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The Rites Op Freemasonry.
towards it , Ave Avill and ordain , that its first dignitaries , to the number which avc may determine , shall , in future , be decorated ' with the most intimate proof of our confidence , and . which shall be for them a
distinctive mark of the highest dignity . " The number of Knights in the order is . twenty-seven , all Masons , and the King of SAveden is the perpetual Grand Master . The Rite of Memphis was established in Paris , in 1839 , by Bros . J . A . Marconis and E . A . Moutet , and extended itself to Marseilles and Brussels . It is said to have been a variation ofthe Rite of
Mizraim , and was composed of ninety-one degrees . It lasted but a very brief period , and is totally extinct . The Mopses , which name , from the German " mops" signifying a young mastiff , is intended to indicate the mutual fidelity and attachment of the Brethren—those virtues being characteristic of the noble animal . This Order originated in the follo \ ving manner . In 1738 ,
Pope Clement XII . issued a bull , condemning and forbidding the practice of the rites of Masonry . Several Brethren in the Catholic states of Germany , unwilling to renounce the Order , yet fearful of offending the ecclesiastical authority , formed , in 1740 , under the above name what was pretended to be a new institution , devoted to'the
papal hierarchy , but Avhich was , in truth , nothing else than Freemasonry , under a less offensive appellation . It was patronised by the most illustrious persons in Germany , and many of the princes of the empire were its Grand Masters .
The Royal Order of Herodem and Rosy Cross is affirmed to have been founded by King Robert Bruce at Kilwinning . After the battle of Bannockburn Avas fought , on the 24 th of June , 1314 , the king created the Order of St . Andrew of the Thistle , to which Avas afterwards united that of Herodem , for the sake of the Masons who formed
a part of his troops . The king established the Royal Grand Lodge of Herodem at Kilwinning , reserving to himself and his successors the office of Grand Master . This order is , we believe , entirely confined to Scotland , and is given only to those avIio , by exaltation or affiliation , are registered in the books of the Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons . Tho historical tradition relates , that after the dissolution of the Templar order , seA eral of the knights placed themselves under the protection of Bruce , and greatly contributed to gain the victory of Bannockburn ; these were the Masons , it is said , for whom he instituted the order of Herodem . All Masonry declined during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , and this
order was in abeyance until the middle of the last century , when its functions were resumed at Edinburgh . In order to preserve a marked distinction between the Royal Order and Craft Masonry , which had formed a Grand Lodge in that city in 1736 , the former
confined itself entirely to the two degrees of Herodem and Rosy Cross . Dr . Oliver says , the Herodem was not originally Masonic , but appears to have been connected with' some ceremonies of the early Christians , winch are believed to have been introduced
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The Rites Op Freemasonry.
towards it , Ave Avill and ordain , that its first dignitaries , to the number which avc may determine , shall , in future , be decorated ' with the most intimate proof of our confidence , and . which shall be for them a
distinctive mark of the highest dignity . " The number of Knights in the order is . twenty-seven , all Masons , and the King of SAveden is the perpetual Grand Master . The Rite of Memphis was established in Paris , in 1839 , by Bros . J . A . Marconis and E . A . Moutet , and extended itself to Marseilles and Brussels . It is said to have been a variation ofthe Rite of
Mizraim , and was composed of ninety-one degrees . It lasted but a very brief period , and is totally extinct . The Mopses , which name , from the German " mops" signifying a young mastiff , is intended to indicate the mutual fidelity and attachment of the Brethren—those virtues being characteristic of the noble animal . This Order originated in the follo \ ving manner . In 1738 ,
Pope Clement XII . issued a bull , condemning and forbidding the practice of the rites of Masonry . Several Brethren in the Catholic states of Germany , unwilling to renounce the Order , yet fearful of offending the ecclesiastical authority , formed , in 1740 , under the above name what was pretended to be a new institution , devoted to'the
papal hierarchy , but Avhich was , in truth , nothing else than Freemasonry , under a less offensive appellation . It was patronised by the most illustrious persons in Germany , and many of the princes of the empire were its Grand Masters .
The Royal Order of Herodem and Rosy Cross is affirmed to have been founded by King Robert Bruce at Kilwinning . After the battle of Bannockburn Avas fought , on the 24 th of June , 1314 , the king created the Order of St . Andrew of the Thistle , to which Avas afterwards united that of Herodem , for the sake of the Masons who formed
a part of his troops . The king established the Royal Grand Lodge of Herodem at Kilwinning , reserving to himself and his successors the office of Grand Master . This order is , we believe , entirely confined to Scotland , and is given only to those avIio , by exaltation or affiliation , are registered in the books of the Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons . Tho historical tradition relates , that after the dissolution of the Templar order , seA eral of the knights placed themselves under the protection of Bruce , and greatly contributed to gain the victory of Bannockburn ; these were the Masons , it is said , for whom he instituted the order of Herodem . All Masonry declined during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , and this
order was in abeyance until the middle of the last century , when its functions were resumed at Edinburgh . In order to preserve a marked distinction between the Royal Order and Craft Masonry , which had formed a Grand Lodge in that city in 1736 , the former
confined itself entirely to the two degrees of Herodem and Rosy Cross . Dr . Oliver says , the Herodem was not originally Masonic , but appears to have been connected with' some ceremonies of the early Christians , winch are believed to have been introduced