Free and accepted Source: Short Talk Bulletin – Nov. 1931 Masonic Service Association of North America The origin of these terms, descriptive of Speculative Freemasons, goes back into the very beginnings of the history of the Order; indeed, behind the history of the building Craft in Europe.…
The Matthew Cooke Manuscript Source: Wikipedia The Matthew Cooke Manuscript is the oldest of a class of about one hundred early documents known as Freemasonry’s Gothic Constitutions, and the second oldest known manuscript in Masonic history. Typically, the Gothic Constitutions included an…
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Source: The Builder – 1923 Can you give us an explanation of the words, «Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,» which appears to be the official name of our Grand Lodge? The Secretary of our local lodge tells me that about one-half of the Grand Lodges in the…
