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Royal Arch Masonry is the first order a Master Mason joins in the York Rite. The Chapter works the following degrees: The Mark Master Mason degree is in some respects an extension of the Fellow Crafts' second degree.
The royal arch masonry is the first part of the York rite system that confers to four degrees, namely – Mark Master Mason, Most Excellent Master, Past Master, and Royal Arch Mason. Mark Master Mason. The master mason degree can be said as the extension of the Fellow Crafts second degree.
THE Degree of Mark Master, which is the Fourth in the Masonic series, is, historically considered, of the utmost importance, since we are informed that, by its influence, each operative Mason, at the building of King Solomon's Temple, was known and distinguished, and the disorder and confusion which might otherwise have attended so immense an ...
The Degree centers around the Fellowcraft Masons who were artificers fabricating the fittings and furniture of the Temple. It is unusual in that the first part of the Degree depicts events taking place before the death of the Grand Master Hiram Abif, and the last part depicts events occurring after his death.
The Holy Royal Arch degree is often referred to as "the fourth degree" in Freemasonry, as it is the fourth degree in the York Rite, which is one of the two main branches of Freemasonry in the United States.
This book presents details of Masonic initiation rituals, along with grips, passwords and regalia. Written in the 19th century, Duncan's Ritual, as it is known, has been republished numerous times. It includes the three basic degrees of the Ancient York Rite, and four additional advanced degrees.
York Rite of Freemasonry is complex organism, with ritual and degree elements predating the Master Mason Degree, and the first Grand Lodge itself. This pocket reference serves as an introduction to the Rite as practiced in Utah, and will hopefully assist your acclimation into the Degree and Orders of the York Rite. Fraternally yours,
