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Mason Vs Freemasons

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In the public’s eye, The Freemasons have been a secret society that plans to control the world. In reality they are quite the opposite. Jasper Ridley took on the daunting task of trying to piece together the ancient history of the Freemasons. An interesting fact about Jasper is that he himself isn’t a Freemason. Some of my family members are Freemasons, and from an early age I was encouraged to try and become a Mason, so when this assignment rounded around I decided it was time to do some research about the group some of my family is associated with. In the Middle Ages the Freemasons were just a group traveling masons. The masons usually built cathedrals. Within this group of travelers were certain types of masons; hard hewers, rough masons, …show more content…

For working 14 hours in the summer the Masons were paid sixpence. But after some time the Masons started to get fed up with the pay they were receiving for their work, so they formed trade unions. The trade unions said that the Masons wouldn’t work until they were paid a certain amount, these amounts were sometimes over the legal maximum for the time. This made the trade unions illegal, so when meetings were arranged they had to be kept secret, this granted the masons massive bargaining power. As for the Mason’s lives after they were regulated, it was pretty strict. The masons had duties to certain people. The first was his duty to god, where they must accept the doctrines of the Catholic Church and reject all over heresies. The second was his duty to his master, he must not betray his master’s secrets, seduce his master’s wife, daughter, or maidservant, cannot “maintain any disobedient argument” with his master, dame, or any other freemason. Finally there was his duty to his king, the masons had to obey his laws and his sovereignty. Over time, the Masons accepted and never challenged the Catholic beliefs. And they had their own patron saints, Saint John Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist. The Masons celebrated the feast days of Saint John the Baptist, June 24 and December 27.Also there was Saint Barbara who protected the Masons from lighting and the Four Crowned

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