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'''Freemasonry''' is a fraternal organization, that is, an organisation for men, with a worldwide membership of around 4 million. Local branches are called 'lodges', and the members meet together and perform rituals teaching moral truths, similar to short plays, based on Biblical imagery mostly concerned with the building of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem.  
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'''Freemasonry''' is a fraternity for men, with a worldwide membership of around 4 million. Local branches are called 'lodges', and the members meet together and perform rituals teaching moral truths, similar to short plays, supposedly based on Biblical imagery mostly concerned with the building of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem. They try to [[New World Order|overtake]] the world.
  
  
Perhaps the best-known Freemasons in the USA are the Shriners, who raise funds for children's hospitals and other charities.  
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Perhaps the best-known Freemasons appendant body in the USA are the Shriners, who raise funds for children's hospitals and other charities.  
  
  
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The most recognisable symbol of Freemasonry is the "Square and Compass," which is used to teach, respectively, "square conduct towards others" and "keeping passions and prejudices within due bounds". For most jurisdictions of Freemasonry there is a rule that the members must believe in one god or supreme being and in the immortality of the soul. As a result, members of different religions, if monotheistic, are admitted to membership with no expectation that they accept as correct or affirm the religions creeds of any other member. In Masonry, the supreme being is sometime called "The Great Architect of the Universe," a term that is said to be traceable back to the Christian thelogian, John Calvin.  
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The most recognisable symbol of Freemasonry is the "Square and Compass," which is used to teach, respectively, "square conduct towards others" and "keeping passions and prejudices within due bounds". For most jurisdictions of Freemasonry there is a rule that the members must believe in one god or supreme being and in the immortality of the soul. As a result, members of different religions, if monotheistic, are admitted to membership with no expectation that they accept as correct or affirm the religions creeds of any other member.  
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Various [[Christianity|Christian]] churches are opposed to Freemasonry and state that its teachings are incompatible with Christianity.<ref>[http://www.equip.org/article/should-christians-join-the-masonic-lodge/ Should Christians Join the Masonic Lodge]</ref><ref>[http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/masonry.html Freemasonry and the Christian Church]</ref><ref>[http://www.gotquestions.org/free-masonry.html What is Free Masonry and what do Free Masons believe?]</ref>  The Roman Catholic Church opposes Freemasonry, which it first condemned in an encyclical issued by Pope Clement XII in 1738. <ref>[https://www.ewtn.com/library/ANSWERS/BACAFM.HTM/ Catholicism vs. Freemasonry—Irreconcilable Forever Rev. Robert I. Bradley]</ref> The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is opposed to Freemasonry.<ref>[http://www.orlutheran.com/masoniclodge.html]</ref> The Orthodox Church in America also opposes Freemasonry.
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<ref>[http://oca.org/questions/nonchristiangroups/masonic-fraternity]</ref>
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Freemasonry is also illegal in most Islamic countries, including all but two of the Arab states, and Masonic lodges are sometimes called "Houses of the Devil" by Muslims. <ref>Short page 170</ref> <ref>http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/layiktez1.html</ref> Sultan Mahmut I of Turkey outlawed Freemasonry shortly after the Pope condemned it in 1738. In 1978 the Islamic Jurisdictional College, perhaps the most important important group involved in Islamic law interpretation, issued a statement condemning Freemasonry, and said, "Any Muslim, who affiliates with it, knowing the truth of its objectives, is an infidel to Islam”.
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Many right-wing extremists oppose Freemasonry. These have included [[David Icke]] and [[Alex Jones]]. <ref>Deciphering the Lost Symbol:Freemasons, Myths, and the Mysteries of Washington, D.C. by Christopher L. Hodapp page 7</ref>
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There is a degree in Freemasonry called the Holy Royal Arch where an ancient God called Jahbulon is referenced. He is supposed to be a mystic trinity consisting of Yahweh (Jah), God of the Jews, Baal (Bul), a Celtic god, and On, a God of Egypt also named Osiris. <ref>Short pages 90-105</ref> <ref>Sora, Steven The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar: Solving the Oak Island Mystery Destiny Books Rochester, Vermont 1999 page 233</ref>
  
 
Contrary to popular belief, Freemasons are not taught to 'prefer' other Masons or to do them special favors. They are pledged, however, to come to the assistance of other Masons if they are in need, so long as this does not involve any violation of one's ethical standards or imperil the well-being of the assisting Mason's family.  
 
