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November 17, 2016

York Rite

The York Rite, or more correctly, the American Rite, is based on Freemasonry as practiced in the early 18th century. The formation of the first Grand Lodge of England in 1717 specified that lodges only conferred the degrees of Apprentice, Companion and Master Mason, considering all other degrees as spurious.
November 16, 2016

Appendant and Allied Bodies

The following ritual bodies are allied to the York Rite ritual bodies because of the requirement that their members are also members of the York Rite or at least one of its ritual bodies; and they are allied to the York Rite by the requirement that their members be Freemasons.
May 5, 2014

Learning and Memorizing

One of the problems we most often encounter in Freemasonry is the difficulty we are sometimes confronted with, in ritual practice.