The Arch, An Enigma Of Modern Speculative Freemasonry

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Name

The Arch An Enigma Of Modern Speculative Freemasonry.pdf

Speaker

Wor. George L. Simpson, Jr.

Presented

Virginia Research Royal Arch Chapter No. 1753

Date Presented

07/14/1984

Category

History

Keywords

Appendant Bodies;#Masonic History;#Operative Masonry;#Origins of Masonry;#Symbolism;#World History

Spreading

281

Pages

12

Summary

This was the first research paper presented to Virginia Research Royal Arch Chapter No. 1753. The author provides extensive details about the importance of the arch in early architecture, and how its use greatly influenced both operative and speculative Masonry. He also provides some insight into the rift between the Antients and Moderns in the early Grand Lodges of England.