Contrary to popular belief, Freemasons are not taught to 'prefer' other Masons or to do them special favors. They are pledged, however, to come to the assistance of other Masons if they are in need, so long as this does not involve any violation of one's ethical standards or imperil the well-being of the assisting Mason's family.  
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==History==  
 
==History==  
There is little known for certain about the beginnings of Freemasonry. Masonic legends claim various theories about its origins, including some considered, even by Masons, to be improbable. Certainly, lodges of "operative" Freemasons (men who worked stone and built with it) were formed around the major religious and civil work places during the Middle Ages in Europe and the British Isles. These lodges were early societies or guilds for the craftsmen, and places where an apprentice could be taught. The lodges also instilled moral teaching.
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There is little known for certain about the beginnings of Freemasonry. Masonic legends claim various theories about its origins, including some considered, even by Masons, to be improbable. Certainly, lodges of "operative" Freemasons (men who worked stone and built with it) were formed around the major religious and civil work places during the Middle Ages in Europe and the British Isles. These lodges were early societies or guilds for the craftsmen, and places where an apprentice could be taught. The lodges also taught  morality.
  
 
When a man moved to another site he took special symbols, signs, and handshakes that were recognisable to the senior masons and formed a means of recognition of his standing in the wider society of masons. Over time, non-masons learned of the moral teaching and social atmosphere of the lodge and were admitted as non-operative or "speculative" masons. (However, some claim that the lodges first started with the ancient Hebrews or with Pythagoras or Euclid, both ancient Greek geometers. This is supposed to explain Masonry's emphasis upon geometric symbolism.)  
 
When a man moved to another site he took special symbols, signs, and handshakes that were recognisable to the senior masons and formed a means of recognition of his standing in the wider society of masons. Over time, non-masons learned of the moral teaching and social atmosphere of the lodge and were admitted as non-operative or "speculative" masons. (However, some claim that the lodges first started with the ancient Hebrews or with Pythagoras or Euclid, both ancient Greek geometers. This is supposed to explain Masonry's emphasis upon geometric symbolism.)  
  
In 1717 four lodges met together at a public house (pub, or hotel) in London and formed the Grand Lodge of England. It later chartered grand lodges in other countries.  
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In 1717 four lodges met together at a public house (pub, or hotel) in London and formed the Grand Lodge of England. It later chartered grand lodges in other countries.
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In 1923 the Italian leader [[Mussolini]] ordered through his Fascist Council that members of the ruling Fascist political party who were Freemasons had to give up one or the other. In 1925 Mussolini stated publicly that although Anglo-American Freemasonry was acceptable to him, the Grand Orient Freemasonry of Italy was part of the larger French Grand Orient, which he stated was subversive.He then outlawed Grand Orient Freemasonry. <ref>[http://bessel.org/naziartl.htm]</ref>
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After [[Adolf Hitler]] came to power he outlawed Freemasonry in [[Germany]]. That year in April, Herman Goering, a German public official, held a meeting with the Grand Master of German Freemasonry, and told him Freemasonry would not be tolerated in Germany anymore. At first Hitler only outlawed the pro-Jewish Humantirian Freemasonic lodges in 1933. But in 1935 he outlawed Freemasonry in all its forms, including the highly anti-Jewish Prussian Grand Lodges. <ref>Short, Martin Inside the Brotherhood: Explosive Secrets of the Freemasons HarperCollins page 27</ref><ref>[http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007187]</ref> Robert Jackson, the US prosecuting attorney at the Nuremberg trials, stated, "It is not generally understood that among the earliest and most savage of the many persecutions undertaken by every modern dictatorship are those directed against the Free Masons". <ref>[http://bessel.org/naziartl.htm]</ref>
  
 
==Famous Freemasons==  
 
==Famous Freemasons==  
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[[Buzz Aldrin]] (1930 - ): American [[astronaut]], the second man (after Neil Armstrong) to walk on the moon
 
[[Buzz Aldrin]] (1930 - ): American [[astronaut]], the second man (after Neil Armstrong) to walk on the moon
 
[[Neil Armstrong]] (1930 - ): American astronaut. Claimed as a Mason in many Masonic publications, it may rather have been his father who was a Mason.<ref name="space">[http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/spacemason/ Freemasons in Space] Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon, retrieved August 24, 2011</ref>
 
  
 
HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935 - ): Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England since 1967, cousin of both Queen [[Elizabeth II]] and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh  
 
HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935 - ): Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England since 1967, cousin of both Queen [[Elizabeth II]] and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh  
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[[Trent Lott]]: former United States [[Senator]] and Senate Majority Leader
 
