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Masonic Proceedings In Spain.
the other Lodges , which adopted it with enthusiasm , consideringit the only means of bringing about the desired union of the Spanish Masons . A treaty of alliance was formed between the two bodies ; the
Confederation conceding to the Grand Lodge its jurisdiction over the three first degrees , and the Grand Lodge requiring its members , who desired to make use of the higher degrees , to affiliate in the Confederation . In No . 11 of " Le Monde Mac-onique , " of Paris , of April , 1881 ,
will be found observations approving the formation of the Grand Lodge of Seville , and speaks favourably of our Constitution . In No . 8 of the seventh year of the periodical " Alpina , " may be seen in the official section an extract of the Protocol of the fifth session held by the Council of Administration , and in chapter 5 , pages 8 , 9 , 10 and 11 , is a Report , recommending the Grand Lodge Alpina to enter into correspondence with the Grand Lodge of Seville , and to
reject the applications of the other Grand Lodges of Spain . Report of the Commission of Foreign Relations to the Grand United Lodge of Colon and Island of Cuba , which Commission , after having studied attentively the situation of Freemasonry in Spain , observes that in 1780 Count Aranda established a Grand Lodge out of
the Lodges then working , all of English origin . That in 1817 , said Grand Lodge was dissolved , subjecting itself to the Supreme Council founded in 1807 by Count Tilly . That thus disapjseared true and independent Freemasonry , leaving Spain unoccupied . It also considers that the jurisdiction of Spain was unoccupied in all that
concerns the legitimate government of the Ancient Fraternity of Freemasons at the time of the constitution of the Independent Grand Symbolic Lodge of Spain in Seville . That the origin of the Lodges that have founded it is legitimate , having belonged to the Grand Lusitan Orient . That in the creation of this Grand Lodge , the forms and requisites which are prescribed by Masonic jurisprudence have been conformed to .
The Report proposes that the Grand United Lodge of Colon and Island of Cuba should recognize the Grand Lodge of Seville . The said recognition is comprised in a letter of the Grand Master , dated Habana , 5 th April , 1881 , to the Grand Spanish Independent Lodge at Seville , admitting representatives .
The Constitution of the Grand Independent Lodge fixes the domicile at Seville , a natural consequence of its having been conceived and founded by Masons residing in that city ; but as it is their only object to bring about an union of the Spanish Masons , without any ambition or wish to engross precedence in any way , there has been
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Proceedings In Spain.
the other Lodges , which adopted it with enthusiasm , consideringit the only means of bringing about the desired union of the Spanish Masons . A treaty of alliance was formed between the two bodies ; the
Confederation conceding to the Grand Lodge its jurisdiction over the three first degrees , and the Grand Lodge requiring its members , who desired to make use of the higher degrees , to affiliate in the Confederation . In No . 11 of " Le Monde Mac-onique , " of Paris , of April , 1881 ,
will be found observations approving the formation of the Grand Lodge of Seville , and speaks favourably of our Constitution . In No . 8 of the seventh year of the periodical " Alpina , " may be seen in the official section an extract of the Protocol of the fifth session held by the Council of Administration , and in chapter 5 , pages 8 , 9 , 10 and 11 , is a Report , recommending the Grand Lodge Alpina to enter into correspondence with the Grand Lodge of Seville , and to
reject the applications of the other Grand Lodges of Spain . Report of the Commission of Foreign Relations to the Grand United Lodge of Colon and Island of Cuba , which Commission , after having studied attentively the situation of Freemasonry in Spain , observes that in 1780 Count Aranda established a Grand Lodge out of
the Lodges then working , all of English origin . That in 1817 , said Grand Lodge was dissolved , subjecting itself to the Supreme Council founded in 1807 by Count Tilly . That thus disapjseared true and independent Freemasonry , leaving Spain unoccupied . It also considers that the jurisdiction of Spain was unoccupied in all that
concerns the legitimate government of the Ancient Fraternity of Freemasons at the time of the constitution of the Independent Grand Symbolic Lodge of Spain in Seville . That the origin of the Lodges that have founded it is legitimate , having belonged to the Grand Lusitan Orient . That in the creation of this Grand Lodge , the forms and requisites which are prescribed by Masonic jurisprudence have been conformed to .
The Report proposes that the Grand United Lodge of Colon and Island of Cuba should recognize the Grand Lodge of Seville . The said recognition is comprised in a letter of the Grand Master , dated Habana , 5 th April , 1881 , to the Grand Spanish Independent Lodge at Seville , admitting representatives .
The Constitution of the Grand Independent Lodge fixes the domicile at Seville , a natural consequence of its having been conceived and founded by Masons residing in that city ; but as it is their only object to bring about an union of the Spanish Masons , without any ambition or wish to engross precedence in any way , there has been