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Article EDITORIAL PRÆCOGNITION. ← Page 6 of 6 Article THE FIRST POINT IN THE PYTHAGOREAN TRIANGLE EXPLAINED. Page 1 of 6 →
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In these charges we are forbidden to quarrel about religion , because every Mason is , or ought to be , of the Catholic faith . Now it cannot he reasonably maintained that any other than the Christian was ever termed the Catholic religion . We have a definition of what that religion is at a period anterior to any existing masonic record ; viz ., the time of Athanasius , thus' The Catholic faith is this , that we worship one God in trinity and unity . ' And again—¦ The right faith is , that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ , the Son of God , is God and man . ' And about half a century
later , we find Ambrose explaining the religion in which all men agree , in the following words— ' The holy church throughout all the world doth acknowledge Thee , the Father of an infinite majesty ; thine honourable , true , and only Son : also the Holy Ghost , the comforter . Thou art the King of Glory , O Christ ; thou art the everlasting Son of the Father . ' The Grand Lodge committed a grievous error when it permitted so gross a deviation from the established landmarks , as to erase the word Catholic from the ancient charges , and to substitute the word universalfor that is
, tbe rock upon which some Masons of the present day , and all cowans , have foundered ; for the Catholic religion means Christianity , while an universal religion means anything or nothing . As to the Hebrew question , I challenge any Mason . to produce a genuine record of the initiation of a Jew before about the middle of the last century , when Stephen Morin and his Jewish companions hawked certain Christian degrees about the New World
for their own private emolument . Such a thing was never contemplated by our ancient brethren as the admission of a Jew . Nor did they ever indulge in masonic dancing , which I consider to be another innovation , and disapprove of it under any circumstances whatever ; for I find no warrant for it in the charges or constitutions of Masonry , whether ancient or modern . It is a move in the wrong direction . " Cato here observed , that Sit Lux had expressed his » own opinions so well , that it was unnecessary for him to add another word . He sincerely
believed , that with the professors of Christianity , Masonry was the bandmaiden of religion ; and that it was impossible for any one who considered the tendency of the ordinary lodge lectures to think differently , for every prominent illustration has been studiousl y illuminated with an undisputed type of Christ . Bro . Faudel commenced an examination of the Jewish question ; when we thought it high time to interfere , for we were approaching a subject which might possibly create discussions alien to the social purposes of our
meeting ; and as we had observed several brethren decline the bottle , we requested them to charge for a concluding toast— " Prosperity to the benign system of Freemasonry , and confusion to those cowans who wilfully misrepresent it to favour their own sinister designs . " Three times three , and the Lincolnshire fire , in compliment to Dr . Oliver , the author of the following paper ED . F . Q . R .
The First Point In The Pythagorean Triangle Explained.
THE FIRST POINT IN THE PYTHAGOREAN TRIANGLE EXPLAINED .
" The Pythagorean triangleserved as a main illustration of-that philosopher ' s system . This emblem powerfully elucidates the mystic relation between numerical and geometrical symbols . It is composed of ten points , so arranged as to form one greater equilateral triangle , and at the same time to divide it into nine similar triangles of smaller dimensions . The first of these , representing unity , is called a MONAD , and answers to what is denominated a point in geometry , each being the principle by the multiplication of which all combinations of form or number are respectively generated . "—HEMMING ' S LECTURES , F . C . DEGREE . " In vain we measure this amazing sphere , And find and fix its centre here or there ; While its circumference , scorning to be brought Even into fancied space , eludes our vanquish'd thought . "—PRIOR . IT was the belief of wise and learned men of all ages that there was a
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Editorial Præcognition.
In these charges we are forbidden to quarrel about religion , because every Mason is , or ought to be , of the Catholic faith . Now it cannot he reasonably maintained that any other than the Christian was ever termed the Catholic religion . We have a definition of what that religion is at a period anterior to any existing masonic record ; viz ., the time of Athanasius , thus' The Catholic faith is this , that we worship one God in trinity and unity . ' And again—¦ The right faith is , that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ , the Son of God , is God and man . ' And about half a century
later , we find Ambrose explaining the religion in which all men agree , in the following words— ' The holy church throughout all the world doth acknowledge Thee , the Father of an infinite majesty ; thine honourable , true , and only Son : also the Holy Ghost , the comforter . Thou art the King of Glory , O Christ ; thou art the everlasting Son of the Father . ' The Grand Lodge committed a grievous error when it permitted so gross a deviation from the established landmarks , as to erase the word Catholic from the ancient charges , and to substitute the word universalfor that is
, tbe rock upon which some Masons of the present day , and all cowans , have foundered ; for the Catholic religion means Christianity , while an universal religion means anything or nothing . As to the Hebrew question , I challenge any Mason . to produce a genuine record of the initiation of a Jew before about the middle of the last century , when Stephen Morin and his Jewish companions hawked certain Christian degrees about the New World
for their own private emolument . Such a thing was never contemplated by our ancient brethren as the admission of a Jew . Nor did they ever indulge in masonic dancing , which I consider to be another innovation , and disapprove of it under any circumstances whatever ; for I find no warrant for it in the charges or constitutions of Masonry , whether ancient or modern . It is a move in the wrong direction . " Cato here observed , that Sit Lux had expressed his » own opinions so well , that it was unnecessary for him to add another word . He sincerely
believed , that with the professors of Christianity , Masonry was the bandmaiden of religion ; and that it was impossible for any one who considered the tendency of the ordinary lodge lectures to think differently , for every prominent illustration has been studiousl y illuminated with an undisputed type of Christ . Bro . Faudel commenced an examination of the Jewish question ; when we thought it high time to interfere , for we were approaching a subject which might possibly create discussions alien to the social purposes of our
meeting ; and as we had observed several brethren decline the bottle , we requested them to charge for a concluding toast— " Prosperity to the benign system of Freemasonry , and confusion to those cowans who wilfully misrepresent it to favour their own sinister designs . " Three times three , and the Lincolnshire fire , in compliment to Dr . Oliver , the author of the following paper ED . F . Q . R .
The First Point In The Pythagorean Triangle Explained.
THE FIRST POINT IN THE PYTHAGOREAN TRIANGLE EXPLAINED .
" The Pythagorean triangleserved as a main illustration of-that philosopher ' s system . This emblem powerfully elucidates the mystic relation between numerical and geometrical symbols . It is composed of ten points , so arranged as to form one greater equilateral triangle , and at the same time to divide it into nine similar triangles of smaller dimensions . The first of these , representing unity , is called a MONAD , and answers to what is denominated a point in geometry , each being the principle by the multiplication of which all combinations of form or number are respectively generated . "—HEMMING ' S LECTURES , F . C . DEGREE . " In vain we measure this amazing sphere , And find and fix its centre here or there ; While its circumference , scorning to be brought Even into fancied space , eludes our vanquish'd thought . "—PRIOR . IT was the belief of wise and learned men of all ages that there was a