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  Scripture Catholic - FAQ's on Freemasonry
Freemasonry has a very formal religious system which includes a belief in God as the Grand Architect of the Universe, the immortality of the soul and the resurrection of the body.
Freemasonry defines itself as such because it teaches a system of morality through allegory and symbolism that, when faithfully practiced, leads all Masons to “the celestial lodge above,” irrespective of their individual religious beliefs.
Freemasonry is governed by certain fundamental and unalterable precepts that the organization calls "Landmarks." Landmarks have been handed down from one Masonic generation to the next through secret rituals and oral tradition.
www.scripturecatholic.com /freemasonfaq.html   (2911 words)

  
 Freemasonry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Freemasonry is a fraternal organization whose members are joined together by shared moral and metaphysical ideals and - in most of its branches - by a constitutional declaration of belief in a Supreme Being.
Freemasonry explicitly and openly states that it is not a religion, nor a substitute for religion.
Regular Freemasonry inserted into its core ritual a formal obligation: to be quiet and peaceable citizens, true to the lawful government of the country in which they live, and not to countenance disloyalty or rebellion.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Freemasonry   (8451 words)

  
 INTRODUCTION TO FREEMASONRY - FELLOWCRAFT By CARL H. CLAUDY
In the first degree the candidate is received with a warning; in the second, the brother to be passed is received with an instruction.
Freemasonry is the oldest, the largest, and the most widely distributed fraternal Order on the face of the earth to-day by reason of its faith in God.
Freemasonry passes the brother in process of becoming a Fellowcraft between the pillar of strength - power; and the pillar of establishment - choice or control.
www.freemasons-freemasonry.com /claudy2.html   (14515 words)

  
 Can A Christian Be A Freemason
In the Second Degree (the Fellow Craft Degree) and elsewhere the candidate is instructed further in the importance of the lambskin as follows: "You are to wear it as an emblem of that purity of heart and conscience that is necessary to obtain for you the approval of the Grand Architect of the Universeā€.
As Freemasonry is a secret society with its secret rituals and symbols, many of their doctrines and beliefs are hidden and revealed only to those who are worthy enough and have reached the higher degrees of 30+.
Degree initiation rite of the Scottish Rite: I ____________ of my own free will and accord, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear to keep faithful the secrets of the sublime degree of Knights Kadosh and strictly to obey the statutes of the order.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Parthenon/6528/Freemasonry.htm   (3949 words)

  
 Kadosh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Although it is less discussed in Freemasonry today, in the 1700s and early 1800s there was a strong Masonic tradition which placed Noah as one of the Craft's major patrons involved with the preservation of the knowledge of antediluvian arts and sciences during the Flood and its transmittal to the generations which followed.
The collar of the Degree is of narrow, violet-colored ribbon.
The Degree ends with passages of sheer beauty, some of the most lovely language of the Rite, as Pike shows that heroic figures of the past have much to tell us and that their teachings are echoed and seconded in the natural world around us.
tracingboard.com /kadosh.htm   (7554 words)

  
 INTRODUCTION TO FREEMASONRY - MASTER MASON By CARL H. CLAUDY
Freemasonry's reply is that glorious immortality symbolized by the Sprig of Acacia.
The legend of the third degree; the means of recognition; the methods of conferring degrees; the obligations of those degrees and the ballot of every brother are and must continue to be inviolably secret.
Freemasonry came to the Colonies in the early third of the Eighteenth Century and spread and grew, made its own place in the hearts of the Colonists and played a mighty if quiet part in the stirring events which were to sever the Thirteen Colonies from the motherland and to form the United States.
www.freemasons-freemasonry.com /claudy4.html   (11878 words)

  
 You'll never think the same way again. . . The Revelation
Baphomet -- "The Gnostics held that it [universal agent] composed the igneous [pertaining to fire] body of the Holy Spirit, and it was adored in the secret rites of the Sabbat or the Temple under the hieroglyphic figure of Baphomet or the hermaphroditic goat of Mendes." [Pike, op.
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was founder of the House of Theosophy.
Freemasonry is truly evil, it is deceptive, it is the work of the Devil.
www.theforbiddenknowledge.com /symbology/1o5.htm   (3310 words)

  
 TITLE: FREEMASONRY -- TWO ORGANIZATIONS, ONE VISIBLE, THE OTHER INVISIBLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Degree, and would certainly know what Freemasonry is and what it is not; and, they boldly proclaim: Masonry is NOT Satanic.
Degree Mason wrote back to me, stating that he had never, ever heard of Manly P. Hall; yet you can see his book was published by the Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Company.
Thus, the Invisible Freemasonry is devoted to the obelisk worship so forbidden by God as to be worthy of the Death Penalty.
www.cuttingedge.org /free001a.html   (2507 words)

  
 Freemasonry - Scottish Rite - Washington D.C. - 20th Degree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Blue and yellow (gold) are the colors of the regalia of the Twentieth Degree.
The cordon is of blue and yellow, reinforcing the Blue Lodge symbolism of the Degree.
Since that symbolism holds true even in the Entered Apprentice Degree, these symbols may be the first instance in the Masonic journey of the macrocosm=microcosm concept—the idea that the universe is reflected in each person, or that each person is a "model" of the universe.
www.dcsr.org /deg20.htm   (847 words)

