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* '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=WoodburySpeeches#AT_GRAND_LODGE.2C_MARCH_1877 Woodbury Address]''', 1877-20; ''Description of the formation of an independent Grand Lodge.''
 
* '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=WoodburySpeeches#AT_GRAND_LODGE.2C_MARCH_1877 Woodbury Address]''', 1877-20; ''Description of the formation of an independent Grand Lodge.''
* 1916-826ff, 872Aff
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=== Sec. 102. LANDMARKS: LIST ===  
 
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* 1916-819ff
* 1951: 138
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* a: 26M.F.M. 325 1915: 227, 381 1916: 819
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* 26MFM-320, 31MFM-99, 1915Builder-38, 183, 197
* b: 1916:820
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* c: 1915: 221, 230, 379 1916: 821
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* d: 1916: 823
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* e: 1916: 823
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* f: 1916: 824
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* g: 1916: 824
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[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC2012 2012 Grand Constitutions Main Page]

Revision as of 14:08, 12 November 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

  • Woodbury Address, 1877-20; Description of the formation of an independent Grand Lodge.
  • 1916-826ff
  • 1916-872Aff
  • 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

  • 1878-85
  • 1902-21
  • 1916-805 ff
  • 1918-217

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

  • 1878-85
  • 1916-819ff
  • 1951-138
  • 26MFM-320, 31MFM-99, 1915Builder-38, 183, 197
  • a:
    • 26M.F.M. 325
    • 1915-227
    • 1915-381
    • 1916-819
  • b:
    • 1916-820
  • c:
    • 1915-221
    • 1915-230
    • 1915-379
    • 1916-821
  • d:
    • 1916-823
  • e:
    • 1916-823
  • f:
    • 1916-824
  • g:
    • 1916-824

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