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Post by Lewis on Nov 3, 2004 19:35:16 GMT
internet.lodge.org.uk/masonic/additional_degrees.htmThe above link shows the additional Degrees worked in England and Wales but these orders are in the marked as.(in the plural) Chapter,Lodge,Preceptory,Council,Conclave,Assemblage,Tabernacle,Provincial Grand Lodge,College,Faslairt,Temple,Chapel,Shed. Why are they not lodges,what does it all mean and what differentiates them to be labelled as such. ? Please excuse my ignorance but i am quite new to the craft but have an inquisitive mind
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Post by Seeker on Nov 3, 2004 20:00:26 GMT
Lewis what an interesting link I notice it refers to additional degrees For me personally I get a bit uncomfortable with Masonic ritual that is very christian - to me they stop being Free
I also noticed in a Masonic Mag "the fashion of Freemason 1720".. I can imagine the fashionable folk starting a degree relating to a specific christian event to please the important Clergy of the day.
The web site says Rose Croix The story The events of Good Friday and Easter Sunday
This story is of much current debate, Did it happen, who was the hero, was he as some books claim, mmm.... maybe that is the basis of a legend
The Old Testment rituals are sufficently wrapped in myth for the allegory to be appropriate to all.
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Post by Jumile on Nov 3, 2004 23:49:22 GMT
Yes, this is an excellent page. It's nice to be able to get this information online. And as a non-Christian, I agree with Seeker's comments. It was with disappointment that I discovered my road to KT is blocked. I spent a number of years in St John's Ambulance Cadets throughout my teens, and they have - for obvious reasons - a huge Templar theme to their NCO education (in fact one of the exminable courses is called The History of the Order of St John). So naturally when I discovered Freemasonry had an KT order, I was instantly drawn to it... only to fall short of the deific requirements. C'est la vie...Lewis: I think you'll find that they're all fundamentally lodges, but are given different names to differentiate themselves from Craft lodges (typically referred to simply as Lodges). And these names are usually in reference to the order's name, story or purpose - or maybe simply because they sound good or unique. Perhaps someone who actually knows what they're talking about would care to respond to Lewis' question?
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Post by taylorsman on Nov 4, 2004 9:29:45 GMT
Matt, you are right, these names for the bodies , Chapter, Preceptory, College, Tabernacle etc do reflect the nature of each Order and its story, and help to distinguish them from an Ordinary (Craft) Lodge although the word "Lodge" is also used in Mark and RAM.
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Post by jmd on Nov 4, 2004 9:33:50 GMT
As has been said, these are simply different appelations for either group-meetings, or place-meetings. A College, strictly, is a group of people, so is a Lodge. A Temple or Preceptory, by contrast, is a place or location in which a group of people meet. The various titles of group names is simply a reflection as to the wide variety of possible appelations these may take, often with historical or symbolic signicance. We could simply refer to each as a 'group', but this is, in my opinion, a diminution of language. After all, we refer to groups of fish, or cattle, or lions not as a 'group', but as a school, a herd, and a pride. Let us too be proud to be heard in our esoteric schools.... oops, better keep my play on words to myself
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