[[Trent Lott]]: former United States [[Senator]] and Senate Majority Leader
  
Major General Sir Michael Jeffery (1937 - ): Governor-General of Australia
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Major General Sir Michael Jeffery (1937 - ): Governor-General of Australia 2003 - 2008
 
   
 
   
 
Kermit W. Richardson: National Master, National Grange  
 
Kermit W. Richardson: National Master, National Grange  
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<u>Historically well-known Masons:</u>  
 
<u>Historically well-known Masons:</u>  
 
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Sir John J.C. Abbott, Prime Minister of Canada (1821-1893)  
 
Sir John J.C. Abbott, Prime Minister of Canada (1821-1893)  
  
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[[Ty Cobb]]: baseball legend
 
[[Ty Cobb]]: baseball legend
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[[Theodore Roosevelt]]: US president (1858 - 1919)
  
 
Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] (1859-1930): author of the Sherlock Holmes stories and novels
 
Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] (1859-1930): author of the Sherlock Holmes stories and novels
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[[Aleksandr Sergeyvich Pushkin]] (1799-1837): Russian poet and author of ''Boris Gudunov''  
 
[[Aleksandr Sergeyvich Pushkin]] (1799-1837): Russian poet and author of ''Boris Gudunov''  
  
Sir Cecil Rhodes (1852-1903): African entrepreneur
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Cecil Rhodes (1852-1903): Anglo-African entrepreneur and politician, founder of Rhodesia, Prime Minister of Cape Colony
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<ref>[http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/rhodes_c/rhodes_c.html]</ref>
  
 
[[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]: United States President  
 
[[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]: United States President  
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Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979): movie maker
 
Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979): movie maker
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[[Neil Armstrong]] (1930-2012): American astronaut. Claimed as a Mason in many Masonic publications, it may rather have been his father who was a Mason.<ref name="space">[http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/spacemason/ Freemasons in Space] Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon, retrieved August 24, 2011</ref>
  
 
==Women and Freemasonry==  
 
==Women and Freemasonry==  
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There are some self-styled Masonic organisations that also accept women. These organisations are often referred to by the term, "Co-masonry". A few are exclusively for women. These are not considered "regular" by Freemasons, and men can be expelled from their lodges if they are known to have attended meetings of these so-called "clandestine" organisations.  
 
There are some self-styled Masonic organisations that also accept women. These organisations are often referred to by the term, "Co-masonry". A few are exclusively for women. These are not considered "regular" by Freemasons, and men can be expelled from their lodges if they are known to have attended meetings of these so-called "clandestine" organisations.  
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==See also==
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*[[DeMolay International]]
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*[[Illuminati]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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==External links==
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The Philalethes Society
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Grand Lodge of England
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Masonry Catholic Encyclopedia.
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World Conference of Grand Masters
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Origin of Free Masonry Historical Documents: Thomas Paine
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Retrieved from "http://www.conservapedia.com/Freemasonry"
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Freemasonry is a fraternity for men, with a worldwide membership of around 4 million. Local branches are called 'lodges', and the members meet together and perform rituals teaching moral truths, similar to short plays, supposedly based on Biblical imagery mostly concerned with the building of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem. They try to overtake the world.


Perhaps the best-known Freemasons appendant body in the USA are the Shriners, who raise funds for children's hospitals and other charities.


Membership dues can vary widely between jurisdictions and individual lodges. Meals are often eaten before or after meetings. Lodges also frequently raise money for charity.


The central tenets of Freemasonry are:

Brotherly Love - the regard men have for each other;

Relief - relieving the necessities and destitution a man sees around him (charity);

Truth - being true to himself, his brother Masons, and others around him.


The most recognisable symbol of Freemasonry is the "Square and Compass," which is used to teach, respectively, "square conduct towards others" and "keeping passions and prejudices within due bounds". For most jurisdictions of Freemasonry there is a rule that the members must believe in one god or supreme being and in the immortality of the soul. As a result, members of different religions, if monotheistic, are admitted to membership with no expectation that they accept as correct or affirm the religions creeds of any other member.

Various Christian churches are opposed to Freemasonry and state that its teachings are incompatible with Christianity.[1][2][3] The Roman Catholic Church opposes Freemasonry, which it first condemned in an encyclical issued by Pope Clement XII in 1738. [4] The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is opposed to Freemasonry.[5] The Orthodox Church in America also opposes Freemasonry. [6]

Freemasonry is also illegal in most Islamic countries, including all but two of the Arab states, and Masonic lodges are sometimes called "Houses of the Devil" by Muslims. [7] [8] Sultan Mahmut I of Turkey outlawed Freemasonry shortly after the Pope condemned it in 1738. In 1978 the Islamic Jurisdictional College, perhaps the most important important group involved in Islamic law interpretation, issued a statement condemning Freemasonry, and said, "Any Muslim, who affiliates with it, knowing the truth of its objectives, is an infidel to Islam”.

