Ripcord22A
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Im gonna have to go back and reread the degrees cause i am drawing a complete blank on being given another nameIn all three degrees we are all given the name Brother. In our third degrees we are all given an additional name. Those are the ones we answer to.
In each of our degrees we are also given words to remember that identify us as having been obligated on those degrees. Those words are names that are given to us in a different sense. They are given to remember not to identify with.
I rather like the poetic ambiguity of the advice - "Remember the name you were given". One type is because you will answer to it and call other Masons by it. The other type because you will be tested on it before you can proceed to your next degree.