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Masonic Proceedings In Spain.
( Sagasta ) , while the rest of the members sustained the said two Lodges iu their obedience to the Confederation . Another instance is stated in No . 35 , page 4 . By an official document , dated 27 th September , 1879 , addressed to the Confederation by the Grand
Commander of the Supreme Council of Switzerland , Executive of the Confederate Supreme Councils , in session of 20 th September , it was determined to " maintain its patronage to the Congress of Seville and enter into fraternal relations , until the next Convent recognizes which shall be the legitimate authority in Spain for the degrees 4 to 33 . "
In order to sustain these relations , Bro . Cira , 32 ° , is named Representative for the Swiss confederation , and Bro . Besancon , 33 ° , Representative for the Congress of Seville . The Supreme Council of France likewise recognized the Confederation of Seville , and exchanged representatives ( see " Chaine
d'Union , " No . 4 , of 1881 , page 165 ) . Finally , the " Orient , " official organ of the Grand Lodge of Hungary , in its No . 7 , of the year 1880 , judges the Confederation as follows :
" The Confederation of Seville comprises sixteen Lodges and three Chapters , which formerly owed obedience to the Grand Lusitan Lodge , but from which they separated in perfect regularity according to a decree of that Orient , which we have before us . Consequently the legitimacy of the Confederation is indisputable . "
The Masons who founded the Confederation did so as a means forbringing about the union of the different dissident bodies in Spain , never pretending to erect themselves into a body claiming supremacy , but only to exist , independent of the other irregular bodies , until a regular Orient should be recognised , which they would join , as is
clearly proved by the many articles in the official periodical called forth by misrepresentation and unwarrantable attacks ; attacks which they have carefully avoided imitating , believing that prudence and moderation were the best means of procuring sympathy . The Grand Symbolic Lodge of Seville , founded on 7 th February ,
1881 , by the Lodges comprising the Confederation of Seville , from which they separated legally , having fulfilled all their duties and obtained regular Dimits , lays claim to be considered a regular and legitimate body , the first and only one existing in Spain for working exclusively the three symbolical degrees of Apprentice , Fellowcraft ,
and Master Mason , without subordination to the Scottish or any other rite ; similar to England , Scotland , Ireland , the United States , Switzerland and some other countries . It originated in a proposition of one of the Lodges of the-Confederation ; that body received it approvingly , submitting it to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Proceedings In Spain.
( Sagasta ) , while the rest of the members sustained the said two Lodges iu their obedience to the Confederation . Another instance is stated in No . 35 , page 4 . By an official document , dated 27 th September , 1879 , addressed to the Confederation by the Grand
Commander of the Supreme Council of Switzerland , Executive of the Confederate Supreme Councils , in session of 20 th September , it was determined to " maintain its patronage to the Congress of Seville and enter into fraternal relations , until the next Convent recognizes which shall be the legitimate authority in Spain for the degrees 4 to 33 . "
In order to sustain these relations , Bro . Cira , 32 ° , is named Representative for the Swiss confederation , and Bro . Besancon , 33 ° , Representative for the Congress of Seville . The Supreme Council of France likewise recognized the Confederation of Seville , and exchanged representatives ( see " Chaine
d'Union , " No . 4 , of 1881 , page 165 ) . Finally , the " Orient , " official organ of the Grand Lodge of Hungary , in its No . 7 , of the year 1880 , judges the Confederation as follows :
" The Confederation of Seville comprises sixteen Lodges and three Chapters , which formerly owed obedience to the Grand Lusitan Lodge , but from which they separated in perfect regularity according to a decree of that Orient , which we have before us . Consequently the legitimacy of the Confederation is indisputable . "
The Masons who founded the Confederation did so as a means forbringing about the union of the different dissident bodies in Spain , never pretending to erect themselves into a body claiming supremacy , but only to exist , independent of the other irregular bodies , until a regular Orient should be recognised , which they would join , as is
clearly proved by the many articles in the official periodical called forth by misrepresentation and unwarrantable attacks ; attacks which they have carefully avoided imitating , believing that prudence and moderation were the best means of procuring sympathy . The Grand Symbolic Lodge of Seville , founded on 7 th February ,
1881 , by the Lodges comprising the Confederation of Seville , from which they separated legally , having fulfilled all their duties and obtained regular Dimits , lays claim to be considered a regular and legitimate body , the first and only one existing in Spain for working exclusively the three symbolical degrees of Apprentice , Fellowcraft ,
and Master Mason , without subordination to the Scottish or any other rite ; similar to England , Scotland , Ireland , the United States , Switzerland and some other countries . It originated in a proposition of one of the Lodges of the-Confederation ; that body received it approvingly , submitting it to