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32 The Degree Rituals Stylistic revisions were made in the dialogue. Repetitious and superfluous passages were deleted. Anachronisms were corrected. Finally, the inexplicable and possibly derogatory use of Arabic names for certain, less than exemplary, characters in the drama was changed to Hebrew names appropriate to the time and place represented. The prime author of the revised ritual was the chairman of the Committee on Ritualistic Matters, Ill. C. DeForrest Trexler, 33°, Active Member for Pennsylvania.
The Degree Rituals Quality of Mercy — The Twelfth Degree Henry Francken’s 12° ritual, “Grand Master Architect,” contained a long (ten page) lecture and catechism that reviewed the moral symbolism of numerous branches of scientific knowledge, the five orders of architecture, and the mathematical instruments. As such, the ritual was closely related to the symbolic lodge degrees, in particular the fellowcraft, and introduced fundamentals of symbolic Masonry into the Scottish Rite. In yet another extension of the Hiramic legend, the setting of the ritual was the School of Architecture established by King Solomon after the death of Hiram Abif to train craftsmen to complete the design and building of the Temple. The ritual was not dramatic, nor, through its long history, did it lend itself to a dramatic presentation. The 1871 ritual, the first to be approved after the Union of 1867, defined the lesson of the degree with the phrase “Virtue is as necessary as talents.” Subsequent rituals were greatly influenced by Albert Pike, emphasizing the five orders of architecture to which the candidate was introduced in the Fellowcraft Degree of the symbolic lodge. The 1917 ritual introduced an optional semi-dramatic scene in which the relative qualities of various ancient types of architecture were debated. In 1968, a new tentative ritual, later approved as the 12° Ritual of 1976, brought the School of Architecture forward in time to the Renaissance. The telescoping of time was intended to correct the anachronism of discussing the five orders of architecture, which were of classical origin, in a Solomonic setting. However, it also created another anomaly, as all the degree rituals of the Lodge of Perfection, by definition, were supposed to be set in the Solomonic era. Before too many more years passed, this issue became academic. The proposal by the Committee on Rituals to transfer degree rituals with Old Testament themes from the Consistory to the Lodge of Perfection was approved by the Supreme Council in 1985. As a result of this policy, the 12° Ritual of 1976, which had evolved from the 1783 Francken ritual, was withdrawn in 1993. Its replacement, the tentative ritual of 1993, was very different in every respect. The new ritual of the 12° was a modified form of the dramatic allegory from the 26°, which itself was of comparatively recent origin. Introduced to 33
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