Comments on: The York Rite Background http://jimstips.com/masonic-tips/the-york-rite-background.html Your Tips Resource! Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:14:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Seth http://jimstips.com/masonic-tips/the-york-rite-background.html/comment-page-1#comment-68 Seth Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:57:41 +0000 http://jimstips.com/?p=712#comment-68 The "York Rite" is not technically a rite and it is not meant to be hierarchical and in sequence, as is commonly misunderstood in the U.S. The "rite" is comprised of three separate bodies that cooperate together and each body has its own distinct history. This is quite unlike the A. & S.R. degrees that, today, are meant to be complementary and hierarchical. The “York Rite” is not technically a rite and it is not meant to be hierarchical and in sequence, as is commonly misunderstood in the U.S. The “rite” is comprised of three separate bodies that cooperate together and each body has its own distinct history. This is quite unlike the A. & S.R. degrees that, today, are meant to be complementary and hierarchical.

]]> By: Seth http://jimstips.com/masonic-tips/the-york-rite-background.html/comment-page-1#comment-67 Seth Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:55:54 +0000 http://jimstips.com/?p=712#comment-67 FYI--The Royal Arch is the considered the only "completion" of the Craft degres. The "cryptic degrees" were once a part of the A. & A.S.R. and the K.T. orders are not specifically a part of the Craft; they are "beyond" the Craft degrees and are, therefore, extracurricular. FYI–The Royal Arch is the considered the only “completion” of the Craft degres. The “cryptic degrees” were once a part of the A. & A.S.R. and the K.T. orders are not specifically a part of the Craft; they are “beyond” the Craft degrees and are, therefore, extracurricular.

]]> By: Justa http://jimstips.com/masonic-tips/the-york-rite-background.html/comment-page-1#comment-41 Justa Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:06:45 +0000 http://jimstips.com/?p=712#comment-41 <blockquote cite="#commentbody-36"> <strong><a href="#comment-36" rel="nofollow">admin </a> :</strong>Justa, The Super Excellent Master degree is an honorary degree, and if I recall correctly, it was not worked when I went through the York Rite. I just updated the article to include some information about it.</blockquote> OK. It's not in Canada and, in fact, one is required to have it to be able to preside in a Council. As well, the Red Cross of Constantine is exclusively Christian.

admin :Justa,
The Super Excellent Master degree is an honorary degree, and if I recall correctly, it was not worked when I went through the York Rite. I just updated the article to include some information about it.

OK. It’s not in Canada and, in fact, one is required to have it to be able to preside in a Council.

As well, the Red Cross of Constantine is exclusively Christian.

]]> By: admin http://jimstips.com/masonic-tips/the-york-rite-background.html/comment-page-1#comment-38 admin Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:14:15 +0000 http://jimstips.com/?p=712#comment-38 Duly noted. The article has been updated. Thanks for the info! Duly noted. The article has been updated. Thanks for the info!

]]> By: Seth http://jimstips.com/masonic-tips/the-york-rite-background.html/comment-page-1#comment-37 Seth Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:07:27 +0000 http://jimstips.com/?p=712#comment-37 FYI: The Shrine is not an appendant order (in the U.S., there are technically only two--the AASR and the so-called York Rite, aka The American Rite). The Shrine, like the O.E.S., etc. are concordant bodies and are so because while they do not confer any degrees of Freemasonry, they are under the umbrella of such (but only prominently in the U.S.). FYI: The Shrine is not an appendant order (in the U.S., there are technically only two–the AASR and the so-called York Rite, aka The American Rite). The Shrine, like the O.E.S., etc. are concordant bodies and are so because while they do not confer any degrees of Freemasonry, they are under the umbrella of such (but only prominently in the U.S.).

]]> By: admin http://jimstips.com/masonic-tips/the-york-rite-background.html/comment-page-1#comment-36 admin Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:41:08 +0000 http://jimstips.com/?p=712#comment-36 Justa, The Super Excellent Master degree is an honorary degree, and if I recall correctly, it was not worked when I went through the York Rite. I just updated the article to include some information about it. Justa,

The Super Excellent Master degree is an honorary degree, and if I recall correctly, it was not worked when I went through the York Rite. I just updated the article to include some information about it.

]]> By: Justa http://jimstips.com/masonic-tips/the-york-rite-background.html/comment-page-1#comment-35 Justa Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:53:20 +0000 http://jimstips.com/?p=712#comment-35 What happened to the Super Excellent Master Degree in the Cryptic? What happened to the Super Excellent Master Degree in the Cryptic?

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