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ROYAL ARCH . THE ORIGINAL SECRETS . Bro . Hughan admits that to Masons who are in possession of the original secrets of the Third Degree , the Royal Arch is superfluous ; but in this country , he says , he has not met with one who is so situated , without having taken Eoyal Arch , although abroad we can meet with many .
THE ROYAL ARCH . " I venture to contend that the substance of the Royal Arch Degree is coeval with our earliest traditions , bearing on the face of it the marks of a high antiquity . "—Bro . Woodford .
DUNCKERLEY AND THE ROYAL ARCH . He introduced into the London Grand Lodge , with certain modifications , the Royal Arch Ritual , Avhich was manufactured by the seceding brethren . AIASTER'S DEGREE .
" The Avhole Master ' s Degree , Avith one or two trifling alterations , is I feel sure , from its archaisms , older than any other , "—A Masonic Student .
ROYAL ARCH . —Dr . MACKAY . Brother Dr . Mackay , in his Lexicon , states that before the year 1740 , the essential element of the Royal Arch constituted a part ofthe third Degree ; and about that year it was severed from that Degree and transfeved to another Degree by the schismatics .
THE ROYAL ARCH—A MASONIC STUDENT . " Those Avho like myself , uphold the reality of the Royal Arch , have never contended for more than this ; that , though the Eoyal Arch may have to-day a modern name and an elaborate ritual , it is and ever has been , substantially the same with the second part of the Master ' s Degree" . —A Masonic Student .
THE ROYAL ARCH . —LAURIE . '' The Object of the Royal Arch Degree is to supplement the Third Degree of the St . John ' s Masonry ; but that is entirely unnecessary , as it is knoAvn to every intelligent Master Mason , that this order is complete in itself . —Laurie .
THE REALITY OF THE ROYAL ARCH . The correspondent who writes concerning the reality of the Eoyal Arch , must be understood as arguing for the antiquity of the substantial part ofthe Eoyal Arch .
THE ROYAL ARCH . " We take it as clear- that the Royal Arch was unknown to the Grand Lodge of England for
sometime after its invention by the secceding Masons and that the original third Degree was intended to lead the Fraternity to the foot-stool of the Creator . " —Masonic Extract . GRAND LODGE BAYREUTH—ROYAL YORK
BERLINTIIE ANCIENT AVORD . " These Lodges still continue to impart to the brethren of the Third Degree , the ancient word , which according to Dr . Oliver , corresponds in meaning with the well known name of the
bountiful provider of our vvants , and the author of all good , viz ., the Great Architect of the Universe . " —Bro . Hughan .
ROYAL ARCH DEGREE—COMPLAINT . A brother complains , that " we do not better understand and appreciate the consummate wisdom of the framer of our received rites and ritual in having made the Eoyal Arch Degree the complement of the Master Mason ' s , and having designated it as the essence and completion of this august system . "
ORIGIN OF THE THIRD DEGREE . A very learned Brother , after observing that it is of course very difficult to obtain absolute evidence as to the real antiquity of the Third Degree , says that the likely place for search is in
apocryphal and spurious scriptures of the eastern churches and in rabbineal legends . "Freemasons' Magazine , " September , 1869 , THE ROYAL ARCH—DASSIGNY . Brother Hughan says , " Freemasons'
Magazine , " vol . 22 page 231 . " I have in my possesion a work by Dr . Dassigny A . D . 1744 , which most distinctly mentions the Royal Arch , and more than once in a favourable manner . "
ROYAL ARCH—BROTHER FINDEL . See Brother Findel ' s History pages 198 to 197 . In a communication to the "Freemasons ' Magazine" February , 1868 , Brother Findel Avrites " What I have to say on the Eoyal Arch , I have said in my history of Freemasonry . Hitherto no
brother has proved the contrary , and I am convinced no one can do so . " BROTHER FINDEL'S HISTORY , APPENDIX , C . Eespecting this appendix see Avhat Brother Woodford says , Freemasons' Magazine , vol . 18 , page 29 .
AVHAT CRAFT MASONRY UNDERLIES . " It is an old observation hoAv completely the traditions of Craft Masonry underlie the superstructure of later chivalric and foreign Degrees . " —Masonic Extract .
