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36 The Degree Rituals benefit of contemporary audiences. “Difficulties and dangers, however great, should not deter the true and faithful Brother….”
The Degree Rituals Perfection — The Fourteenth Degree Among the 25 degrees of the Rite of Perfection catalogued by Henry Francken in his 1783 manuscript, no ritual was lengthier or more detailed in exposition than that of the 14°, titled simply “Perfection.” Over time, the title of the degree evolved into “Grand Elect Mason,” from the setting of the Francken ritual in a Lodge of Grand Elect Masters. Many elements of the Francken ritual, in modernized form, remain a part of the current ritual. After the opening and reception, the examination reviewed the words, signs, and lessons of the preceding Lodge of Perfection degrees. This was followed by the confessional inquiry, the obligation, anointing, ring presentation, covenant of friendship or aroba, a symbolic sharing of bread and wine, and the investiture. No longer in use is the historical lecture that traced the history of Israel from the reign of King Solomon and a legendary history of Freemasonry down to the Crusades and the Knights of St. John (not the Knights Templar), which accounted for two-thirds of the 39 manuscript pages that Francken devoted to the 14°. To Francken’s already long and multi-sequence ritual, the 1853 Carson/Van Rensselaer ritual added the lesson, an antiphonal recital of scriptural passages, the Ten Commandments, and, as part of the investiture, the symbolism of the collar, apron, and girdle of perfection. All of this was the basis of the ritual of 1871, the first to be approved after the Union of 1867. The subsequent rituals of 1894, 1917, 1927, and 1938 incorporated a number of minor changes, the main effect of which was incrementally to condense the historical lecture. Then, in 1945, the Committee on Rituals set to work on a major revision. This project, at least in its initial stages, was abortive, as the committee could not agree among themselves on a draft of proposed revisions. Points of contention involved the confessional nature of the inquiry and whether or not to retain the historical lecture. The issues were heatedly debated by the Active Members in the Executive Session of the Supreme Council and referred back to the committee for further study. To resolve the impasse, Sovereign Grand Commander Melvin Johnson appointed a new committee, chaired by McIlyar Lichliter. 37
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