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Article THE ANNALIST. THE CHARTER OF COLNE , ← Page 3 of 4 →
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The Annalist. The Charter Of Colne ,
we derive the name of F . C ; while the remainder of the Brother hood , according to the custom of the Hebrews , Greeks , and Romans were called apprentices . ^ E A FP ^ nT Sr ' yf ' "' , " P reSBnt > consiste « of three degrees , V"f ,, ' ^ - the last de S containing Installed Masters and Installed Grand Masters . But " that all other " self-styled orders unionsor brotherhoodswhich pretend to have other
, , more or decree ? or which claim any other origin , or which interfere with the affairs of church , or state , or religion , or politics , or which teach hate or enmity to any person , or which persecute or oppress any class of the community und , , the name of Free and Accepted Masons , or Brothers of M John , do not belong to our Order , but would be banished and expelled as schismatics .
T . Among the Teachers and Masters of the Order , who tau ° -ht geometry , astronomy , and other liberal sciences , after it had spread over the whole surface of the earth , there was a common communication of knowledge and Light from whence it arose , that they began to elect from Iht tWoifT ? f , y , ' n ? £ * most erainent > who was honoured with the title of Installed Grand Master and Chief Officer , who was known to the installed Masters alone , and who was acknowledged as the visible representative ofthe invisible Head and
President of the whole Order as is the case at the present day , although known to few . According to the previous remarks composed out of a collection of the oldest manuscripts of our Order , preserved in our archives , brought together at the command of our President , and most diligently compared with the holiest memorials ,-AVe , trusting in the fidelity of outsuccessors to their officers , do agree to the following regulations , being W St 0 db
sidJnt ° ° ° y thS command of mr enlightened Pre-, i \ . S overntnent > the form , and the spirit of our Order , from which streams of the clearest Light flow , as well upon enlightened Brethren as upon the profane world , belongs to the Installed Grand Masters ; it is their duty carefully to guard and watch that no Brother however distinguished b y rank and fortune , should undertake any thing contrary to the true object of our Order . To the same Rnwmi
of the Order belongs also the defending of the Brotherhood and the preservation ancl protection of their security : they must likewise protect them as often and whenever it is necessary , at the hazard of their lives and fortunes . E It does not appear to us , that before the year 1140 A . n this society was known b y any other name than that of " John ' s Brothers •" but that as it to us they then to be called at
appears began Vallenciens tree and Accepted Masons , at which time , in some part of Flanders , by - ^ Tf f ? r ? C ^ eS ° J the Bl - ° therbood , the first hospitals ivere erected for the relief of such as were afflicted with St . Anthony ' s Fire A . Although in the exercise of charity and benevolence , we neither regard country nor reh gion , yet we consider it both necessary and nrun ? neint mysteries those who
™ S 3 i p A ? ° . , ° o « r , except , in the society of the uninitiated and unenli ghtened profess the Christian reli-? T \ i , I , oxa P ! , tion ancI Proving of those who seek for initiation into the first , or E . A . degree , no bodily torture is used , only such an examination as is necessary to prove a healthy body and good under-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Annalist. The Charter Of Colne ,
we derive the name of F . C ; while the remainder of the Brother hood , according to the custom of the Hebrews , Greeks , and Romans were called apprentices . ^ E A FP ^ nT Sr ' yf ' "' , " P reSBnt > consiste « of three degrees , V"f ,, ' ^ - the last de S containing Installed Masters and Installed Grand Masters . But " that all other " self-styled orders unionsor brotherhoodswhich pretend to have other
, , more or decree ? or which claim any other origin , or which interfere with the affairs of church , or state , or religion , or politics , or which teach hate or enmity to any person , or which persecute or oppress any class of the community und , , the name of Free and Accepted Masons , or Brothers of M John , do not belong to our Order , but would be banished and expelled as schismatics .
T . Among the Teachers and Masters of the Order , who tau ° -ht geometry , astronomy , and other liberal sciences , after it had spread over the whole surface of the earth , there was a common communication of knowledge and Light from whence it arose , that they began to elect from Iht tWoifT ? f , y , ' n ? £ * most erainent > who was honoured with the title of Installed Grand Master and Chief Officer , who was known to the installed Masters alone , and who was acknowledged as the visible representative ofthe invisible Head and
President of the whole Order as is the case at the present day , although known to few . According to the previous remarks composed out of a collection of the oldest manuscripts of our Order , preserved in our archives , brought together at the command of our President , and most diligently compared with the holiest memorials ,-AVe , trusting in the fidelity of outsuccessors to their officers , do agree to the following regulations , being W St 0 db
sidJnt ° ° ° y thS command of mr enlightened Pre-, i \ . S overntnent > the form , and the spirit of our Order , from which streams of the clearest Light flow , as well upon enlightened Brethren as upon the profane world , belongs to the Installed Grand Masters ; it is their duty carefully to guard and watch that no Brother however distinguished b y rank and fortune , should undertake any thing contrary to the true object of our Order . To the same Rnwmi
of the Order belongs also the defending of the Brotherhood and the preservation ancl protection of their security : they must likewise protect them as often and whenever it is necessary , at the hazard of their lives and fortunes . E It does not appear to us , that before the year 1140 A . n this society was known b y any other name than that of " John ' s Brothers •" but that as it to us they then to be called at
appears began Vallenciens tree and Accepted Masons , at which time , in some part of Flanders , by - ^ Tf f ? r ? C ^ eS ° J the Bl - ° therbood , the first hospitals ivere erected for the relief of such as were afflicted with St . Anthony ' s Fire A . Although in the exercise of charity and benevolence , we neither regard country nor reh gion , yet we consider it both necessary and nrun ? neint mysteries those who
™ S 3 i p A ? ° . , ° o « r , except , in the society of the uninitiated and unenli ghtened profess the Christian reli-? T \ i , I , oxa P ! , tion ancI Proving of those who seek for initiation into the first , or E . A . degree , no bodily torture is used , only such an examination as is necessary to prove a healthy body and good under-