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Article THE CONSTITUTIONS OF 1762, ← Page 2 of 2 Article REGULATIONS AND CONSTITUTIONS. Page 1 of 10 →
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The Constitutions Of 1762,
There are numerous old manuscript copies of them extant in French and English . There are slight differences in "the text of all the copies I have examined , both printed and manuscript . They are however substantially the same . The copy herewith submitted is printed from the old manuscript ,
now in the archives of the Northern Supreme Council for the northern jurisdiction of the United States . We have adhered to the original text without attempting to change , improve or modify a word or sentence . It is a translation (?) from the French . As a literary production
it certainly will not rank hig-h . The manuscript is not dated . It bears evidence however of having been written in the early part of the present century . Its authenticity is established beyond question , by the well-known original autograph signatures attached to it .
Regulations And Constitutions.
REGULATIONS AND CONSTITUTIONS .
Made by the Nine Commissaries nominated by the Sovereign Grand Cotoncil of Sublime Knights of the Boyal Secret Princes of Masonry at the Grand Fast of Berlin * In consequence of the deliberation of the 5 th day of the 3 rd week
of the 7 th moon , of the Hebrew Aera 5562 , or of the Christian Aera 1762 ; To be ratified and observed by the said Sovereign Grand Council of Sublime Knights of the Royal Secret Princes of Masonry , and by all the private Councils regularly constituted over the Surface of the Two Hemispheres : transmitted to our Respectable Brother
Stephen Morin , Grand Inspector of all the Lodges in the new world . f It is well known that all Societies have received great benefits by the constant Labors of the Sublime Knights Sovereign Princes of Masonry . They think therefore that they can not take too much care and precaution to support all its dignity , to perpetuate its good
maxims and preserve them from the abuses which might be introduced by the deprivation of the present age ; Altho' the Royal and Sublime Order has always been sustained with glory and applause by the Wisdom and Prudence of its Secret Constitutions as ancient as the World , has rendered it necessary and proper to make in it reforms suitable to the times we live in ; The way of life of our First Patriarchs , who had been nurtured and brought up in the bosom of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Constitutions Of 1762,
There are numerous old manuscript copies of them extant in French and English . There are slight differences in "the text of all the copies I have examined , both printed and manuscript . They are however substantially the same . The copy herewith submitted is printed from the old manuscript ,
now in the archives of the Northern Supreme Council for the northern jurisdiction of the United States . We have adhered to the original text without attempting to change , improve or modify a word or sentence . It is a translation (?) from the French . As a literary production
it certainly will not rank hig-h . The manuscript is not dated . It bears evidence however of having been written in the early part of the present century . Its authenticity is established beyond question , by the well-known original autograph signatures attached to it .
Regulations And Constitutions.
REGULATIONS AND CONSTITUTIONS .
Made by the Nine Commissaries nominated by the Sovereign Grand Cotoncil of Sublime Knights of the Boyal Secret Princes of Masonry at the Grand Fast of Berlin * In consequence of the deliberation of the 5 th day of the 3 rd week
of the 7 th moon , of the Hebrew Aera 5562 , or of the Christian Aera 1762 ; To be ratified and observed by the said Sovereign Grand Council of Sublime Knights of the Royal Secret Princes of Masonry , and by all the private Councils regularly constituted over the Surface of the Two Hemispheres : transmitted to our Respectable Brother
Stephen Morin , Grand Inspector of all the Lodges in the new world . f It is well known that all Societies have received great benefits by the constant Labors of the Sublime Knights Sovereign Princes of Masonry . They think therefore that they can not take too much care and precaution to support all its dignity , to perpetuate its good
maxims and preserve them from the abuses which might be introduced by the deprivation of the present age ; Altho' the Royal and Sublime Order has always been sustained with glory and applause by the Wisdom and Prudence of its Secret Constitutions as ancient as the World , has rendered it necessary and proper to make in it reforms suitable to the times we live in ; The way of life of our First Patriarchs , who had been nurtured and brought up in the bosom of