How should the Grand Master be addressed?
How should other Grand Lodge Officers be addressed?
How should other Grand Lodge Officers be addressed?
I think you may have the record for the longest period to bump a post: almost nine years!As I recall, Most Worshipful refers to Grand Master
Right Worshipful refers to elected Grand Officers : Grand JW, Grand SW, Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer
Appointed officers by The Grand Master are referred to as Worshipful.
If I take your meaning correctly, the styles you mentioned are usually established by Masonic law. However, the will and pleasure of the presiding officer varies between jurisdictions.So far all the posts I’ve read vary by Jurisdiction, not our Will and Pleasure.
Thanks
I will defer to your interpretation in your GL. I assure you the GM does not have the power to alter the Laws in my Masonic jurisdictions and many others.Yes you are correct, and I appreciate your input. I have served in the same Jurisdiction all my Masonic life, and have seen numerous things deviate from what Masonic Law states, however I do understand that the Presiding Officer is in charge of the Jurisdiction. He don’t make the Laws but have the Power to alter them under his authority.
My interpetation is that if Masonic Law states that the Grand Officers are referred to by those Titles, then how do they vary by Jurisdiction.
Explain Please.
Other than PA, I’m I unaware of any Grand lodge that does not use most worshipful or an idiomatic translation thereof. It is common in Spanish speaking countries to use Respectable for Worshipful.In all three of my jurisdictions there is a section of the GL bylaws book that has a table of grand offices and the titles for them, as well as past and former grand offices. In all three of my jurisdictions the lists are different.
For that matter all three of my jurisdictions have slightly different lists of grand offices. And even different definitions or usage for the words past and former.
Not to be outdone by such differences, all three of my jurisdictions have different names for what I just called the GL bylaws book.
Most Worshipful is agreed upon for the Grand Master, but since the overlap ends there I wonder if even MW is not universal. Languages other than English tend to use a word that resembles Venerable rather than Worshipful at the blue lodge level and that probably maps to their grand levels.
Yep....he even beat ME!I think you may have the record for the longest period to bump a post: almost nine years!
In my jurisdiction:To your point: this is very much dependent on jurisdiction.