The degree of a Mark Master Mason is seen as an extension of the Fellowcraft Degree. The exact origins of the four Chapter degrees in its current form as part of the York Rite are unknown. The General Grand Chapter publishes a quarterly magazine called Royal Arch Mason and supports Royal Arch Research Assistance, a charity dedicated to researching CAPD or Central Auditory Processing Disorder. grand chapters of Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Notable chapters not under this umbrella include the U.S. Many of the Grand Chapters around the world are members of an umbrella group called the General Grand Chapter, founded October 24, 1797. Grand Chapters also contribute to specific charities which differ from state to state. Grand Representatives are appointed to keep in contact with their counterparts in other jurisdictions. In jurisdictions that have them, there are also District Deputy Grand High Priests appointed by the Grand High Priest to oversee the districts of the jurisdiction as the representative of the Grand High Priest. The Chapter also has its own equivalents of Grand Lodge Officers, modified from the titles of the officers of a Royal Arch Chapter: In other countries there are either national or state Grand Chapters. However, unlike Lodges, the titles of the Officers change depending on the degree being conferred:Įvery US State has a Grand Chapter, which performs the same administrative functions for its subordinate Chapters as a Grand Lodge does for its subordinate Lodges.
Freemasons who reach this degree may continue to Cryptic Masonry or go straight to Knights Templar (where permitted-requirements vary in different jurisdictions).Īdministrative organization Chapter level Ī Royal Arch Chapter is in many ways the same as a Lodge it has officers and a ritual degree system, which in this case consists of four degrees: Mark Master Mason, Past Master (in some jurisdictions the degree is named Virtual Past Master, to distinguish those who have taken this degree in a Royal Arch Chapter from those who were installed as a Worshipful Master in a lodge), Most Excellent Master, and Royal Arch Mason.
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Much of the work is the same given to install the Worshipful Master of a Blue Lodge.
Because there are so many applicants for this degree, Virtual Past Master is required to qualify them for it. The Past Master (Virtual) degree is conferred because of the traditional requirement that only Past Masters of a Blue Lodge could be admitted to Royal Arch Masonry.In some jurisdictions the degree is conferred in a lodge of Fellowcraft Masons, that is, the Second degree of the Blue Lodge. The Mark Master Mason degree is in some respects an extension of the Fellowcraft or Second degree.Within the York Rite, a Royal Arch Chapter works the following degrees:
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