With all this before us, I plead with my brethren in Christ, if you have gone into lodges, leave them at once. Be content to be a Christian; do not rob God of His rightful glory and honor, by giving it to men. Do not blaspheme the word of God by fellowshipping those who revile...
recorded in the lodge register. Those lodges which admitted non-operative masons extended the practice to them. When English-style speculative Masonry became popular in the 18th century, various ‘Mark’ degrees were developed, including: Mark Mason, Mark Fellow Mason, Mark Master; Ark, Mark and...