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It Goes On: Knights Templar GM Johnson Issues Decisions Against Great Priory CBCS

by Christopher Hodapp It seems that the troublesome Grand Encampment/CBCS/Great Priory of America issue continues to rise up like the ghostly mists and miasmas that drift over once-bloody ancient...

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YHWH

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There is an underlying misunderstanding.

The RER does not ONLY include CBCS but is an Initiatic and Masonic Order composed of the Degrees of AA, CDM, MM, SMSA, EN, CBCS, and should be practiced in this sequence and in this order.

In this sense a KT should not "pass" directly to CBCS, but should learn and practice and Work ALL the RER path, or at least Work the Degrees BEYOND the Craft.
Similarly, a CBCS should not "pass" directly to the KTs, but should practice the Chapter Degrees, the Cryptic ones, and finally the Templar Degrees.
In this sense, KT and CBCS could coexist peacefully.
 

Glen Cook

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In the US a
There is an underlying misunderstanding.

The RER does not ONLY include CBCS but is an Initiatic and Masonic Order composed of the Degrees of AA, CDM, MM, SMSA, EN, CBCS, and should be practiced in this sequence and in this order.

In this sense a KT should not "pass" directly to CBCS, but should learn and practice and Work ALL the RER path, or at least Work the Degrees BEYOND the Craft.
Similarly, a CBCS should not "pass" directly to the KTs, but should practice the Chapter Degrees, the Cryptic ones, and finally the Templar Degrees.
In this sense, KT and CBCS could coexist peacefully.
In the US,Scotland, and England, the symbolic degrees are under the GLs. The GLs can confer the first three degrees if they wish, as dine in some other countries.

To clarify, KT is not required for CBCS. Neither is Cryptic/R&S. There is no reason they should be.

KT and CBCS can co-exist because CBCS does not confer any order conferred by GEKT.
 

YHWH

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also in Italy the symbolic or blue degrees are administered by the Grand Orient (Working GOI or Emulation Ritual), what I meant is that the CBCS cannot be a "separate" Degree from the previous ones, in particular the Degree of Scottish Master of Sant'Andrea and Écuyer Novice.

Even the Blue Degrees of EA, FC and MM of the RER (Order of CBCS) have peculiarities that distinguish them from the other Methods of the Craft, and should be practiced to better learn the systematic nature of the whole RER.

Generally in Italy but also in the US, UK, etc, these RER Blue Degrees are not practiced.
 
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