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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.

References

1877: 20 ff 1916: 826 ff, 872 A ff 1930:90 25M.F.M. 21

• GC1918: Section 100; 1918-334
  • 1877-20, 1916-826ff, 872Aff, 20MFM-21

Sec. 101. LANDMARKS: DEFINITION

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

References

1902: 21 1916: 805 ff 1918: 217, 334 1930: 90

• GC1918: Section 101; 1918-334
  • 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.

References

• GC1918: Section 102; 1918-334
  • 1916-819ff, 26MFM-320, 31MFM-99, 1915Builder-38, 183, 197

1878: 85 1930: 90 1951: 138 31 MFM 99 1915 Build. 38, 183, 197

• 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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