The History of Freemasonry: Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs, Etc., Embracing an Investigation of the Records of the Organisations of the Fraternity in England, Scotland, Ireland, British Colonies, France, Germany and the United States
The History of Freemasonry: Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs, Etc., Embracing an Investigation of the Records of the Organisations of the Fraternity in England, Scotland, Ireland, British Colonies, France, Germany and the United States;
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. THE OLD CHARGES OF BRITISH FREEMASONS. HE ancient documents handed down from the operative masons in Great Britain and Germany respectively--all generically described under the misleading title of Constitutions--require to be carefully examined, and separately described. The so-called ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. THE OLD CHARGES OF BRITISH FREEMASONS. HE ancient documents handed down from the operative masons in Great Britain and Germany respectively--all generically described under the misleading title of Constitutions--require to be carefully examined, and separately described. The so-called "Constitutions," peculiar to England and Scotland, contain legends or traditional history, which are not to be found in the regulations or working statutes of the latter country, nor do they appear in the Ordinances of the craft in either France or Germany. The only point of identity 1 between the English and German constitutions in the shape of legend or tradition is the reference to the " Four Holy Crowned Martyrs," but as they are only mentioned in one of the English versions, and then merely in that portion of the MS. devoted to religious duties, the thread that connects them is a very slender one indeed. It will be found that, as a general rule, early documents of the guilds or crafts commence with an invocation of saintly patronage, and the "Holy Martyrs" were not monopolised in this respect by the masons of Germany, as they were the assumed patrons of numerous other fraternities. Nor can it be maintained, with any show of reason, that the slender thread of union already cited, at all warrants the conclusion that the English masons derived the legend of the " Quatuor Coronati" from their German brethren. The British Constitutions, or "Old Charges," have indeed neither predecessors nor rivals, and their peculiar characteristics will be found, in truth, to amply warrant the detailed examination which I shall now proceed with. By no other craft in Great Britain has documentary evidence been furnished of its having claimed at any time a...
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