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The Common Law of Freemasonry is to be learned from the ancient usages of the Craft as developed and interpreted from and after A. D. 1721. It is the foundation of Masonic jurisprudence.
 
The Common Law of Freemasonry is to be learned from the ancient usages of the Craft as developed and interpreted from and after A. D. 1721. It is the foundation of Masonic jurisprudence.
  
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* '''GC1918''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1918#Section_100 Section 100]; 1918-334
 
* '''GC1918''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1918#Section_100 Section 100]; 1918-334
 
* '''GC1930''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1930#Section_100 Section 100]; 1930-90
 
* '''GC1930''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1930#Section_100 Section 100]; 1930-90
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** 1877-20, 1916-826ff, 872Aff, 20MFM-21 (or 25MFM?)
 
** 1877-20, 1916-826ff, 872Aff, 20MFM-21 (or 25MFM?)
  
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The Landmarks are those ancient and universal fundamental principles of the Craft which no Masonic authority can alter or repeal.
 
The Landmarks are those ancient and universal fundamental principles of the Craft which no Masonic authority can alter or repeal.
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* '''GC1918''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1918#Section_101 Section 101]; 1918-334
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* '''GC1930''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1930#Section_101 Section 101]; 1930-90
  
 
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1902: 21 1916: 805 ff 1918: 217, 334  
 
1902: 21 1916: 805 ff 1918: 217, 334  
  
* '''GC1918''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1918#Section_101 Section 101]; 1918-334
 
* '''GC1930''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1930#Section_101 Section 101]; 1930-90
 
 
** 1878-85, 1916-805
 
** 1878-85, 1916-805
  
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The above list of Landmarks is not declared to be exclusive.
 
The above list of Landmarks is not declared to be exclusive.
  
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* '''GC1918''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1918#Section_102 Section 102]; 1918-334
 
* '''GC1918''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1918#Section_102 Section 102]; 1918-334
 
* '''GC1930''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1930#Section_101 Section 101]; 1930-90
 
* '''GC1930''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1930#Section_101 Section 101]; 1930-90
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** 1916-819ff, 26MFM-320, 31MFM-99, 1915Builder-38, 183, 197
 
** 1916-819ff, 26MFM-320, 31MFM-99, 1915Builder-38, 183, 197
  

Revision as of 11:03, 14 October 2013

GRAND CONSTITUTIONS, PART I

PART I: GENERAL

Sec. 100. COMMON LAW

The Common Law of Freemasonry is to be learned from the ancient usages of the Craft as developed and interpreted from and after A. D. 1721. It is the foundation of Masonic jurisprudence.

Earlier Revisions

References

    • 1877-20, 1916-826ff, 872Aff, 20MFM-21 (or 25MFM?)

Sec. 101. LANDMARKS: DEFINITION

The Landmarks are those ancient and universal fundamental principles of the Craft which no Masonic authority can alter or repeal.

Earlier Revisions

References

1902: 21 1916: 805 ff 1918: 217, 334

    • 1878-85, 1916-805

Sec. 102. LANDMARKS: LIST

This Grand Lodge recognizes the following Landmarks:

  • a. Monotheism, the sole dogma of Freemasonry;
  • b. Belief in immortality, the ultimate lesson of Masonic philosophy;
  • c. The Volume of the Sacred Law, an indispensable part of the furniture of a Lodge;
  • d. The legend of the Third Degree;
  • e. Secrecy;
  • f. The symbolism of the operative art;
  • g. A Mason must be a freeborn male adult.

The above list of Landmarks is not declared to be exclusive.

Earlier Revisions

References

    • 1916-819ff, 26MFM-320, 31MFM-99, 1915Builder-38, 183, 197

1878: 85 1951: 138

  • a: 26M.F.M. 325 1915: 227, 381 1916: 819
  • b: 1916:820
  • c: 1915: 221, 230, 379 1916: 821
  • d: 1916: 823
  • e: 1916: 823
  • f: 1916: 824
  • g: 1916: 824



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