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Article THE RITES OP FREEMASONRY. ← Page 13 of 14 →
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The Rites Op Freemasonry.
by the Culdees , whose principal seat was at I-Colm-Kill during the second and third centuries of the Christian era . The Rosy Cross , which in French was termed the Grade de la Tour , is honorary , the tradition being that it Avas an order of knighthood first conferred on the field of Bannockburn .
The Swedish Rite , or that practised by the sanction of the Grand Lodge of Sweden , consists of tAvelve degrees , the fifth of which , avc are told , confers upon its possessor the rank of nobility in the state . The degrees are— -Apprentice ; Fellow Craft ; Master ; Apprentice and Fellow Craft of St . Andrew ; Master of St . Andrew ; Brother Stuart ; Favourite Brother of Solomon ; Favourite Brother of St . John , or White Ribbon ; Favourite Brother of St . Andrew , or Violet Ribbon ; Member of the Chapter ; Dignitary of the Chapter ; and Reigning Grand Master .
Schroder ' s Rite , which is said to be still practised at Hamburg , was invented by a person of that name , and besides the three degrees of ancient Craft Masonry , had many others containing a mixture of alchemy , magic , and theosophy . It Avas first practised in a Lodge at Sarreburg . Clavel calls Schroder a charlatan , and designates him the Cagliostrb of Germany . The Primitive Rite of Narbonne Avas established in that city , in 1780 . The degrees were selected from other rites , and \ , ere chiefly of philosophical , character assuming as their object , the reformation of intellectual man and his restoration to his primitive rank cf purity and perfection .
The Freres Pontives were a community of operative and speculative Masons , who , as a religious house of brotherhood , established themselves at Avignon , at the close of the tAvelfth century ; they devoted themselves , as the name denotes , to the construction and repair of stone bridges . It is on record , that the community existed as late as 1590 : John de Medicis , who was Master in 1560 , may perhaps have been a son of Cosmo , Duke of Florence , who died 1562 , and was . made a cardinal shortly before . The Order of Mustard Seed , or as they called themselves " The Fraternity of Moravian Brothers of the Order of Religious Freemasons , " was instituted in Germany in 17 39 . Its mysteries were founded
on the parable in St . Mark ' s gospel , where our Lord said " Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God ; or with what comparison shall we compare it ? It is like a grain of mustard seed , Avhich , when it is sown in the earth , is less than all the seeds that be in the earth but when it is sown , it groweth up , and becometh greater than all
herbs , and shooteth out great branches : so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it . " The description Avhich our Lord has given of the mustard tree , occasioned much conjecture , and Lightfoot cites a passage from the Talmud , in Avhich a mustard tree is said to have been possessed of branches sufficiently large to cover a tent ; while Scheuchzer describes and represents a species of the plant several feet high , and possessing a tree-like appearance . The
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The Rites Op Freemasonry.
by the Culdees , whose principal seat was at I-Colm-Kill during the second and third centuries of the Christian era . The Rosy Cross , which in French was termed the Grade de la Tour , is honorary , the tradition being that it Avas an order of knighthood first conferred on the field of Bannockburn .
The Swedish Rite , or that practised by the sanction of the Grand Lodge of Sweden , consists of tAvelve degrees , the fifth of which , avc are told , confers upon its possessor the rank of nobility in the state . The degrees are— -Apprentice ; Fellow Craft ; Master ; Apprentice and Fellow Craft of St . Andrew ; Master of St . Andrew ; Brother Stuart ; Favourite Brother of Solomon ; Favourite Brother of St . John , or White Ribbon ; Favourite Brother of St . Andrew , or Violet Ribbon ; Member of the Chapter ; Dignitary of the Chapter ; and Reigning Grand Master .
Schroder ' s Rite , which is said to be still practised at Hamburg , was invented by a person of that name , and besides the three degrees of ancient Craft Masonry , had many others containing a mixture of alchemy , magic , and theosophy . It Avas first practised in a Lodge at Sarreburg . Clavel calls Schroder a charlatan , and designates him the Cagliostrb of Germany . The Primitive Rite of Narbonne Avas established in that city , in 1780 . The degrees were selected from other rites , and \ , ere chiefly of philosophical , character assuming as their object , the reformation of intellectual man and his restoration to his primitive rank cf purity and perfection .
The Freres Pontives were a community of operative and speculative Masons , who , as a religious house of brotherhood , established themselves at Avignon , at the close of the tAvelfth century ; they devoted themselves , as the name denotes , to the construction and repair of stone bridges . It is on record , that the community existed as late as 1590 : John de Medicis , who was Master in 1560 , may perhaps have been a son of Cosmo , Duke of Florence , who died 1562 , and was . made a cardinal shortly before . The Order of Mustard Seed , or as they called themselves " The Fraternity of Moravian Brothers of the Order of Religious Freemasons , " was instituted in Germany in 17 39 . Its mysteries were founded
on the parable in St . Mark ' s gospel , where our Lord said " Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God ; or with what comparison shall we compare it ? It is like a grain of mustard seed , Avhich , when it is sown in the earth , is less than all the seeds that be in the earth but when it is sown , it groweth up , and becometh greater than all
herbs , and shooteth out great branches : so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it . " The description Avhich our Lord has given of the mustard tree , occasioned much conjecture , and Lightfoot cites a passage from the Talmud , in Avhich a mustard tree is said to have been possessed of branches sufficiently large to cover a tent ; while Scheuchzer describes and represents a species of the plant several feet high , and possessing a tree-like appearance . The