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1、ROYALARCH,ORSEVENTHDEGREE217ROYALARCH,ORSEVENTHDEGREETHERoyalArchDegreeseemsnottohavebeenknowntowhatarecalledmodernMasonsaslateasabout1780.ThatportionoftheoldFreemasonswhometatthefamousApple-TreeTavern,in1717,andformedthesocietyuponsomewhatnewprinciples,tha
2、tis,sofarastoadmitintofellowship,indiscriminately,re-spectableindividualsofallprofessions,weredenominated,bythenon-adherentstothisplan,modernMasons.ThisaffaircausedthedivisionoftheMasonicSocietyintotwoparties,whichcontinuedtill1813,nearlyonehundredyears.Tot
3、herivalryoccasionedbythisschism,Masonry,itispresumed,ismainlyindebtedforthegreatcelebrityithasobtainedintheworld.Itappearsthatthenon-conformiststothisnewscheme,whoconsideredthemselvestheorthodoxparty,byrummagingamongtheoldrecordsoftheOrder,firstdiscoveredth
4、eRoyalArchDegree,whichhadprobablylaindormantforcenturies;duringwhichtime,itwouldappear,thesocietyhadbeenconfinedalmostexclusivelytooperativemasons;whocontinuedtheceremoniesonlyoftheapprentice,fellow-craftorjourneyman,andmastermason,thesebeingdeemedappropria
5、tetotheiroccupation.AsocietyofRoyalArchMasonsiscalledaChapter,andnotaLodge,asinthepreviousDegrees.AllChaptersofRoyalArchMasonsare“dedicatedtoZerubbabel,”andthesymboliccolorofthisDegreeisscarlet.TheseveralDegreesofMarkMaster,PresentorPastMaster,andMostExcell
6、entMaster,aregivenonlyunderthesanctionoftheRoyalArchChapter;andaMasterMasonwhoappliesfortheseDegreesusuallyenterstheChapteralso,andsometimesthefourdegreesaregivenatonce.Ifhetakesthefour,heisonlyballotedforonce,viz.:inthe>larkMaster’sDegree.Candidatesreceivi
7、ngthisDegreearesaidtobe“exaltedtothemostsublimeDegreeoftheRoyalArch.”ItisapointoftheRoyalArchDegreenottoassist,orbepresent,218ROYALARCH,ORSEVENTHDEGREEattheconferringofthisDegreeuponmoreorlessthanthreecandidatesatonetime.Iftherearenotthreecandidatespresent,
8、oneortwocompanions,asthecasemaybe,volunteertorepresentcandidates,soastomaketherequisitenumber,ora“team,”asitistechnicallystyled,andaccompanythecandidateorcandidatesthroughallthestagesofexaltation.Atthe
