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The Rites Op Freemasonry.
England and Wales . The solemn act of union in 1813 , declared and pronounced that -pure antient Masonry consists of three degrees and no more , viz . : those of the Entered Apprentice , the Fellow Craft , and the Master Mason , including the supreme degree of the Holy Royal Arch . Notwithstanding this , we consider the Masonic
fabric really to consist of nine degrees , which are these : 1-Entered Apprentice ; 2 . Fellow Craft ; 3 . Master Mason ; 4 . Royal Arch ; 5 . Installed Master or Past Master ; 6 . Joshua , or Third Principal ; 7 . Haggai , or Second Principal ; 8 . Zerubbabel , or First Principal ; 9 / Past Principal . Now , if the Avord " degree" be correctly defined by Johnson and other lexicographers , to be " a step , or preparation another hih statestationrankit is worth
for step , a g , ,, , y of remark , that to qualify a Brother for permanent admission to membership of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter ^ each and all the steps above enumerated must be taken ; and as to each is attached distinct signs and secrets , they must , in the common acceptation of the word , be " degrees . Hence , although our nomenclature may differ from that adopted by our transatlantic Brethren in the York rite—in the number of degrees , nine , they correspond .
The history of the Ancient and Accepted Rite has already been so fully treated upon in our journal that no further explanation is needed . The exact date at which it was formed is uncertain , but as it is the most extensively diffused of those rites in which the historical and chivalric degrees are embodied , Ave give it the next place in rank . In the year 1753 , in the Jesuit College of the city of Clermont in
France , in defiance of the bull of Pope Clement XIL , as well as the denunciation of the King of France , the Brethren of that college founded a Masonic Lodge , to wdiich- they gave the name of the Chapter of Clermont . All that is distinctly known of this society or its teaching is that , besides the three ancient symbolic degrees , there were introduced some of the higher ones ; all the allegories and symbols of which , Fessler asserts , pointed to the establishment of an
universal dominion , the desired end and aim of the Jesuit institution . Into this chapter , the famous Baron Hunde , though a member of the Protestant faith , contrived to gain admission , and upon the Masonic instruction he there received , and the ritual of the neAv degrees , was formed the nucleus of the system which he introduced into Germany . The Rite of Strict Observance was founded in Germany , by the
Baron Hunde , in 1754 ; and , according to Clavel , is based on the order of the Knights Templar . It comprises seven degrees , viz . : Entered Apprentice , Fellow Craft , Master Mason , Scotch Master , Novice , Templar , and Professed Knight . The legend of the Rite thus narrates its origin . On the murder of Jacques de Molay the Grand Master of the Templars , Pierre d'Aumont Grand Prior of
Auvergne , with two Commanders and five Knights , escaped from France , and sought safety in Scotland , under the disguise of operative Masons . Soon after their arrival , they were so fortunate as to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Rites Op Freemasonry.
England and Wales . The solemn act of union in 1813 , declared and pronounced that -pure antient Masonry consists of three degrees and no more , viz . : those of the Entered Apprentice , the Fellow Craft , and the Master Mason , including the supreme degree of the Holy Royal Arch . Notwithstanding this , we consider the Masonic
fabric really to consist of nine degrees , which are these : 1-Entered Apprentice ; 2 . Fellow Craft ; 3 . Master Mason ; 4 . Royal Arch ; 5 . Installed Master or Past Master ; 6 . Joshua , or Third Principal ; 7 . Haggai , or Second Principal ; 8 . Zerubbabel , or First Principal ; 9 / Past Principal . Now , if the Avord " degree" be correctly defined by Johnson and other lexicographers , to be " a step , or preparation another hih statestationrankit is worth
for step , a g , ,, , y of remark , that to qualify a Brother for permanent admission to membership of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter ^ each and all the steps above enumerated must be taken ; and as to each is attached distinct signs and secrets , they must , in the common acceptation of the word , be " degrees . Hence , although our nomenclature may differ from that adopted by our transatlantic Brethren in the York rite—in the number of degrees , nine , they correspond .
The history of the Ancient and Accepted Rite has already been so fully treated upon in our journal that no further explanation is needed . The exact date at which it was formed is uncertain , but as it is the most extensively diffused of those rites in which the historical and chivalric degrees are embodied , Ave give it the next place in rank . In the year 1753 , in the Jesuit College of the city of Clermont in
France , in defiance of the bull of Pope Clement XIL , as well as the denunciation of the King of France , the Brethren of that college founded a Masonic Lodge , to wdiich- they gave the name of the Chapter of Clermont . All that is distinctly known of this society or its teaching is that , besides the three ancient symbolic degrees , there were introduced some of the higher ones ; all the allegories and symbols of which , Fessler asserts , pointed to the establishment of an
universal dominion , the desired end and aim of the Jesuit institution . Into this chapter , the famous Baron Hunde , though a member of the Protestant faith , contrived to gain admission , and upon the Masonic instruction he there received , and the ritual of the neAv degrees , was formed the nucleus of the system which he introduced into Germany . The Rite of Strict Observance was founded in Germany , by the
Baron Hunde , in 1754 ; and , according to Clavel , is based on the order of the Knights Templar . It comprises seven degrees , viz . : Entered Apprentice , Fellow Craft , Master Mason , Scotch Master , Novice , Templar , and Professed Knight . The legend of the Rite thus narrates its origin . On the murder of Jacques de Molay the Grand Master of the Templars , Pierre d'Aumont Grand Prior of
Auvergne , with two Commanders and five Knights , escaped from France , and sought safety in Scotland , under the disguise of operative Masons . Soon after their arrival , they were so fortunate as to