Having begun your Masonic work in the York Rite, it is natural that you should want to continue with it.Īccording to Masonic legend, every man raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason received “substitute secrets”, as the “true secrets” were lost. You, as a Master Mason, have received the first three degrees of the York Rite. This is the basis upon which our present system of Symbolic Lodge Masonry is built. In 1813, this Grand Lodge merged with another group called the Modern Grand Lodge, to form the United Grand Lodge of England. Masonry’s first written record is centered around York, the seat of the Ancient York Grand Lodge.
It takes its name from York, England, where the earliest known record of Masonry exists, dating from about A.D. York Masonry is the oldest and best known of all Masonic Rites. The symbolic degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason, as conferred in the United States, are degrees of the York Rite. The York Rite CONSISTS OF FOUR DISTINCT AND SEPARATE SOVEREIGN MASONIC BODIES:
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