  
 ***Cutting Edge Ministries Freemasonry - It's In The News.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Freemasonry requires that it's members confess a belief in a supreme being.
Using symbols, we continue to prove that Freemasonry is a worship of Lucifer, and is, indeed, just like all the pagan, Satanic Mystery Religions of the past 5,000 years.
FREEMASONRY PROVEN TO WORSHIP SATAN, AS IT As we study Masonic symbols, we see that serpent worship is rampant within Masonry.
www.cuttingedge.org /fmcorner.html   (2005 words)

  
 FREEMASONRY BOOKS, FREE MASON BOOKS
With Freemasonry featured prominently in The Da Vinci Code as well as the hit movie National Treasure, it's no wonder that more and more people are curious about this ancient organization, and interest is sure to intensify when Dan Brown's new blockbuster appears.
Freemasonry traces its origins and ceremonies to the ancient stonemasons guilds of 14th-century England.
Continues the Freemasonry saga by exploring its roots in The Royal Society, a group dedicated to the pursuit of scientific study.
www.anathemabooks.com /mason.shtml   (4245 words)

  
 33rds RULE!
Scottish Rite, however, assumes a progression from their first (4th) degree through their final (32nd) degree and often offer all in a 'class' setting which ensures all degrees will be conferred on all candidates with none stopping at, for example, the 18th.
A mythos of great proportions in some minds, with 33rd Degree Masons either alone or in league with others (the imagined Illuminati, the Bildeburgers or, in the case of David Icke, reptoids from outer space) to be in some kind of power elite.
Nearly always, the claims are that they're 33rd Degree Masons and yet, not a single one of the 'Liars for Jesus' crowd ever seems able to produce a shred of evidence to support their claims.
www.masonicinfo.com /33rdsrule.htm   (2503 words)

  
 Freemasons
The 3rd Degree, by the way was the highest degree in Freemasonry in the Blue Lodge for centuries up until the mid-18th century.
The highest degree in Freemasonry, except for several French lodges or Grant Orient lodges, which are said to have 99 or so degrees.
In one of the Degrees in Freemasonry, the symbolism of Hiram Abiff is
www.freedomdomain.com /freemason.html   (7941 words)

  
 Cephas Ministry Inc. - Files about Freemasonry
American Freemasonry remembles two sets of stairs that begin and end together, as this chart of Masonic structure shows.
The 33 degree is awarded by the Supreme Council, ruling body of the Rite.
On the chart arc figures he meets at each degree or the degree symbol.
www.cephasministry.com /index_masonic_files.html   (1130 words)

  
 Freemasonry Update:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Another 32nd degree freemason who has been set free, and renounced Lucifer's religion of freemasonry, has reviewed and verified that the ritual documents are genuine.
In the 14th degree the seeker of the Royal Secret was Baptized and hailed a Soldier of the Truth of Ahura-Mazda, one of Lucifer's many names and counterfeits of the True God.
If he has shown sufficient interest in the occult in his pursuit of the degrees, one in 20, or 5%, of the 32nd degree freemasons are invited to pursue their service to Lucifer in the Illuminati.
www.dccsa.com /greatjoy/freeup.htm   (2348 words)

  
 How can you lead Masons away from the Masonic Lodge?
Freemasonry has a false plan of salvation and another savior.
The god of Freemasonry is not the God of the Bible.
You may have been told that a man has to go through the higher degrees (the York Rite or Scottish Rite) in order to know the truth about Freemasonry.
www.ephesians5-11.org   (841 words)

  
 Freemasonry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
And what I saved on the haircut I spent at St. Marks bookshop, on a history of Freemasonry in Scotland in the XVII (sic) Century, and a manual of the New Hermeticism by a fellow named Newcomb, which looks to be highly practical and generic.
In addition to that, Rizal included the issue for, if I am correct, he is a Freemason and Freemasonry is a brotherhood in the Gnostic persuasion, meaning they value Woman with utmost respect.
I also found an 1879 copy of Freemasonry (Illustrated) (worth about $150--it was 75 cents in 1879), in which the author "reveals the truth about the Freemasons and their devilworship".
www.ljseek.com /Freemasonry_s4.html   (682 words)

  
 The Freemasons
MASONRY IS Considering Freemasonry's roots in the Kaballa, it is not surprising that it opposes Christianity.
James Shaw, a former Thirty-Third Degree Mason, was appointed Chaplain in the Scottish Rite.
Freemasonry is actually a pagan religion, the worship of pagan gods.
www.crossroad.to /articles2/006/freemasons.htm   (4912 words)

  
 Freemasonry
Remaining at this level, they are kept in the dark about a lot of what goes on as
"The Blue Degrees are but the portico (porch) of the Temple.
Secrecy is indispensable in a Mason of whatever degree." (Albert Pike, "Morals and
www.daveandangel.com /CRN/Freemasonry.shtml   (1460 words)

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