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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Masonry (Freemasonry)
		On the decline of Gothic architecture this craft coalesced with the mason guilds.
		[125] Christ dying on Calvary is for Masonry "the greatest among the apostles of Humanity, braving Roman despotism and the fanaticism and bigotry of the priesthood".
		It is vain to say: though Masonry is officially "unsectarian", it does not prevent individual Masons from being "sectarian" in their non-Masonic relations; for in its official "unsectarianism" Freemasonry necessarily combats all that Christianity contains beyond the "universal religion in which all men agree", consequently all that is characteristic of the Christian and Catholic religion.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09771a.htm (14785 words)

	The Craft of Masonry
		Much like the craft of architecture, the craft of masonry is based on rules and guidelines that address properties, proportions and technique.
		Masonry includes a family of trowel-applied materials: brick, stone, tile, terrazzo, marble, cement and plaster, as well as the restoration arts for all of them.
		To truly be a master of masonry design means understanding both materials and their constructability, so as to develop the expertise to incorporate the various materials in a way that is creative, aesthetic and functional.
	www.masoncontractors.org /newsandevents/masonryheadlines/612004800.php (2291 words)

	Jason C. Russo's summary of Regius Manuscript (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		To mend the flaws of less then perfect work and to improve the perception of Masonry he called an assembly of all of the Masons in the land to receive instruction, to correct previous faults and to solidify the high regard of Craft Masonry.
		It would be a great disservice to the craft to make a Mason of one who is of questionable profession or of questionable moral or ethical character thereby obligating the brethren to vouch for him and appear to justify the indefensible unethical practices of the individual..
		Masonry shall not protect any man who does violate the civil law; he shall be taken into custody where he will be charged with any violation he has committed.
	www.bessel.org /russo/regius.htm (2942 words)

	READILY IDENTIFIABLE FOOTPRINT OF THE CABALA IN CRAFT FREEMASONRY.
		In Craft Masonry, a Candidate for the Sublime Degree is particularly prepared firstly by the Lodge being opened in the Centre..
		In Craft Masonry, the WSW in charged “to assist and strengthen the hands of the RWM in governing and carrying on the work of the Lodge.” His jewel of office is the Level which symbolizes that humans “are descended from the same stock, partakers of the same nature, and sharers in the same hope...
		At ceremonies of initiations to the three Craft Degrees, the WSW, by command of the RWM, directs the conducting Deacon to instruct the Candidate to advance to the Altar in due form and is also the official delegated with the duty of investing initiates with the distinguishing badge of the degrees.
	www.freemasons-freemasonry.com /okorafor_cabala.html (8122 words)

	Freemasonry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The legend of the Third Degree, involving the building of King Solomon's Temple, is an integral part of Craft Masonry.
		The non-dogmatic nature of Masonry, which is at odds with the claims of exclusivity of belief that distinguish the various religious denominations.
		While regular Masonry has always tended as much to rationalism as it does to mysticism, there are some groups of Masons, such as Masonic Rosicrucians, who may interpret Masonic ritual magically (or "hermetically").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Master_Mason (7220 words)

	A masonic book on-line: HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY by Albert G. Mackey. P-S Review of Freemasonry
		On the contrary, the Masonry of England is supposed to have been derived from France, and due honor is paid to Charles Martel as the founder of the Order in that kingdom.
		In the ritual of the Fellow Craft's degree used ever since, at least from the middle of the last century, the candidate is informed that "Masonry and Geometry are synonymous terms." The Lodge-room, wherever Speculative Masonry has extended, shows, by the presence of the hieroglyphic letter in the East, that the doctrine is still maintained.
		In Josephus the construction of the pillars is attributed to the posterity of Seth; in the Legend, to the children of Lamech.
	www.freemasons-freemasonry.com /mackeyph02.html (4830 words)

	Mackey Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As such, they rehearsed the legends, laws, and ethics of the craft for his information, and, as we have seen, they insisted upon the antiquity of the order, as well as its service to mankind B a fact peculiar to Masonry, for no other order has ever claimed such a legendary or traditional history.
		First, that during its purely operative period the ritual of Masonry was naturally less formal and ornate than it afterwards became, from the fact that its very life was a kind of ritual and its symbols were always visibly present in its labor.
		That is to say, Masonry is too great an institution to have been made in a day, much less by a few men, but was a slow evolution through long time, unfolding its beauty as it grew.
	users.1st.net /fischer/Blders09.htm (4252 words)

