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Title page of the Lectures, 1874. The Lectures of the Three Degrees in Craft Masonry is a series of manuals on Freemasonry that are arranged in the form of catechisms to be memorized. They cover rituals and symbolism associated with the three degrees of Craft Freemasonry in question and answer form. During the second half of the 19th century ...
An apprentice had to serve seven years before being received into a lodge, and a further seven before becoming a fellow in craft, unless by consent of the masters, deacons and wardens, and after examination. The term Entered Apprentice is used for an apprentice who has been admitted to the lodge. The document was circulated to every lodge in ...
The enterprising Apprentice and skillful Fellow Craft of operative masonry became the Entered Apprentice and Fellowcraft of speculative Freemasonry, while the Master degree was added as a culmination. The Premier Grand Lodge published its Book of Constitutions in 1723, written by Presbyterian minister James Anderson. This work traced ...
The degrees of Freemasonry are the three grades of medieval craft guilds: Entered Apprentice, Journeyman or Fellow of the craft [5] (now called either "Fellowcraft" or "Fellow Craft" [5] [6] in English speaking jurisdictions, and "Companion" in non-English speaking jurisdictions), and Master Mason. The candidate of these three degrees is ...
The initiation also contains elaborate efforts to frighten the apprentice before initiation which has been linked to the tradition of the Chamber of Reflection by some masonic scholars. [ 40 ] The manuscript concludes by describing an initiation ceremony for a fellow craft or master mason (same degree), focused on the Mason Word.
Blue lodge degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason, often conferred in a single session. Deacons who guide candidates through degree rituals. A Lecturer who delivers educational lectures to members. Diligent examination of visitors to prove Masonic identity. Prayers and invocations with Christian references.
In 1917, Reuss wrote a Synopsis of Degrees of O.T.O. in which the third degree was listed as "Craft of Masonry" and listed the initiations involved as "Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, Master Mason" and elaborated on this with "Full instruction in Craft Masonry, including the Catechism of the first three degrees, and an explanation of all the ...
A Manual of the Lodge: Or, Monitorial Instructions in the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason, Arranged in Accordance with the American System of Lectures, to Which Are Added the Ceremonies of the Order of Past Master, Relating to Installations, Dedications, Consecrations, Laying of Corner Stones, Etc.