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unusual facts about United Grand Lodge of England


South Australian Lodge of Friendship

The final major happening was on 20 November 1844 when a Memorial was sent to the MW Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England, requesting the appointment of a Provincial Grand Lodge in South Australia and recommending Bro.


Freemasonry in Canada

Generally speaking, Freemasonry in what is now Canada ultimately traces its origins from what is now the United Grand Lodge of England, the Grand Lodge of Scotland and the Grand Lodge of Ireland.

Irreligion in France

In 1877, the Grand Orient de France (GOdF), the largest Masonic body, at the instigation of the Protestant priest Frédéric Desmons, allowed those who had no belief in a Supreme being to be admitted as members, resulting in an ongoing schism between the GOdF and the United Grand Lodge of England (and their respective affiliated lodges) due to the departure of the GOdF from the theistic requirement of belief in a Supreme Being for all members.

Masonic bodies

Under the English Constitution, the Holy Royal Arch is the only degree formally recognised by the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) beyond the three degrees of craft freemasonry.

Masonic Lodge

Different Grand Lodges and their regions show subtleties of tradition and variation in the degrees and practice; for example under the Grand Lodge of Scotland, the Mark Degree (which is unrecognised by the United Grand Lodge of England, but has a separate Mark Grand Lodge) is integrated into "The Craft" as a completion of the second degree.


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