What are Masonic degrees?
Brent
are? Is there a website that lists these degrees..or is this some sort of
secret?...Peace, Brent
John Taylor
The degrees names are not secret, only parts of the work in the degrees. The
three degrees in Blue Lodges are Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master
Mason.
John M. Taylor, 33'
Sec, Captiol #923 & Montgomery Scottish Rite
Webmaster, Grand Lodge of Alabama http://alagl.org/
(A mind is like a parachute; it works better when open.)
CHarris141
Entered Apprentice; Fellow Craft; Master Mason
"THE YORK RITE OF FREEMASONRY"
CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS
Mark Master, Past Master (Virtual/Installed), Most Excellent Master, Holy Royal
Arch
COUNCIL OF ROYAL & SELECT MASTERS
Royal Master, Select Master, Super-Excellent Master
COMMANDERY OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Illustrious Order of the Red Cross, Order of Malta, Order of the Temple
HONORARY YORK RITE ORGANIZATIONS
- Allied Masonic Degrees of the USA
- Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests
- Knight Masons of the USA
- Knights of the York Cross of Honour (KYCH)
- Masonic Societas Rosicruciana In Civitatibus Foederatis
(Rosicrucian Society of the United States)
- Red Cross of Constantine
- York Rite Sovereign College of North America
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THE ANCIENT & ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OF FREEMASONRY
(Southern Jurisdiction)
LODGE OF PERFECTION
Secret Master, Perfect Master, Confidential Secretary, Provost & Judge;
Intendant of the Building; Elu of the Nine, Elu of the Fifteen; Elu of the
Twelve; Master Architecht; Royal Arch of Solomon; Perfect Elu.
CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX
Knight of the East, Knight of Jerusalem; Knight of the East & West; Knight Rose
Croix
COUNCIL OF KADOSH
Grand Pontiff; Master of the Symbolic Lodge; Noachite; Knight of the Royal Ax;
Chief of the Tabernacle; Knight of the Brazen Serpent; Prince of Mercy; Knight
Commander of the Temple; Knight of the Sun; Scottish Knight of St. Andrew;
Knights Kadosh
CONSISTORY
Insepector Inquisitor; Master of the Royal Secret.
Honorary Scottish Rite Organizations
Royal Order of Scotland
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ADOPTIVE MASONRY
(groups that have a Masonic requirement but are for both women & men)
- Order of Amaranth
- Order of True Kindred
- Order of Eastern Star
- White Shrine of Jerusalem
- Ladies Oriental Shrine, Inc.
- Daughters of the Nile
- Social Order of the Beauceant (for the wives of Knights Templar - women only)
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OTHER MEN'S GROUPS
- Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (the Shriners)
- Mystic Order Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm (the Grotto)
- Tall Cedars of Lebanon
- National Sojourners
- Society of Blue Friars
- Heros of '76
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YOUTH GROUPS
- DeMolay International (boys)
- International Order of Jobs Daughters (girls)
- Rainbow Girls (girls)
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Christopher A. Harris (Christian & Master Mason)
McDonald Lodge # 324 AF & AM (Senior Deacon & Education Officer)
Independence, Missouri
MM, KT, 32nd AASR, OTK, AAONMS
homepage: http://members.aol.com/CHarris141/mason.html
Michael Higgins
each candidate must successfully complete in order to become a Master Mason.
These are the Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason Degrees. Each degree (or
stage) has its own ritualistic presentation in which the candidate is educated
as to the virtues espoused in each degree, and the means and methods by which
members of that degree may identify themselves as such. Following the
completion of the Third Degree (yep, that is where that phrase comes from) the
candidate is recognised and accepted as a Master Mason, with all the
responsibilities and privileges entailed in such.
No man ever becomes "more" of a Mason than he is at that point. There are
individuals who can be seen as having more responsibility, based on their
having advanced through various offices and positions within the Grand Lodge
they belong to but this is more along the lines of having the authority their
jobs require, rather than increased status or worthiness as Masons.
There are other degrees in Freemasonry which are awarded by groups referred to
as appendent bodies but all Master Masons, everywhere on the planet, have to
have completed the three degrees referred to above in order to be considered
Freemasons, and no degree or position or office beyond those three are required
to be recognised as such.
This is why we say there are no "high ranking" Masons in the terminology used
by our opponents. We are all Master Masons, who have completed these three
degrees, and we stand on the same level.
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"Brent" <bga...@visionol.net> wrote:
> I have recently been following this newsgroup and wonder what these Degrees
> are? Is there a website that lists these degrees..or is this some sort of
> secret?...Peace, Brent
>
>
Brent,
There are three Masonic Degrees. The Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and
Master Mason's Degrees. These degrees are patterned after the three types of
Masons found in the old Stone Mason's guild from which modern Freemasonry
came. In those guilds, apprentices were obligated to work under Master
Masons while learning their skills. They were, in fact, indentured for a
period of years. More skilled workmen were the Fellowcraft who actually did
the final preparation of the stone and laid it in place. The Masters were
master craftsmen who function as supervisors and archiects and also did the
more intricate work.
Besides the three Degrees given in local Masonic (or blue) Lodges, there are
honorary degrees offered by appendant organizations to Freemasonry. The best
known of these organizations are the Scottish Rite and York Rite. These are
voluntary organizations which may be joined by Master Masons. They are not
required of Master Masons.
Please realize that I am speaking generally of United States Lodges, and in
particular, Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge
of the State of Texas, AF&AM. Other jurisdictions may differ slightly, but
basically a Master Mason is a Master Mason around the world. Every Master
Mason is equal to every other Master Mason except for offices that a man may
be elected to by his peers. These offices are necessary for the governance
of the lodge and are not about authority, but service. It has been my honor
to have served my Lodge as Worshipful Master (worshipful from the middle
English useage meaning honorable). I have also served as secretary for three
terms as well as other offices in the Lodge. The operative word with any
Masonic office is service. The Master of a Lodge is honored by his Brothers
to be selected to be the head of that Lodge. As such, it is his duty to
guide the Lodge through a year's term at the will and pleasure of the
Brethern. While he does have authority and is the head of the Lodge, the
WM's main job is to serve the Lodge and his Brethern to the best of his
ability. During my term as WM, I found myself doing everything from setting
dates and times to have called meetings for degrees, to cooking for those
meetings when the stewards could not! As WM, I have mown the grass and
trimmed the shrubs around the Lodge and mopped floors!
There are no secret degrees in Freemasonry. Some anti-Masonic people will
tell you that the "adepts" of Freemasonry are in the 33rd degree. This idea
is preposterous as the 33rd degree refers to the Scottish Rite honorary
degree which is bestowed on a few Brethern who have served Scottish Rite
Masonry well, and actually has nothing to do with Blue Lodge Masonry other
than Scottish Rite members must be Master Masons to join. Indeed, the
Scottish Rite is mainly an American institution little known in the rest of
the Masonic World outside of the United States.
I hope this answers your question. If you have other questions about
Freemasonry, please feel free to ask thei either via e-mail or on the ng.
--
Richard Jackson, PM
Corrigan Masonic Lodge #1103 AF&AM
Corrigan, Texas
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