MassachusettsGC2012 PART I

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

• GC1918: Section 100; 1918-334
• GC1930: Section 100; 1930-90

References

• Woodbury Address, 1877-20; Description of the formation of an independent Grand Lodge.
• 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

• GC1918: Section 101; 1918-334
• GC1930: Section 101; 1930-90

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

• GC1918: Section 102; 1918-334
• GC1930: Section 101; 1930-90

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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