Legend of the Quatuor Coronati

Legend of the Quatuor Coronati From the “Breviarum ad usum fratrum Ordinis Praedicatorium in Hispania ; cum calendario praemisso.” Presented by Francisco de Poias, Spanish Ambassador at the Emperor’s court, to Isabella of Castille, Queen of Spain and Sicily, on the occasion of the marriage (arranged by him) of the Infante Don Juan to the … Read more

The Moderns & The Antients

BY BRO. ARTHUR HEIRON Bro. Heiron is the author of Ancient Freemasonry and the Old Dundee Lodge, No. 18 [1722-1920], a most interesting account of lodge life two hundred years ago. The present paper was read before the Manchester Association for Masonic Research in May, 1924. IT is common knowledge that prior to 1813 the … Read more

Belief in the Great Architect of the Universe

A Historical Tenet of Freemasonry By BRO. GILBERT W. DAYNES, England TODAY, Freemasons, in almost every Grand Lodge, recognize that an abiding belief in God, the Great Architect of the Universe -is the solid foundation upon which the Masonic edifice rests. These brethren regard all those who own allegiance to the isolated Grand Lodges that … Read more

The Rose Croix

A reprint of an article published in Freemasonry Today Issue 17, Summer 2001 © Grand Lodge Publications Ltd 1997-2014 Matthew Christmas explains the 18th Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite  The Rose Croix  Of all the many orders and degrees outside the Craft and the Royal Arch, there is no doubt that for many the pinnacle … Read more