	Mar 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the Craft it is asserted that the pronunciation of the Ineffable Name of the Almighty was known to the three Grand Masters and this was spoken by them, in a particular manner, when they met together for this purpose.
		Masonry wants to tell her knowledge; she is anxious to bring to all men the message which she has.
		Masonry, keeping her teachings for those who seek them; Masonry making it difficult to become of her elect; Masonry, holding herself apart and unostentatious from the world, makes men desire her.
	www.bessel.org /helmer/199903.htm (2933 words)

	Mt. Ararat Lodge No. 44 - A.F. & A.M. - Craft Masonry (Blue Lodge) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Beyond the Craft Degrees are several bodies of Masonry that have been erroneously referred to as higher degrees.
		The third degree of Masonry, The Master Mason is the highest degree of Masonry, and while the interested Master Mason will greatly benefit from an association with the Scottish Rite and the York Rite, these degrees are additional degrees and not higher degrees.
		The third degree of Craft Masonry, the Master Mason Degree is symbolic of death.
	www.mtararat44.org /content/view/48/1 (1265 words)

	Short Talk Bulletin -- Truly Prepared
		Let any man recall, if he can, his state of mind regarding the Craft when he knocked at its door, and he will realize than he had but the faintest idea of what Masonry is and of what it meant to be initiated into it.
		It must be explained to the applicant that it is the business on Masonry to teach the virtues of the moral life — chastity, charity, service — and his known attitude in regard to these matters ought to determine whether he is a man fit for the fellowship of the Fraternity.
		More important still is the etiquette of the Craft, in the Lodge and outside, and the discretion necessary in making himself known as a Mason, or in responding to the advances of others.
	home.swbell.net /terrell1/smithfield455/Light/STB/Stb0405.htm (1709 words)

	Freemasonry, symbolisms of Masonry, art gallery
		Masonry: (form the french "mason", "stone masons"), started in the 13th century as a "Union of Workers" of the cathedral builders to help each other; it was the "working" or "operative masonry", meeting in "lodges".
		it is the "speculative masonry", adopting the rites and trappings of ancient religions, orders, sects, the occult, and chivalric brotherhoods.
		The apparent "tenets" of Masonry are beautiful, and many Masons are good, honest people, deceived in the surface of Brotherhood, specially the first three degrees Masons, most of them!...
	religion-cults.com /Secret/Freemasonry/Freemasonry.htm (1738 words)

	York Masonry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It reveals the full light of Ancient Craft Masonry, presents it as a complete system in accordance with the original plan and confers at last the rights and light of a Master Mason in fact as well as in name.
		Royal Arch Masonry is universal Masonry, its thousands of chapters dotting all sections of the earth, although temporarily obscured for the time in some places because of the world war.
		The climax of Ancient Craft Masonry and Masonic symbolism; it is a complete story of Jewish history during some of its darkest hours.
	www.crestviewflyorkmasonry.org /yorkmasonry.htm (5603 words)

	USNews.com: The Masons have long been the target of conspiracy theories and hoaxes. Here's their real story (9/5/05)
		How Masonry had come to such an exalted position in American public life, briefly to lose it before regaining a lesser mantle of respectability, is a story that begins in Scotland and England.
		Descended from medieval stonemason guilds, the lodges of 17th-century Britain were still dominated by actual (or "operative") masons who gradually welcomed into their ranks, often as patrons, selected gentlemen, as long as they pledged loyalty to the crown and faithfulness to God.
		Masonry's ties to ancient architecture, geometry, and other rational arts and sciences heightened its allure to men who participated in or closely followed the development of modern experimental science.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/culture/articles/050905/5masons_2.htm (599 words)

