2006-10-18 02:13:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
But are....(YOU ).allowed to tell me?
2006-10-18 02:21:04 · update #1
I have read (twice ) Ken Fowlett's Pillars of the Earth... Great book about medievil times. After reading this I think that the origins of FM must surely be found in the building of our great Cathedrals here in the UK.
2006-10-18 02:32:58 · update #2
Not many want to answer..very curious I think.
2006-10-18 03:52:00 · update #3
Although its origins can be traced to stonemasons of the Middle Ages, the Masonic movement as we know it today took root in 18th-century England, where the first Grand Lodge was established in 1717.
In 1751, a Grand Lodge was formed mostly by Irish freemasons, properly titled the "Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England according to the Old Institutions, it is also called "Atholl freemasons", after the third and fourth Dukes of Atholl.
Skilled mediaeval builders worked with an even-grained limestone or sandstone called freestone, first mentioned in 1212 in Normandy. The term free-stone mason is recorded in 1375 and the term was easily condensed to free mason.
It is hypothesized that a Free Mason was free of his Guild; he had the freedom of its privileges and was entrusted with certain rights. The London Company of Freemasons changed its name to that of Masons in 1655-56, maybe recognizing that the term had undergone yet another change in meaning.
Members who were not stonemasons could be accepted in the Company and were termed speculative, free or accepted. In time the terms became synonymous and "free" then referred to an inner fraternity of speculative masons.
I hope that answers your question. To my knowledge there is no agreed upon or definitive answer to that question.
2006-10-18 02:22:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This site will fully answer your question, it is exactly what your asking about, there is lots of other similar stuff in here too.
Funny you asked as i was just looking at it a few moments ago.
http://www.exposingsatanism.org/masons.htm
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2006-10-18 09:22:14 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. Phil 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they say its to do with the Temple in the days of Solomon
more likely to have grown out of medieval trade guilds
has aspects of various mystery cults in it
2006-10-18 09:19:06 · answer #3 · answered by wwJad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do, but sorry I aren't allowed to tell you.
2006-10-18 09:24:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Free+masonry
2006-10-18 09:27:43 · answer #5 · answered by MalaK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