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ROYAL ARCH . THE ORIGINAL SECRETS . Bro . Hughan admits that to Masons who are in possession of the original secrets of the Third Degree , the Royal Arch is superfluous ; but in this country , he says , he has not met with one who is so situated , without having taken Eoyal Arch , although abroad we can meet with many .
THE ROYAL ARCH . " I venture to contend that the substance of the Royal Arch Degree is coeval with our earliest traditions , bearing on the face of it the marks of a high antiquity . "—Bro . Woodford .
DUNCKERLEY AND THE ROYAL ARCH . He introduced into the London Grand Lodge , with certain modifications , the Royal Arch Ritual , Avhich was manufactured by the seceding brethren . AIASTER'S DEGREE .
" The Avhole Master ' s Degree , Avith one or two trifling alterations , is I feel sure , from its archaisms , older than any other , "—A Masonic Student .
ROYAL ARCH . —Dr . MACKAY . Brother Dr . Mackay , in his Lexicon , states that before the year 1740 , the essential element of the Royal Arch constituted a part ofthe third Degree ; and about that year it was severed from that Degree and transfeved to another Degree by the schismatics .
THE ROYAL ARCH—A MASONIC STUDENT . " Those Avho like myself , uphold the reality of the Royal Arch , have never contended for more than this ; that , though the Eoyal Arch may have to-day a modern name and an elaborate ritual , it is and ever has been , substantially the same with the second part of the Master ' s Degree" . —A Masonic Student .
THE ROYAL ARCH . —LAURIE . '' The Object of the Royal Arch Degree is to supplement the Third Degree of the St . John ' s Masonry ; but that is entirely unnecessary , as it is knoAvn to every intelligent Master Mason , that this order is complete in itself . —Laurie .
THE REALITY OF THE ROYAL ARCH . The correspondent who writes concerning the reality of the Eoyal Arch , must be understood as arguing for the antiquity of the substantial part ofthe Eoyal Arch .
THE ROYAL ARCH . " We take it as clear- that the Royal Arch was unknown to the Grand Lodge of England for
sometime after its invention by the secceding Masons and that the original third Degree was intended to lead the Fraternity to the foot-stool of the Creator . " —Masonic Extract . GRAND LODGE BAYREUTH—ROYAL YORK
BERLINTIIE ANCIENT AVORD . " These Lodges still continue to impart to the brethren of the Third Degree , the ancient word , which according to Dr . Oliver , corresponds in meaning with the well known name of the
bountiful provider of our vvants , and the author of all good , viz ., the Great Architect of the Universe . " —Bro . Hughan .
ROYAL ARCH DEGREE—COMPLAINT . A brother complains , that " we do not better understand and appreciate the consummate wisdom of the framer of our received rites and ritual in having made the Eoyal Arch Degree the complement of the Master Mason ' s , and having designated it as the essence and completion of this august system . "
ORIGIN OF THE THIRD DEGREE . A very learned Brother , after observing that it is of course very difficult to obtain absolute evidence as to the real antiquity of the Third Degree , says that the likely place for search is in
apocryphal and spurious scriptures of the eastern churches and in rabbineal legends . "Freemasons' Magazine , " September , 1869 , THE ROYAL ARCH—DASSIGNY . Brother Hughan says , " Freemasons'
Magazine , " vol . 22 page 231 . " I have in my possesion a work by Dr . Dassigny A . D . 1744 , which most distinctly mentions the Royal Arch , and more than once in a favourable manner . "
ROYAL ARCH—BROTHER FINDEL . See Brother Findel ' s History pages 198 to 197 . In a communication to the "Freemasons ' Magazine" February , 1868 , Brother Findel Avrites " What I have to say on the Eoyal Arch , I have said in my history of Freemasonry . Hitherto no
brother has proved the contrary , and I am convinced no one can do so . " BROTHER FINDEL'S HISTORY , APPENDIX , C . Eespecting this appendix see Avhat Brother Woodford says , Freemasons' Magazine , vol . 18 , page 29 .
AVHAT CRAFT MASONRY UNDERLIES . " It is an old observation hoAv completely the traditions of Craft Masonry underlie the superstructure of later chivalric and foreign Degrees . " —Masonic Extract .