the East and "West . 18 . Sovereign Prince Pose Croix ( usually written JS . ^) . These two Degrees are conferred in a body called a Chapter of Rose Croix .
19 . Grand Pontiff . 20 , Grand Master of all Symbolic Lodges . 21 . Noachite , or Prussian Knight . 22 . Knight of the Koyal Axe , or Prince of Libanus . 23 . Chief of the Tabernacle . 24 . Prince of the Tabernacle . 25 . Knight of the Brazen Serpent . 26 . Prince of Mercy . 27 . Sovereign Commander of the Temple . 28 . Knight of the Sun . 29 . Knight of Saint Andrew . 30 . Grand Elect Knight
of K—II . 31 . Grand Inquisitor Commander . 32 . Sublime Prince of the Boyal Secret . From the 19 th inclusive , these Degrees are conferred in a body designated as a " Consistory of Princes of the Eoyal Secret ; " but they confer the 30 th , 31 st , and 32 nd only as the proxies of the Supreme Councils . '