The Rationale and Ethics of Freemasonry: Or, The Masonic Institution Considered as a Means of Social and Individual ProgressR. Macoy, 1859 - 298 pages |
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Page 40
... appear the more clearly when we come to describe the initiatory rite . It is worthy of remark , with what jealous vigil- ance the secret rites of that ancient association were guarded . Any violation of the obligation of secrecy on the ...
... appear the more clearly when we come to describe the initiatory rite . It is worthy of remark , with what jealous vigil- ance the secret rites of that ancient association were guarded . Any violation of the obligation of secrecy on the ...
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... appears , therefore , that the secret fraternity of Pythagoras was intended as a propaganda of new ideas and social relations , as a means of fash- ioning society after a higher and better idea of jus- tice and right . The members lived ...
... appears , therefore , that the secret fraternity of Pythagoras was intended as a propaganda of new ideas and social relations , as a means of fash- ioning society after a higher and better idea of jus- tice and right . The members lived ...
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... appears to be demonstrated beyond a doubt that Christianity at its birth envel- oped itself in secrecy and mystery . Divine and unspeakably important as its idea was , it did not disdain these human agencies which , in all the insti ...
... appears to be demonstrated beyond a doubt that Christianity at its birth envel- oped itself in secrecy and mystery . Divine and unspeakably important as its idea was , it did not disdain these human agencies which , in all the insti ...
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... appears to foreigners like some tremend- ous mystery ; the cause of which is that perpetual sobriety they exercise , and the same settled measure of meat and drink that is allotted them , and that such as is abundantly sufficient for ...
... appears to foreigners like some tremend- ous mystery ; the cause of which is that perpetual sobriety they exercise , and the same settled measure of meat and drink that is allotted them , and that such as is abundantly sufficient for ...
Page 102
... appear to be worthy , they then admit him into their society . And before he is allowed to touch their common food , he is obliged to take tremendous oaths , that in the first place he will exercise piety toward God , and then that he ...
... appear to be worthy , they then admit him into their society . And before he is allowed to touch their common food , he is obliged to take tremendous oaths , that in the first place he will exercise piety toward God , and then that he ...
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