All the masonic catechisms which we offer
here can be found in "Early masonic catechisms" by Knoop, Jones
and Hamer. Do you wish to contribute? Don´t hesitate
to !
The early masonic texts belong mainly to two categories:
-the old charges, or statutes and ordinances ruling the operative craft
of masons
-the masonic catechisms, which belong already to speculative masonry.
One might add a third category: the "exposures", or texts from
the XVIIIth century which disclose masonic rituals, signs and passwords.
Whereas most of those texts are not flattering to freemasonry, they are
a valuable guide to early masonic rituals.
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