Download or read book Mackey s Jurisprudence of Freemasonry written by Albert G. Mackey and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Text Book of Masonic Jurisprudence written by Albert Gallatin Mackey and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Masonic Jurisprudence of Texas written by Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Texas and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Text Book of Masonic Jurisprudence written by Albert Gallatin Mackey and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Masonic Jurisprudence written by Roscoe Pound and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.
Download or read book The Principles of Masonic Law written by Albert Gallatin Mackey and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Principles of Masonic Law is a treatise on the constitutional laws, usages and landmarks of Freemasonry. The book is very informative and thorough, and it treats a wide range of topics in Masonic jurisprudence, providing a good insight to the overall governance of freemasonry. Freemasonry consists of fraternal organizations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons that from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. The basic, local organizational unit of Freemasonry is the Lodge. These private Lodges are usually supervised at the regional level by a Grand Lodge or Grand Orient. The degrees of Freemasonry retain the three grades of medieval craft guilds, those of Apprentice, Journeyman or Fellow Craft, and Master Mason.
Download or read book A Familiar Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Masonic Jurisprudence written by John W. Simons and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Principles of Masonic Law written by Albert G. Mackey and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The division of wrongs, by the writers on municipal law, into private and public, or civil injuries and crimes and misdemeanors, does not apply to the jurisprudence of Freemasonry. Here all wrongs are crimes, because they are a violation of the precepts of the institution; and an offense against an individual is punished, not so much because it is a breach of his private rights, as because it affects the well-being of the whole masonic community. In replying to the question, "what are masonic crimes?" by which is meant what crimes are punishable by the constituted authorities, our safest guide will be that fundamental law which is contained in the Old Charges. These give a concise, but succinct summary of the duties of a Mason, and, of course, whatever is a violation of any one of these duties will constitute a masonic crime, and the perpetrator will be amenable to masonic punishment. But before entering on the consideration of these penal offenses, it will be well that we should relieve the labor of the task, by inquiring what crimes or offenses are not supposed to come within the purview of masonic jurisprudence. Religion and politics are subjects which it is well known are stringently forbidden to be introduced into Masonry. And hence arises the doctrine, that Masonry will not take congnizance of religious or political offenses. Heresy, for instance, is not a masonic crime. Masons are obliged to use the words of the Old Charges, "to that religion in which all men agree, leaving their particular opinions to themselves;" and, therefore, as long as a Mason acknowledges his belief in the existence of one God, a lodge can take no action on his peculiar opinions, however heterodox they may be. In like manner, although all the most ancient and universally-received precepts of the institution inculcate obedience to the civil powers, and strictly forbid any mingling in plots or conspiracies against the peace and welfare of the nation, yet no offense against the state, which is simply political in its character, can be noticed by a lodge. On this important subject, the Old Charges are remarkably explicit. They say, putting perhaps the strongest case by way of exemplifying the principle, "that if a Brother should be a rebel against the State, he is not to be countenanced in his rebellion, however he may be pitied as an unhappy man; and, if convicted of no other crime, though the loyal Brotherhood must and ought to disown his rebellion, and give no umbrage or ground of political jealousy to the government for the time being, they cannot expel him from the lodge, and his relation to it remains indefeasible"
Download or read book The Principles of Masonic Law written by Albert Gallatin Mackey and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Principles of Masonic Law written by Albert G. MacKey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In presenting to the fraternity a work on the Principles of Masonic Law, it is due to those for whom it is intended, that something should be said of the design with which it has been written, and of the plan on which it has been composed. It is not pretended to present to the craft an encyclopedia of jurisprudence, in which every question that can possibly arise, in the transactions of a Lodge, is decided with an especial reference to its particular circumstances. Were the accomplishment of such an herculean task possible, except after years of intense and unremitting labor, the unwieldy size of the book produced, and the heterogeneous nature of its contents, so far from inviting, would rather tend to distract attention, and the object of communicating a knowledge of the Principles of Masonic Law, would be lost in the tedious collation of precedents, arranged without scientific system, and enunciated without explanation. When I first contemplated the composition of a work on this subject, a distinguished friend and Brother, whose opinion I much respect, and with whose advice I am always anxious to comply, unless for the most satisfactory reasons, suggested the expediency of collecting the decisions of all Grand Masters, Grand Lodges, and other Masonic authorities upon every subject of Masonic Law, and of presenting them, without commentary, to the fraternity. But a brief examination of this method, led me to perceive that I would be thus constructing simply a digest of decrees, many of which would probably be the results of inexperience, of prejudice, or of erroneous views of the Masonic system, and from which the authors themselves have, in repeated instances, subsequently receded-for Grand Masters and Grand Lodges, although entitled to great respect, are not infallible-and I could not, conscientiously, have consented to assist, without any qualifying remark, in the extension and perpetuation of edicts and opinions, which, however high the authority from which they emanated, I did not believe to be in accordance with the principles of Masonic jurisprudence. Another inconvenience which would have attended the adoption of such a method is, that the decisions of different Grand Lodges and Grand Masters are sometimes entirely contradictory on the same points of Masonic Law. The decree of one jurisdiction, on any particular question, will often be found at variance with that of another, while a third will differ from both. The consultor of a work, embracing within its pages such distracting judgments, unexplained by commentary, would be in doubt as to which decision he should adopt, so that coming to the inspection with the desire of solving a legal question, he would be constrained to close the volume, in utter despair of extracting truth or information from so confused a mass of contradictions. This plan I therefore at once abandoned. But knowing that the jurisprudence of Masonry is founded, like all legal science, on abstract principles, which govern and control its entire system, I deemed it to be a better course to present these principles to my readers in an elementary and methodical treatise, and to develop from them those necessary deductions which reason and common sense would justify. Hence it is that I have presumed to call this work "The Principles of Masonic Law." It is not a code of enactments, nor a collection of statutes, nor yet a digest of opinions; but simply an elementary treatise, intended to enable every one who consults it, with competent judgment, and ordinary intelligence, to trace for himself the bearings of the law upon any question which he seeks to investigate, and to form, for himself, a correct opinion upon the merits of any particular case.
Download or read book The Principles of Masonic Law written by Albert Gallatin Mackey and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Principles of Masonic Law' is a treatise on the constitutional laws, usages and landmarks of Freemasonry, divided into four books. In it, author Albert Gallatin Mackey presents the principles of Masonic law in an elementary and methodical way that enables every Mason to know their rights and learn their duties. Mackey explores the unwritten and written laws of Masonry, including ancient usage and regulations adopted at various annual communications. This book provides insight into the organization and powers of grand lodges and subordinate lodges, the rights of individuals at different levels of the Masonic hierarchy, and punishments for Masonic crimes.
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Download or read book A Text Book of Masonic Jurisprudence written by Albert Gallatin Mackey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Text Book of Masonic Jurisprudence: Illustrating the Written and Unwritten Laws of Freemasonry Four years ago I wrote, and soon after published, a treatise on the "Principles of Masonic Law," which was received by the Fraternity with a readiness that convinced me I had not miscalculated the necessity of such a work. In the composition of it I was entering upon a field of Masonic Literature which had, up to that time, been traversed by no other writer. There was, it is true, an abundance of authorities scattered over thousands of pages of Grand Lodge Proceedings, and contained in the obiter dicta of Grand Masters' Addresses, and the reports of Committees on Foreign Correspondence. But these authorities were often of a conflicting character, and as often were repugnant to my sense of justice, and to the views I had long entertained of the spirit of equity and reason which pervaded the Masonic Institution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
