 | W. G. Sibley - 1996 - 122 էջ
...Management of the Craft in working. 6. Of Behavior. Under the first specification "a Mason is oblig'd by his Tenure to obey the moral law ; and if he rightly understands the Art, he wilt never be a stupid Atheist, nor an irreligious Libertine. But though in Ancient Times Masons were... | |
 | Martin Anthony Summers - 2004 - 410 էջ
...order that concerned Masons; a commitment to ethical behavior animated most Masons. As Grimshaw wrote: "A Mason is obliged by his tenure to obey the moral law; therefore, any violation ofthat law is a Masonic offense." Oficial History, 374-75. 59. Hall of Carthaginian... | |
 | Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall - 2005 - 368 էջ
...speculative Freemasonry that similarly restricted membership to believers: it declared that if a Freemason "rightly understands the Art, he will never be a stupid Atheist, nor an irreligious Libertine." While banning interdenominational squabbles, this document required that Freemasons subscribe "to that... | |
 | Gisela Hermann-Brennecke, Wolf Kindermann - 2005 - 262 էջ
...conflict, such as had already riven society at large. The Charge of 1723 reads: A Mason is oblig'd, by his Tenure, to obey the Moral Law; and if he rightly...be a stupid Atheist, nor an irreligious Libertine [...] 'tis now thought more expedient only to oblige them (masons) to that Religion in which all Men... | |
 | S. Brent Morris - 2006 - 356 էջ
...the behavior of regular Freemasons. They are as follows: I. OF GOD AND RELIGION: A Mason is oblig'd, by his tenure, to obey the moral law; and if he rightly...understands the Art, he will never be a stupid atheist . . . n. OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE: A Mason is a peaceable subject to the civil powers ... III. OF LODGES:... | |
 | Michael R. Poll - 2007 - 62 էջ
...Masons, indeed, are convinced that they have done nothing to contravene the "Old Charges" which declare that: "A Mason is obliged by his tenure to obey the...be a stupid atheist nor an irreligious libertine." This charge we, in France, have always understood to mean that before a man can become a Mason he must... | |
 | Laurence Gardner - 2007 - 458 էջ
...concern was addressed in a manner which made the position very clear: Concerning God and religion: A mason is obliged by his tenure to obey the moral...be a stupid atheist nor an irreligious libertine. But though in ancient times masons were charged in every country to be of the religion of that country... | |
 | Arthur Edward Waite - 2013 - 509 էջ
...DEIST AND LIBERTINE The following luminous passage occurs in the Anderson CONSTITUTIONS of 1723 : " A Mason is obliged by his tenure to obey the moral...be a stupid atheist, nor an irreligious libertine." In other words, according to the logic of the statement, he must conform to the dictates of morality,... | |
 | Catherine L. Albanese - 2007 - 640 էջ
...which eighteenth-century American Masons were reading to tell them who they were: A Mason is oblig'd, by his Tenure, to obey the moral Law; and if he rightly...will never be a stupid Atheist, nor an irreligious Libertian. But though in ancient Times Masons were charg'd in every Country to be of the Religion of... | |
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A mason is obliged, by his tenure, to obey the moral law; and if he rightly understands the art, he will never be a stupid atheist, nor an irreligious libertine. 
