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In Blue Lodge or Craft
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In Blue Lodge or Craft Masonry, the Word (i.e., the lost name of God) is given to Hiram Abif, a Master Mason. The Word is lost when Hiram refuses to disclose it to ruffians and is murdered. Loss is a key concept in Blue Lodge Masonry. In Royal Arch Masonry, the Word is recovered, and life restored. Loss of the name of God and its recovery symbolize life and death, the end of the present life (death) followed by resurrection and beginning of a new life (restoration). # Restoration is a key concept in Royal Arch Mason
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http://www.charlotteyorkrite.com/miscellania/the-necessity-of-the-royal-arch-to-the-master-mason/ The central idea of the entire system of Freemasonry became the loss and the recovery of the Word, symbolizing death and the resurrection, the ending of the present and the beginning of the future life. The student of Freemasonry must admit that The Word is the central point around which the entire system of the Masonic symbolism must revolve. Its possession is the consummation of all Masonic knowledge; when lost its recovery is the souls object of symbolic labor. Mackey says: No event it the history of Speculative Freemasonry had so important an influence upon its development as a system of symbolism as the invention of the Royal Arch Degree and its introduction into the Masonic Ritual It necessarily followed that when the legend of Hiram became a part of the ritual of this degree the loss of the Word followed, as the loss is a part of Hiramic legend. But the loss without a recovery would be an absurdity; to complete the symbolism of Freemasonry, the Word must be recovered, hence the necessity for a Fourth Degree, the Royal Arch..
In Blue Lodge or Craft
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In Blue Lodge or Craft Masonry, the Word (i.e., the lost name of God) is given to Hiram Abif, a Master Mason. The Word is lost when Hiram refuses to disclose it to ruffians and is murdered. Loss is a key concept in Blue Lodge Masonry. In Royal Arch Masonry, the Word is recovered, and life restored. Loss of the name of God and its recovery symbolize life and death, the end of the present life (death) followed by resurrection and beginning of a new life (restoration). # Restoration is a key concept in Royal Arch Mason
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http://www.charlotteyorkrite.com/miscellania/the-necessity-of-the-royal-arch-to-the-master-mason/ The central idea of the entire system of Freemasonry became the loss and the recovery of the Word, symbolizing death and the resurrection, the ending of the present and the beginning of the future life. The student of Freemasonry must admit that The Word is the central point around which the entire system of the Masonic symbolism must revolve. Its possession is the consummation of all Masonic knowledge; when lost its recovery is the souls object of symbolic labor. Mackey says: No event it the history of Speculative Freemasonry had so important an influence upon its development as a system of symbolism as the invention of the Royal Arch Degree and its introduction into the Masonic Ritual It necessarily followed that when the legend of Hiram became a part of the ritual of this degree the loss of the Word followed, as the loss is a part of Hiramic legend. But the loss without a recovery would be an absurdity; to complete the symbolism of Freemasonry, the Word must be recovered, hence the necessity for a Fourth Degree, the Royal Arch..