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Who gives GL charters
- Thread starter mrpierce17
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You are an EA? http://www.myfreemasonry.com/threads/three-lesser-lights.25785/#post-148261
Someone should have talked to you about using the symbols of the craft until after you were raised. An avatar counts.
MarkR
Premium Member
GLOS and PHA.
Erickson Ybarra
Registered User
You're right. Changed.
GLoS often is used for Scotlland. State GLs? SGL?
MarkR
Premium Member
Good point. I thought it looked familiar!
Warrior1256
Site Benefactor
Agreed.
wwinger
Registered User
That's my understanding of how it works.
But see, UGLE's statement regarding standards of recognition:
1. Regularity of origin; i.e. each Grand Lodge shall have been established lawfully
by a duly recognised Grand Lodge or by three or more regularly constituted Lodges.
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wwinger
Registered User
Point taken. Thanks for the info.
Bloke
Premium Member
Yep, that's it in a nutshell.
And just for info in the US we have a cimmission that actually handle all the recommendations.
http://www.recognitioncommission.org/
http://www.recognitioncommission.org/
But see, UGLE's statement regarding standards of recognition:
1. Regularity of origin; i.e. each Grand Lodge shall have been established lawfully
by a duly recognised Grand Lodge or by three or more regularly constituted Lodges.
The recent dispute between the GLs of Russia and Ukraine over the GL of Georgia would be an example of where it is unclear whether it was three Lodges or a GL which established the GL of GA
1. Regularity of origin; i.e. each Grand Lodge shall have been established lawfully
by a duly recognised Grand Lodge or by three or more regularly constituted Lodges.
The recent dispute between the GLs of Russia and Ukraine over the GL of Georgia would be an example of where it is unclear whether it was three Lodges or a GL which established the GL of GA
Just to clarify, the Commission makes recommendation to the members of CGMNA regarding recognition of GLs
Bloke
Premium Member
Interesting. I googled and got this legit link https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&...aQxA7E&usg=AFQjCNFf8Xtuks5bPIIZVLM13ppXpL8_2g
Thanks to those who pointed the above out...
Mind you, while UGLE is old and venerable, it has no jurisdiction over any other Sovereign GL.... including mine
I wonder if " established lawfully by a duly recognised" GL was written with District GLs in mind.Do we have an example of a regular GL charted by another regular GL ? An example would give me a daily advancement in masonic knowledge...
Interestingly, the original GL lodges (like Premier GL England and the Irish GL) would have been formed by lodges considered 'irregular' today.... while the ancients and moderns were not in amity. For me, this still means masons form their own GL then seek recognition if they so choose....
GL of TN. See http://www.grandlodge-tn.org/main/GLTN-page.asp?p=24
Bloke
Premium Member
Yep. Love the way people see 1717 as the birth of freemasonry. All it was was the birth of the modern grand lodge system.... which sees GLs by their nature as controlling enties. I also like the way people often miss ugle was founded in 1813 when the schism was resolved ... but do recognise its a direct continuation of the ancients and moderns
On the goldfield in victoria in the 1850's freemasonry was active and growing.... then it was noted it was misram rite (the french one, not sure if i've spelt it correctly). When members discovered it was 'irregular' and what that meant, they just swapped to a recognised GL ( not researched it myself but assume they were reinitiated)
If i was marooned on a desert island with 500 men, 10 of them masons with little hope of rescue, i'd be making masons as done in "time immemorial"..... if rescued, i'm pretty sure a reasonable GL would take me and my 500 new members in
debating that might make a fun thread
Bloke
Premium Member
And thanks to Glen for that link describing a GL charted by another GL
I'm pretty sure that GLoTX got chartered by the GL of Louisiana. Think that you'll probably see most of the US GLs outside of the East coast being chartered by another GL in the US.
I guess I'm not reasonable. I had the opportunity to bring a clandestine lodge of Masons into my mother GL. I explained to them the petition processYep. Love the way people see 1717 as the birth of freemasonry. All it was was the birth of the modern grand lodge system.... which sees GLs by their nature as controlling enties. I also like the way people often miss ugle was founded in 1813 when the schism was resolved ... but do recognise its a direct continuation of the ancients and moderns
On the goldfield in victoria in the 1850's freemasonry was active and growing.... then it was noted it was misram rite (the french one, not sure if i've spelt it correctly). When members discovered it was 'irregular' and what that meant, they just swapped to a recognised GL ( not researched it myself but assume they were reinitiated)
If i was marooned on a desert island with 500 men, 10 of them masons with little hope of rescue, i'd be making masons as done in "time immemorial"..... if rescued, i'm pretty sure a reasonable GL would take me and my 500 new members in
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