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On July 4, 1924 - The Filipino body, in a General assembly attended by more than 300 Master Masons from all over the country, unanimously adopted a proclamation saying that the Philippines is an exclusively Filipino Masonic Territory under the jurisdiction of Supremo Concejo del Grado 33 Para Filipinas headed by Soverano Gran Commendador ...
The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines is the organizational body based on the Philippines that governs Freemasonry. It currently has its offices at the Plaridel Masonic Temple , a historic building in Ermita, Manila .
This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in Asia. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit).
Masonically, Filipino Masons whether belonging to Gran Logia Nacional de Filipinas or to the Grand Lodge of Philippines have common aspirations; ideal and spiritual love for their country not found nor may be expected from any alien who camr to the Philippines for fortune's sake. <ref; History of Freemasonry in the Philippines, Logia Magdalo ...
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines. Add languages. Add links. Article; Talk; English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... Grand Lodge of the ...
The Masonic author Mackey called Freemasonry "a science which is engaged in the search after the divine truth". [31] Anderson's The Constitutions of the Free-Masons, 1723, likens the guidance of moral truth to a religion in which all men agree and said that the specifics of Mason's religious faith are their own opinions to leave to themselves. [32]
The terms “Appendant body” and “Rite or Concordant body” in Freemasonry can sometimes be confusing, even for those familiar with Masonic traditions. A “Rite” or "concordant body" in Freemasonry is a system that includes various degrees for initiating a newcomer.
During World War II, the temple was occupied by Japanese forces and got damaged, by fire, during the battle for the liberation of Manila in 1945. It was rebuilt in 1948. In 2000, the temple, including the relics of Freemasonry in the Philippines, were destroyed by fire. It was reconstructed and the new building was formally inaugurated in 2006. [2]