April - Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, USA

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most of Europe, it acknowledges thatthose degrees are the sole domain ofMasonic Grand Lodges. The Grand Encampmenthas no such right, nor doesthe Grand Prieuré Ecossais Réforméet Rectifie d‘Occitanie have the abilityto grant the rights to those degreesthrough their Grand Priory.The R.E.R. confers the following degreeson its candidates:• 4° Maître Ecossais (Scottish Master)• 4.5° Perfect Master of St. Andrew• 5° Ecuyer Novice (Squire Novice)• 6° Chevalier Bienfaisant de la CitéSainte (Knight Beneficient of theHoly City)The C.B.C.S. is considered to be theoldest continuously operating Christianchivalric Masonic Order in theworld, tracing its roots back to BaronKarl Gotthelf von Hund’s “Rite of StrictObservance” in Germany in the 1750s.The Grand Encampment will be able tolegally confer the degrees of the RectifiedRite on Templars under its ownjurisdiction and to open it up to moreTemplars seeking this spiritual andphilosophical system of degrees.The R.E.R. is a strictly Christian Order,and as such, one of the requirements isto be a practicing Christian. There areritualistic requirements which cannotbe assumed by non-Christians. Further,one needs to be a Knight Templar anda member of a Symbolic Lodge in fraternalaccord with a Grand Lodge recognizedby most of the members of theConference of Grand Masters of NorthAmerica. This requirement is automaticallymet by any Knight Templar belongingto a Commandery of Knights Templarhere in the United States.12 april 2011
The work of the R.E.R. will be donein full form and will follow along thelines intended by those who establishedthese degrees. An initiate will remain ina Lodge of St. Andrew for at least threeyears before being advanced as a SquireNovice and a minimum of another threeyears before being admitted to theC.B.C.S. order. By so doing, a Knight mayhave the full R.E.R. experience.The Grand Priory of the Reformedand Rectified Rite of the United States ofAmerica began with one Prefecture knownas the Grand Master’s Prefecture and initiatedits first members on February 9, 2011,at 8:00 PM at the Alexandria Hilton MarkCenter as a part of the Masonic Week festivities.Following this initial group, theGrand Encampment hopes to establishPefectures in several parts of the UnitedStates. The plan is to eventually form eightPrefectures operating within the eightDepartments of the Grand Encampment.This will take time and will be done in aslow and deliberate manner.There has been considerable interestin the practice of the Rectified Riteknight templarhere in the United States by good menand Masons who are interested in aspiritual, esoteric, and strictly Christianform of Templary. The Grand Encampmentof Knights Templar has listened tothose who have had interest and actedon their wishes. The R.E.R. has beenspread throughout much of the Englishspeaking world by the Great Prioryof England and Wales through theirK.B.H.C. (an anglicized C.B.C.S.) and theGrand Priory of Belgium. The time forthe R.E.R. for Americans is at hand, andwe are excited about the prospect.13
Page 1 and 2: VOLUME LVII April 2011 NUMBER 4
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