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Article THE ROMAN COLLEGIA. ← Page 7 of 7 Article ON THE WORD "EHRE" (HONOUR), AND ITS DERIVATIVES, Page 1 of 8 →
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The Roman Collegia.
Thus far the rules of a Collegium Cultorum . There are in Gruter many inscriptions to the " Cultores " of the various Divum , and I think we shall feel interested in having before us the actual rules of such an old Collegium , the more so as the
Collegia , in some form or other , were undoubtedly the prototpyes of the Gilds , Sodalities , and Fraternities in subsequent ages , in this country and others , which took their places and carried on their work . 5 " ~^^ UZ / S ' ^^ ^ 3 " »
On The Word "Ehre" (Honour), And Its Derivatives,
ON THE WORD "EHRE" ( HONOUR ) , AND ITS DERIVATIVES ,
AS USED BY THE GERMAN CRAFT GILDS . BY BllO . G . W . SPETH , P . M . 183 . OUR present system of Freemasonry was introduced into Germany ,
according to Anderson , in 1730-31 , in consequence of the Duke of Norfolk , G . M ., granting a deputation to Mr . Du Thain to be P . G . M . of the circle of lower Saxony . "We have little knowledge of its early development in that country , but very shortly afterwards it makes itself manifest in the most extravagant outgrowth , in a
multiplicity of systems and high degrees . Chief amongst these , of course , was the Templar system , or Strict Observance . The self-evident derivation of the first three degrees from Operative Masonry became lost or overlooked ; and German brothers of the time strained every nerve to prove the descent of the Craft , or , as they preferred to call it , the
Order , from the Knights Templar . The connection with the mediaeval builders was grudgingly acknowledged , but they were looked upon as merely the convenient cover under which the proscribed knights had taken refuge . Other theories , all more or less fantastic , found ardent partisans , not the least celebrated of whom was Nicolai , who attributed
the ori gin of Freemasonry to Bacon ' s " Nova Atalantis . " This state of affairs appears almost impossible if we take into consideration that Anderson ' s "Constitutions" of 1725 and 1738 were translated into German in 1741 ; nevertheless , no serious attempt to return to the pure fountain head was made till Vogel wrote his letters in 1785 . Kloss expresses his astonishment at the obtuseness of his countrymen , and offers as sole excuse that the German Masons of that time stood
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The Roman Collegia.
Thus far the rules of a Collegium Cultorum . There are in Gruter many inscriptions to the " Cultores " of the various Divum , and I think we shall feel interested in having before us the actual rules of such an old Collegium , the more so as the
Collegia , in some form or other , were undoubtedly the prototpyes of the Gilds , Sodalities , and Fraternities in subsequent ages , in this country and others , which took their places and carried on their work . 5 " ~^^ UZ / S ' ^^ ^ 3 " »
On The Word "Ehre" (Honour), And Its Derivatives,
ON THE WORD "EHRE" ( HONOUR ) , AND ITS DERIVATIVES ,
AS USED BY THE GERMAN CRAFT GILDS . BY BllO . G . W . SPETH , P . M . 183 . OUR present system of Freemasonry was introduced into Germany ,
according to Anderson , in 1730-31 , in consequence of the Duke of Norfolk , G . M ., granting a deputation to Mr . Du Thain to be P . G . M . of the circle of lower Saxony . "We have little knowledge of its early development in that country , but very shortly afterwards it makes itself manifest in the most extravagant outgrowth , in a
multiplicity of systems and high degrees . Chief amongst these , of course , was the Templar system , or Strict Observance . The self-evident derivation of the first three degrees from Operative Masonry became lost or overlooked ; and German brothers of the time strained every nerve to prove the descent of the Craft , or , as they preferred to call it , the
Order , from the Knights Templar . The connection with the mediaeval builders was grudgingly acknowledged , but they were looked upon as merely the convenient cover under which the proscribed knights had taken refuge . Other theories , all more or less fantastic , found ardent partisans , not the least celebrated of whom was Nicolai , who attributed
the ori gin of Freemasonry to Bacon ' s " Nova Atalantis . " This state of affairs appears almost impossible if we take into consideration that Anderson ' s "Constitutions" of 1725 and 1738 were translated into German in 1741 ; nevertheless , no serious attempt to return to the pure fountain head was made till Vogel wrote his letters in 1785 . Kloss expresses his astonishment at the obtuseness of his countrymen , and offers as sole excuse that the German Masons of that time stood