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Regulations And Constitutions.
2 . The Royal Art , or the Society of Free and Accepted Masons , is divided in order by twenty-five degrees , known and approved , the first is inferior to the second , the second to the third , and so forth by
progression to the twenty-fifth , which is the sublime and last degree , which governs and commands all the others without exception . All those degrees are distributed in seven classes , by which it is indispensable to pass and follow exactly the order of the time and the distances between each degree , divided by mysterious numbers , as follows :
" 1 st . to arrive at the Entered Apprentice 3 mos . are required . 1 , 2 nd . „ „ Fellow Craft 5 „ „ „ Class . ^ 3 rd" " " Master Mason 7 „ „ 15 months . ' 4 . to arrive at the Secret Master , 3 mos . are required .
5 . „ „ Perfect Master 3 „ „ „ . . 6 . „ „ Intimate Secretary 3 „ „ „ Zna ^ ^ ^ ^ Intendant of the buildings 5 „ „ „ Uass- 8 . „ „ Provost and Judge 7 „ ., „ 21 months .
' 9 . to arrive at the Elected 3 mos . are required . 10 . „ „ Knight Elected of 15 3 „ „ „ 3 rd 1 11 . „ „ 111 . Knight Elected of 1 y . Class . " 12 Tubes .... 1 mon . is required . 7 months .
' 12 . to arrive at the Grand Master Architect 1 mon . is required . 13 . „ „ Knight Royal Arch 3 „ „ „ 4 th , 14 . „ ,. The Grand Elect Ancient Per-Class . ' feet Master 1 „ „ „ 5 months .
' 15 . to arrive at the Knight of the East or of the Sword 1 mon . is required . 16 . „ „ Prince of Jerusalem 1 „ „ „ 5 th , 17 . „ „ Knights of the East and West ... 3 „ „ „ Class . | 18 . „ „ Knights of Rose Croix 1 „ „ „ 19 . „ „ Grand Pontiff 3 „ „ „
9 months . ' 20 . to arrive at the Grand Patriarch 3 mos . are required 21 . „ „ Grand Master of the Key of 6 bh Masonry 3 „ „ „ p-, < j 22 . „ „ Prince of Libanus or of the Kjma
- Royal Axe 3 „ „ „ 9 months . f ~ 23 . Prince Adepte or Chief of the Consistory 5 mos . are required . H ,-, J 24 . Ills . Knight Commr . of the White and Black Eagle 5 „ „ „ Class " ! 25 . Most Ills . Prince of the Royal Secret 5 „ „ „ (_ 15 months . *
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Regulations And Constitutions.
2 . The Royal Art , or the Society of Free and Accepted Masons , is divided in order by twenty-five degrees , known and approved , the first is inferior to the second , the second to the third , and so forth by
progression to the twenty-fifth , which is the sublime and last degree , which governs and commands all the others without exception . All those degrees are distributed in seven classes , by which it is indispensable to pass and follow exactly the order of the time and the distances between each degree , divided by mysterious numbers , as follows :
" 1 st . to arrive at the Entered Apprentice 3 mos . are required . 1 , 2 nd . „ „ Fellow Craft 5 „ „ „ Class . ^ 3 rd" " " Master Mason 7 „ „ 15 months . ' 4 . to arrive at the Secret Master , 3 mos . are required .
5 . „ „ Perfect Master 3 „ „ „ . . 6 . „ „ Intimate Secretary 3 „ „ „ Zna ^ ^ ^ ^ Intendant of the buildings 5 „ „ „ Uass- 8 . „ „ Provost and Judge 7 „ ., „ 21 months .
' 9 . to arrive at the Elected 3 mos . are required . 10 . „ „ Knight Elected of 15 3 „ „ „ 3 rd 1 11 . „ „ 111 . Knight Elected of 1 y . Class . " 12 Tubes .... 1 mon . is required . 7 months .
' 12 . to arrive at the Grand Master Architect 1 mon . is required . 13 . „ „ Knight Royal Arch 3 „ „ „ 4 th , 14 . „ ,. The Grand Elect Ancient Per-Class . ' feet Master 1 „ „ „ 5 months .
' 15 . to arrive at the Knight of the East or of the Sword 1 mon . is required . 16 . „ „ Prince of Jerusalem 1 „ „ „ 5 th , 17 . „ „ Knights of the East and West ... 3 „ „ „ Class . | 18 . „ „ Knights of Rose Croix 1 „ „ „ 19 . „ „ Grand Pontiff 3 „ „ „
9 months . ' 20 . to arrive at the Grand Patriarch 3 mos . are required 21 . „ „ Grand Master of the Key of 6 bh Masonry 3 „ „ „ p-, < j 22 . „ „ Prince of Libanus or of the Kjma
- Royal Axe 3 „ „ „ 9 months . f ~ 23 . Prince Adepte or Chief of the Consistory 5 mos . are required . H ,-, J 24 . Ills . Knight Commr . of the White and Black Eagle 5 „ „ „ Class " ! 25 . Most Ills . Prince of the Royal Secret 5 „ „ „ (_ 15 months . *