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Hints On The Secret Literature Of Freemasonry.
increased centralization of poAver in the orthodox bishops of Eome . As the usurpations of Popes and Councils , over the free consciences of men , became more glaring and intolerable , the spirit of resistance , Avhich dared not show itself in open rebellion , sought and cherished a refuge , Avhere hatred of tire
oppressors might be indulged , Avithout danger , and a pure doctrine might be orally and symbolically preserved until happier times should return . The Paulicians , whose opinions Avere for the most part Manichean , preceded the more illustrious , and more unfortunate ,
Albigenses , in this mode of Avarfare against spiritual as Avell as temporal tyranny . Tire Knights Templar so Avidely diffused throughout Europe , and so considerable by the rank and influence of the members of the Order , as Avell as by the poAver of the
Order itself , did not differ from the Albigenses in the secret object of their endeavours , or the more important part of their mysterious rites . From the time of Frederick II ., the G-hibellines began to assume an equal rank among the secret opponents of Eoman
supremacy , and Avhatever might be the distinctive characteristics of the Albigenses , Knights Templar , and G-hibellines , their symbolical language was sufficiently in . common to allow of uninterrupted intercourse and combination . The rise of a ne , Av literature , in the eleventh and fcAvelffch centuries , afforded them a
neAV weapon , far more terrible than any they had hitherto employed , capable of being directed to a thousand purposes of attack and defence ; and it is to this literature the student must turn for the history , practice , and principles , of cosmopolitan Freemasonry .
ITo track of literature has been , untrodden by our early brethren In poetry , in romance , in history , in science ; everyAvhere are the traces of their presence . Their influence , in some shape or other , has been exerted on all nations and on almost every leading mind . In the Reformation they attained one object ,
only , of their unwearied pursuit , —tire overthrow of the papal dominion . Neither have their successors relaxed in the prosecution of their ulterior aim , although despotism yet survives
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Hints On The Secret Literature Of Freemasonry.
increased centralization of poAver in the orthodox bishops of Eome . As the usurpations of Popes and Councils , over the free consciences of men , became more glaring and intolerable , the spirit of resistance , Avhich dared not show itself in open rebellion , sought and cherished a refuge , Avhere hatred of tire
oppressors might be indulged , Avithout danger , and a pure doctrine might be orally and symbolically preserved until happier times should return . The Paulicians , whose opinions Avere for the most part Manichean , preceded the more illustrious , and more unfortunate ,
Albigenses , in this mode of Avarfare against spiritual as Avell as temporal tyranny . Tire Knights Templar so Avidely diffused throughout Europe , and so considerable by the rank and influence of the members of the Order , as Avell as by the poAver of the
Order itself , did not differ from the Albigenses in the secret object of their endeavours , or the more important part of their mysterious rites . From the time of Frederick II ., the G-hibellines began to assume an equal rank among the secret opponents of Eoman
supremacy , and Avhatever might be the distinctive characteristics of the Albigenses , Knights Templar , and G-hibellines , their symbolical language was sufficiently in . common to allow of uninterrupted intercourse and combination . The rise of a ne , Av literature , in the eleventh and fcAvelffch centuries , afforded them a
neAV weapon , far more terrible than any they had hitherto employed , capable of being directed to a thousand purposes of attack and defence ; and it is to this literature the student must turn for the history , practice , and principles , of cosmopolitan Freemasonry .
ITo track of literature has been , untrodden by our early brethren In poetry , in romance , in history , in science ; everyAvhere are the traces of their presence . Their influence , in some shape or other , has been exerted on all nations and on almost every leading mind . In the Reformation they attained one object ,
only , of their unwearied pursuit , —tire overthrow of the papal dominion . Neither have their successors relaxed in the prosecution of their ulterior aim , although despotism yet survives