	CM-WEL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cryptic Masonry is the last degree of Ancient Craft Masonry, which is made up of the Lodge (or Symbolic Masonry), Chapter (or Capitular Masonry) and the Council.
		Ancient Craft Masonry is that part of the order that uses the working tools of the operative mason to demonstrate the symbols used in teaching the moral principles and tenets of the Craft.
		Cryptic Masonry is an essential part of the overall Masonic experience and puts the final touches on the story that begun in the Blue or Symbolic Lodge.
	www.grandlodge-tn.org /cm-wel.htm (849 words)

	Part II Chapter V - Universal Masonry - The Builders by Joseph Fort Newton
		Third, there was the further fact that Masonry in Scotland differed from Masonry in England, in details at least, and the two did not all at once harmonize, each being rather tenacious of its usage and tradition, Fourth, in one instance, if no more, pride of locality and historic memories led to independent organization.
		An effort was made to involve Masonry in the strife, but the wise counsel of its leaders, North and South, prevented the mixing of Masonry with politics; and while it could not avert the tragedy, it did much to mitigate the woe of it--building rainbow bridges of mercy and goodwill from army to army.
		Dermott held it to be "the very essence of Masonry," and he was not slow in using it as a club with which to belabor the Moderns; but he did not originate it, as some imagine, having received the degrees before he came to London, perhaps in an unsystemized form.
	www.phoenixmasonry.org /the_builder/part_2_chapter_5_universal_masonry.htm (6708 words)

	Special Study: Freemasonry And The Christian
		For a Mason to declare that Masonry is "as old as the Bible" or "as old as man" is to speak without the security of firm, historical documents to verify the claim.
		"Speculative Masonry may be briefly defined as the scientific application and the moral consecration of the rules and principles, the language, the implements and materials, of Operative Masonry to the veneration of God and purification of the heart; and the inculcation of the Dogmas of a religious philosophy." (Lightfoot's Manual of the Lodge, p.
		Masonry is a false religion which deceives men into believing their souls are safe just because they adhere to Masonic doctrine.
	www.bibleanswer.com /masonry.htm (15752 words)

	Cryptic Masonry
		Masonry, more precious than is known by the vast workers
		Craft which were brought to light at the erection of the
		the alpha and omega of Ancient Craft Masonry.
	www.phoenixmasonry.org /cryptic_masonry.htm (1121 words)

	Freemasons-Harpers
		Most Masonic scholars trace the Craft's history to the development of medieval stonemason craft guilds, The skilled stonemasons, few in number, traveled from town to town and were commissioned by local clergy to build churches and cathedrals.
		Ashmole's diary records his initiation into Masonry in October 1646, by which time the English lodges were so crowded with honorary, or Accepted Masons that few claimed even one skilled craftsman as a member.
		British Masonry functions much like old school ties, with the Brotherhood strong in the fields of law, jurisprudence, police, government, and the armed forces.
	www.gaiaguys.net /Freemasons-Harpers.htm (1907 words)

	True Craft Masonry Fireplaces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With over 30 years experience, we provide the finest hand crafted solutions in a variety of materials to meet most design requirements.
		True Craft can build all types and styles of fireplaces, from traditional large open fireplaces to Kiva styles of the American southwest.
		We convert all types wood burning masonry fireplaces to Gas, or update old gas or coal fireplaces to gas log.
	truecraftmasonry.com (142 words)

	The Master's Jewel - Masonic Education - The Meaning Of The Term “Fellowcraft”. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In Operative Masonry, a “craft” was an organization of skilled workmen in some trade or calling; a “fellow” meant one who held membership in such a craft, obligated to the same duties and allowed the same privileges.
		You have already learned the operative meaning of Fellow Craft; now that the craft is no longer operative, the term possesses a very different meaning, yet it is still used in its original sense in certain parts of the Ritual, and, of course, it is frequently met with in the histories of the Fraternity.
		The term fellow craft is now used the as the name of one who has received the second degree.
	www.mastersjewel.com /masons/fc/FC01.htm (633 words)

	RA Information - California Royal Arch
		Most students of Freemasonry agree that the story of the Craft as presented in the three degrees is incomplete and that the degrees of the Royal Arch complete the story and answer many of the questions in the mind of the newly made Master Mason.
		The Royal Arch Degree is the climax of Ancient Craft Masonry and Masonic Symbolism.
		The value of Royal Arch Masonry will be appreciated by all who are exalted to that most sublime degree, particularly by those who are seeking to complete their Masonic education.
	www.yorkriteofcalifornia.org /royalarch/rainfo.htm (1148 words)