Many right-wing extremists oppose Freemasonry. These have included David Icke and Alex Jones. [9]

There is a degree in Freemasonry called the Holy Royal Arch where an ancient God called Jahbulon is referenced. He is supposed to be a mystic trinity consisting of Yahweh (Jah), God of the Jews, Baal (Bul), a Celtic god, and On, a God of Egypt also named Osiris. [10] [11]

Contrary to popular belief, Freemasons are not taught to 'prefer' other Masons or to do them special favors. They are pledged, however, to come to the assistance of other Masons if they are in need, so long as this does not involve any violation of one's ethical standards or imperil the well-being of the assisting Mason's family.

Degrees

Standard Freemasonry is divided into three degrees: Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason. The Mark degree can be gained after Master Mason but is considered to be an expansion of the Fellow Craft degree. The degree ceremonies traditionally involve participation in a number of stylised scenes from the building of the Temple and a series of moral lessons largely derived from the Old Testament and the tools and rituals of operative Masons. After the third degree a Freemason may go on to other Masonic bodies such as the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, the York Rite or the Holy Royal Arch. These are considered to be branches of Freemasonry, never "higher" or superior degrees above that of Master Mason.

History

There is little known for certain about the beginnings of Freemasonry. Masonic legends claim various theories about its origins, including some considered, even by Masons, to be improbable. Certainly, lodges of "operative" Freemasons (men who worked stone and built with it) were formed around the major religious and civil work places during the Middle Ages in Europe and the British Isles. These lodges were early societies or guilds for the craftsmen, and places where an apprentice could be taught. The lodges also taught morality.

When a man moved to another site he took special symbols, signs, and handshakes that were recognisable to the senior masons and formed a means of recognition of his standing in the wider society of masons. Over time, non-masons learned of the moral teaching and social atmosphere of the lodge and were admitted as non-operative or "speculative" masons. (However, some claim that the lodges first started with the ancient Hebrews or with Pythagoras or Euclid, both ancient Greek geometers. This is supposed to explain Masonry's emphasis upon geometric symbolism.)

In 1717 four lodges met together at a public house (pub, or hotel) in London and formed the Grand Lodge of England. It later chartered grand lodges in other countries.

In 1923 the Italian leader Mussolini ordered through his Fascist Council that members of the ruling Fascist political party who were Freemasons had to give up one or the other. In 1925 Mussolini stated publicly that although Anglo-American Freemasonry was acceptable to him, the Grand Orient Freemasonry of Italy was part of the larger French Grand Orient, which he stated was subversive.He then outlawed Grand Orient Freemasonry. [12]

After Adolf Hitler came to power he outlawed Freemasonry in Germany. That year in April, Herman Goering, a German public official, held a meeting with the Grand Master of German Freemasonry, and told him Freemasonry would not be tolerated in Germany anymore. At first Hitler only outlawed the pro-Jewish Humantirian Freemasonic lodges in 1933. But in 1935 he outlawed Freemasonry in all its forms, including the highly anti-Jewish Prussian Grand Lodges. [13][14] Robert Jackson, the US prosecuting attorney at the Nuremberg trials, stated, "It is not generally understood that among the earliest and most savage of the many persecutions undertaken by every modern dictatorship are those directed against the Free Masons". [15]

Famous Freemasons

Living/active Masons:

Buzz Aldrin (1930 - ): American astronaut, the second man (after Neil Armstrong) to walk on the moon

HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935 - ): Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England since 1967, cousin of both Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Michael of Kent: Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons in England

Sam Hornish, Jr. (1979 - ): 2006 Indianapolis 500 champion, three-time Indy Racing League champion

Trent Lott: former United States Senator and Senate Majority Leader

Major General Sir Michael Jeffery (1937 - ): Governor-General of Australia 2003 - 2008

Kermit W. Richardson: National Master, National Grange

John Glenn (1921 - ): Pilot, Astronaut and United States Senator[16]


Historically well-known Masons: ry Sir John J.C. Abbott, Prime Minister of Canada (1821-1893)

Sir Joseph Banks, naturalist, biologist, explorer (1744 - 1820)

Frédéric A. Bartholdi, French sculptor best known for his figure Liberty Enlightening the World, also known as the Statue of Liberty, (1834-1904)

