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The Roman Collegia.
THE ROMAN COLLEGIA .
THE MASONIC MONTHLY
.New Series of the " Masonic Magazine . "
No . II . BY MASONIC STUDENT . Continued from page 134 .
OINCE I put together , my last paper on this subject , I have seen ^ and studied several other books which all bear on the subject , such as the " Romans in Britain , " by H . 0 . Coote , F . S . A . ; the " Syntagma Antiquitatum Romanarum , " by Heineccius , a work edited
by Haubold , and aided by Mii . hlenbrn . ch , published at Frankfort , 1841 ; and lastly a fine copy of the " Corpus Juris Civilis , " Amsterdam , 1681 . Mr . Coote thus sums up the various points of the whole question at p . 383 , et seq :
" By immemorial law or custom of Rome the citizens could combine and band together with the view and intention of effecting habitually some common lawful purpose . This combination was a collegium , and inseparable from this common bond was the obligation of the colleagues to secure to a deceased member his due burial and
jparentctlia under the care and at the general cost of the association to whose fund he had contributed in his lifetime . So unfailing are the provisions for effecting these two things in the rules of all the colleges , and so cherished to all appearance is this twofold object , that I cannot but suspect that it was the original design , to which every
other associated interest subordinated itself . And this explanation becomes irresistibly convincing , if we duly consider the twin beliefs engrained in the Aryan mind , —the efficacy of decent burial in procuring repose to the soul , and the power of annual sacrifice , as well in . VOL . I . —NO . 4 . 0
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The Roman Collegia.
THE ROMAN COLLEGIA .
THE MASONIC MONTHLY
.New Series of the " Masonic Magazine . "
No . II . BY MASONIC STUDENT . Continued from page 134 .
OINCE I put together , my last paper on this subject , I have seen ^ and studied several other books which all bear on the subject , such as the " Romans in Britain , " by H . 0 . Coote , F . S . A . ; the " Syntagma Antiquitatum Romanarum , " by Heineccius , a work edited
by Haubold , and aided by Mii . hlenbrn . ch , published at Frankfort , 1841 ; and lastly a fine copy of the " Corpus Juris Civilis , " Amsterdam , 1681 . Mr . Coote thus sums up the various points of the whole question at p . 383 , et seq :
" By immemorial law or custom of Rome the citizens could combine and band together with the view and intention of effecting habitually some common lawful purpose . This combination was a collegium , and inseparable from this common bond was the obligation of the colleagues to secure to a deceased member his due burial and
jparentctlia under the care and at the general cost of the association to whose fund he had contributed in his lifetime . So unfailing are the provisions for effecting these two things in the rules of all the colleges , and so cherished to all appearance is this twofold object , that I cannot but suspect that it was the original design , to which every
other associated interest subordinated itself . And this explanation becomes irresistibly convincing , if we duly consider the twin beliefs engrained in the Aryan mind , —the efficacy of decent burial in procuring repose to the soul , and the power of annual sacrifice , as well in . VOL . I . —NO . 4 . 0