	Bodies of Masonry
		In the Middle Ages when a person wanted to join a craft, such as the gold smiths or the carpenters or the stonemasons, he was first apprenticed.
		When he had proved his skills, he became a "Fellow of the Craft" (today we would say Journeyman"), and when he had exceptional ability, he was known as a Master of the Craft.
		The 'apex' of York Rite Masonry is the degree of Knight Templar but again, a KT is no 'more a Mason' than that of Master Mason.
	www.masonicinfo.com /bodies.htm (880 words)

	AMERICAN MASON
		Amongst the working tools of the Craft, one will always find a twenty-four inch gauge, an instrument used by Freemasons to divide their time into 24 equal parts, which are further subdivided into three equal amounts reserved for service to G-d and distressed worthy Brothers, our usual vocations and rest.
		Masonry accepts the Bhagavad Gîtà, the Douay Bible, the King James Version, the Koran, and the Pentateuch among many others which acknowledge and revere a Supreme Architect of the Universe.
		Masonry had gone underground and it was neces-sary for the Brethren to have some readily recogniz-able means of identification.
	www.americanmason.com /didntARC.ihtml (12167 words)

	Ancient Craft Masonry in Bloomington
		At the Grand Lodge it was reported unofficially that no meetings had been held in Bloomington for three years and the charter was arrested with the understanding that the members would apply for a dispensation for a new Lodge when they deemed the moment propitious.
		On November 23, 1839, a petition for a new charter was presented to Grand Lodge and the number 22 was restored to the representatives of Masonry in the Bloomington community.
		In our new facility Monroe Lodge No. 22 looks to the future with a bright and certain outlook that Masonry in Bloomington, Indiana, will continue to grow and prosper in the coming decades.
	www.monroe22.org /features/hist_22.htm (1065 words)

	Hearth Craft : Manufacturer of Glass Fireplace Doors for Masonry Fireplaces and Zero Clearance Fire Boxes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hearth Craft has been manufacturing fireplace doors since 1956.
		Our product line includes "Masonry" as well as "Zero Clearance" fireplace doors.
		A variety of standard size fireplace screens are kept in stock for immediate delivery.
	www.hearthcraft.com (112 words)

	FREEMASONRY BOOKS, FREE MASON BOOKS
		Historians often make a sharp distinction between the operative Masonry of the Middle Ages and the speculative Masonry of modern times, emphasizing that there is no direct bridge connecting the two.
		This tradition is the source of Masonic ritual and symbolism, and it provides the missing link in the transformation of the operative Masonry of the medieval cathedral builders to the spiritual principles of modern speculative Masonry.
		Through the years all the knowledge of Masonry was kept by the elders, they only told you what they wanted you to know, this kept you coming back for more, as Masons would say this kept you craving for more light.
	www.anathemabooks.com /mason.shtml (3952 words)

	History of Craft Masonry - Preface
		In other words we hope to be able to lay before them the substantial history of this Grand Lodge from 1794, and of the Masonry which preceded the formation of this Grand body in the State."
		In compiling this general history of Ancient Craft Masonry in Vermont, it has been the aim to make use of all available material from sources outside the Masonic archives, and to avoid, so far as possible, the repetition of matter which has already been published in the proceedings of the Grand Lodge.
		In conformity with this plan the author has had reference to the old newspaper files in the State Library, Thompson's History of Vermont, Hemenway's Gazeteer, and other historical works.
	www.vtfreemasons.org /tillotson/preface.htm (702 words)

	Designing with Masonry: Further Learning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is great — at least for those firms — but where does that leave practitioners in firms without standard masonry details, best practices or protocols?
		"Hands-on masonry, wielding a trowel, laying the brick on a bed of mortar, leveling — all these events quickly and thoroughly immerse [students] in recognizing the need for a strong collaboration in creating design ideas."
		Return to CSI: Designing with Masonry Table of Contents
	www.masonrymagazine.com /4-04/csicraft.html (2271 words)

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