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- Subject: Re: Masonic Practices??
- Message-ID: <w03wXB1w165w@status.gen.nz>
- From: jonc@status.gen.nz (Jon Clarke)
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 17:18:43 GMT
- References: <1993Jan24.215526.11908@fuug.fi>
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- an4484@anon.penet.fi writes:
-
- > Date Entered: 01-24-93 03:46
-
- Date replied to: 25JAN93
-
- >
- >
- > My understanding (as much I guess as an outsider could have) of Masonic
- > practices would be that they descend from the Knights Templar of around
- > the time of the middle ages. Their purpose inbeing was to be the guardians
- > of the Holy Grail.
-
- This is not the case at all. While some so called seudo-masonic
- orders may practise this it is not the tennants of Freemasonary at
- all in any country world-wide.
-
- >
- > Funny though....I was talking to a Witch whose grandfather was a Mason and
- > it seems their beliefs are a little more elaborate than that. It seems that
- > the whole idea behind Masonry is that Christ as a man was married or at
- > least had sexual relations with Mary Magdelan which produced offspring.
- > The Masons then have one purpose....to defend these descendants of Christ
- > down through the ages.
-
- Oh dear, it looks like the witch you were talking to was running on
- un-leaded for this is simply not the case at all my anon friend.
-
- I suspect the reading of her grandfathers dairies has lead to a
- conclusion other than the truth of the matter. Maybe a bit of time
- travel on her behalf to her grandfathers period would resolve the
- problem, a simple spell I am told.
-
- >
- > And the reason for the secrecy is that the whole premise of the Christian
- > religion is the fact that Jesus was the Son of God....hence the need for
- > secrecy. The Witch (who had evidently gleaned this info from her grandfathers
- > diaries seemed to resent this, in that this means the Masons are basically
- > defending a lie...namely, Christ as the celibate Son of God who never married
- > as that might make certain Christian practices/beliefs untenable.
-
- Various non-masonic orders based in the Catholic religion do indeed
- practise what you have mentioned here and have no grounding in any
- masonic related orders.
-
- The reading of Temple and the Holy Grail my enligten you to the French
- Templars around the time of the refermation (late 1500's). While the
- Knights Templar were supposed to be the orginal Guards of the first
- temple they were infact an order founded in Malta and members of the
- Knights hospitalier and founded at the time of the first crusades.
-
- These times being ruled by the church of Rome they were infact a
- religious order of fighting/support monks. The order has indeed
- moved to many suedo-masonic orders and infact some trace their
- origans to these chaps, but alais the masonic fraternity do not
- trace their origins to these people period.
-
- I guess you should attend your local Catholic Church and ask
- the friendly Priest about the Knights Columbus there in the USA
- and you will be more enlightened about your request than the
- misguided ramblings of your friend. Simply say Templas Vi Paxum <f>
-
- >
- > Any comments on this?
-
- No (grin).
-
- Now here comes my real name and sig <sic>
-