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Article MASONIC PROCEEDINGS IN SPAIN. ← Page 3 of 6 →
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Masonic Proceedings In Spain.
Lastly : The Convention announced by the Swiss Executive not having taken place , and there being no immediate prospect of its assembling , the Lodges , despairing of seeing their desires of an union of the different antagonistic bodies realised , and conceiving that
Symbolism has nothing to do with the degrees of the Scottish Rite , that they ought not to be subjected to the dissentions of its members , and that wherever regular Freemasonry exists its government is absolutely free and independent , decided upon constituting a Grand Symbolic Lodge , independent of all the higher degrees and rites , and
acknowledging none beyond the three first degrees . Thus with the full consent of the Confederation of the Congress of Seville , the Grand Spanish Independent Symbolic Lodge was founded on 7 th February , 1881 . REGULARITY OF THE CONFEDERATION OF SEVILLE AND OF THE R ECENTLY FOUNDED GRAND LODGE .
The Confederation of the Congress of Seville is legally and regularly constituted , as the Lodges which formed it obtained regular Dimits from the Lusitan Grand Orient , as may be seen in the official periodical , where a Spanish version is given of a decree of that Orient , published in its official Boletin , No . 8 , second series , of November ,
1879 , declaring that the seven lodges of Seville , and seven others of different localities , separated from its jurisdiction in accordance with its constitution , having fulfilled all their duties and obtained their Dimits , constituting a regular proceeding , and placing them in a situation to pursue their Masonic life in accordance with the general rules and
statutes , and that they are in a position to be again admitted or their members affiliated in the Lodges of said jurisdiction . Further , the " Lusitan Boletin , " of October , 1880 , inserts the Report , No . 34 , of the
Council of the Order , which confirms the previous statement , and names four more Lodges which separated in the same legal manner , adding that of all these Lodges the Masonic proceeding is worthy of praise . ' The Confederation from the beginning have strictly observed the
Masonic law , and always refused to admit Lodges which have not separated from their former obedience legally and obtained regular Dimits , as may be seen in the periodical , wherein a Lodge is informed that it cannot be admitted until it can present itself in legal condition . The other self-styled Grand Orients cannot say so much , and are not
very particular in this respect ; see periodical , where part of the members of two Lodges , Graco and Rezon , were induced by improper means to separate from the Confederation , without fulfilling their duties and obtaining Dimits , and to join one of the Grand Orients
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Proceedings In Spain.
Lastly : The Convention announced by the Swiss Executive not having taken place , and there being no immediate prospect of its assembling , the Lodges , despairing of seeing their desires of an union of the different antagonistic bodies realised , and conceiving that
Symbolism has nothing to do with the degrees of the Scottish Rite , that they ought not to be subjected to the dissentions of its members , and that wherever regular Freemasonry exists its government is absolutely free and independent , decided upon constituting a Grand Symbolic Lodge , independent of all the higher degrees and rites , and
acknowledging none beyond the three first degrees . Thus with the full consent of the Confederation of the Congress of Seville , the Grand Spanish Independent Symbolic Lodge was founded on 7 th February , 1881 . REGULARITY OF THE CONFEDERATION OF SEVILLE AND OF THE R ECENTLY FOUNDED GRAND LODGE .
The Confederation of the Congress of Seville is legally and regularly constituted , as the Lodges which formed it obtained regular Dimits from the Lusitan Grand Orient , as may be seen in the official periodical , where a Spanish version is given of a decree of that Orient , published in its official Boletin , No . 8 , second series , of November ,
1879 , declaring that the seven lodges of Seville , and seven others of different localities , separated from its jurisdiction in accordance with its constitution , having fulfilled all their duties and obtained their Dimits , constituting a regular proceeding , and placing them in a situation to pursue their Masonic life in accordance with the general rules and
statutes , and that they are in a position to be again admitted or their members affiliated in the Lodges of said jurisdiction . Further , the " Lusitan Boletin , " of October , 1880 , inserts the Report , No . 34 , of the
Council of the Order , which confirms the previous statement , and names four more Lodges which separated in the same legal manner , adding that of all these Lodges the Masonic proceeding is worthy of praise . ' The Confederation from the beginning have strictly observed the
Masonic law , and always refused to admit Lodges which have not separated from their former obedience legally and obtained regular Dimits , as may be seen in the periodical , wherein a Lodge is informed that it cannot be admitted until it can present itself in legal condition . The other self-styled Grand Orients cannot say so much , and are not
very particular in this respect ; see periodical , where part of the members of two Lodges , Graco and Rezon , were induced by improper means to separate from the Confederation , without fulfilling their duties and obtaining Dimits , and to join one of the Grand Orients