Robert Burns, Scottish nationalist, poet (1759 - 1796)

Robert Byrd: Senator, the longest-serving member of the US Congress

Lord Randolph Churchill: British statesman (1849 - 1895)

Sir Winston Churchill: British politician (1874 - 1965)

Ty Cobb: baseball legend

Theodore Roosevelt: US president (1858 - 1919)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930): author of the Sherlock Holmes stories and novels

W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963): scholar and co-founder of the NAACP

HM Edward VII: King, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England

HM Edward VIII: King, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England

The Most Rev. Geoffrey Fisher (1887 - 1972): Archbishop of Canterbury

Sir Alexander Fleming (1881 - 1955): medical doctor who discovered penicillin

Gerald R. Ford: US President

Henry Ford: automotive executive

Benjamin Franklin: Founding Father of the United States, diplomat, publisher, and inventor

Richard J. Gatling (1818-1903): engineer and inventor

HM George VI: King

Sir William S. Gilbert (1836-1911): poet/librettist (Gilbert and Sullivan)

Tim Horton (1930-1974): Toronto Maple Leafs hockey standout and founder of Tim Horton's restaurants

Dr. Edward Jenner (1749-1823): medical doctor (wound sterilization)

Alexander Kerensky: Russian Prime Minister

Admiral Ernest J. King (1878-1956): Commander-in-Chief - US Fleet 1941, Chief of Naval Operations 1942-1945

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936): author

Robert E. Lee: General, leader of the Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America

Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974): American aviator

Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964): General, US Chief of Staff

Dr. Parker Paul McKenzie (1897-1999): Kiowa Indian, linguist, grammarian, educator

Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815): 'mesmerist' (hypnotist), psychologist

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): musical composer. His work, The Magic Flute, contains many Masonic references.

Lt. Gen. Herman Nickerson, Jr.: USMC, Commander of I-Corps theater of operations in Vietnam

The Rev. Norman Vincent Peale: Christian pastor, evangelist, and writer

Robert Peary (1856-1920): Admiral, polar explorer

Aleksandr Sergeyvich Pushkin (1799-1837): Russian poet and author of Boris Gudunov

Cecil Rhodes (1852-1903): Anglo-African entrepreneur and politician, founder of Rhodesia, Prime Minister of Cape Colony

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: United States President

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832): British historical novelist and poet

Red Skelton (1913-1997): actor, comedian

Joseph Smith (1805-1844): founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900): composer (Gilbert and Sullivan)

Dave Thomas: philanthropist and founder of Wendy's (restaurant chain)

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882): British novelist

Harry S. Truman: United States President

Robert Pershing Wadlow (1918-1940): tallest man on record

George Washington (1732-1799): General, United States President

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852): Field Marshal, defeated Napoleon, politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

William Charles Wentworth (1790-1872): Australian explorer and editor of first newspaper in Australia

Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979): movie maker

Neil Armstrong (1930-2012): American astronaut. Claimed as a Mason in many Masonic publications, it may rather have been his father who was a Mason.[16]

Women and Freemasonry

Women are accepted into the social events surrounding Freemasonry, and there are several auxiliaries for female relatives of Masons. The best known of these is the Order of the Eastern Star. Freemasons are permitted both to attend its meetings and become members of the OES.

Irregular Freemasonry including women:

There are some self-styled Masonic organisations that also accept women. These organisations are often referred to by the term, "Co-masonry". A few are exclusively for women. These are not considered "regular" by Freemasons, and men can be expelled from their lodges if they are known to have attended meetings of these so-called "clandestine" organisations.

See also

References

  1. Should Christians Join the Masonic Lodge
  2. Freemasonry and the Christian Church
  3. What is Free Masonry and what do Free Masons believe?
  4. Catholicism vs. Freemasonry—Irreconcilable Forever Rev. Robert I. Bradley
  5. [1]
  6. [2]
  7. Short page 170
  8. http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/layiktez1.html
  9. Deciphering the Lost Symbol:Freemasons, Myths, and the Mysteries of Washington, D.C. by Christopher L. Hodapp page 7
  10. Short pages 90-105
  11. Sora, Steven The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar: Solving the Oak Island Mystery Destiny Books Rochester, Vermont 1999 page 233
  12. [3]
  13. Short, Martin Inside the Brotherhood: Explosive Secrets of the Freemasons HarperCollins page 27
  14. [4]
  15. [5]
  16. 16.0 16.1 Freemasons in Space Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon, retrieved August 24, 2011
  17. [6]