https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Masonry_and_Mormonism&feed=atom&action=history Masonry and Mormonism - Revision history 2024-03-28T16:30:32Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.29.1 https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Masonry_and_Mormonism&diff=72859&oldid=prev Phicken at 01:37, 23 February 2023 2023-02-23T01:37:23Z <p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:37, 23 February 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l27" >Line 27:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 27:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Today there are few Latter-day Saints who are also Masons. 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There are many similarities between [[Scouting]] and Freemasonry, including the Scout Oath, Promise, Sign, and &quot;Handshake&quot; or &quot;token.&quot; These similarities are even more marked in Scouting side orders such as &quot;The Order of the Arrow&quot; and earlier versions of the scout handshake which was recently changed to be less &quot;Masonic.&quot;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Freemasonry is also connected to [[Scouting]] since the Boy Scouts of America was started by a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">freemason</ins>. There are many similarities between [[Scouting]] and Freemasonry, including the Scout Oath, Promise, Sign, and &quot;Handshake&quot; or &quot;token.&quot; These similarities are even more marked in Scouting side orders such as &quot;The Order of the Arrow&quot; and earlier versions of the scout handshake which was recently changed to be less &quot;Masonic.&quot;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Freemasonry is of interest to members of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Mormon </del>Church<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </del>since [[Joseph Smith]] and other prominent figures in early <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mormon church </del>history were members of the Masonic Fraternity. Freemasonry is also of interest since many of its initiation rituals are similar to those of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LDS </del>[[Temple endowment]]. The most common explanation for this similarity is that the Masonic Fraternity preserved some ancient elements of true temple worship. Another common explanation is that God speaks according to our own language and understanding (See D&amp;C 1:24). Symbolism is a language, and the symbolism of Freemasonry had become part of the culture of Joseph Smith's day. However, the accusation that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mormon </del>temple symbolism was taken from the rites of Freemasonry is false. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>The Lord began revealing the patterns of temple ritual to prophet Joseph Smith [http://www.mormontimes.com/arts_entertainment/books/?id=14976 long before] he became a freemason.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Freemasonry is of interest to members of the Church <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of Jesus Christ </ins>since [[Joseph Smith]] and other prominent figures in early <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Church </ins>history were members of the Masonic Fraternity. Freemasonry is also of interest since many of its initiation rituals are similar to those of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Latter-day Saint </ins>[[Temple endowment]]. The most common explanation for this similarity is that the Masonic Fraternity preserved some ancient elements of true temple worship. Another common explanation is that God speaks according to our own language and understanding (See D&amp;C 1:24). Symbolism is a language, and the symbolism of Freemasonry had become part of the culture of Joseph Smith's day. However, the accusation that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Latter-day Saint </ins>temple symbolism was taken from the rites of Freemasonry is false. The Lord began revealing the patterns of temple ritual to prophet Joseph Smith [http://www.mormontimes.com/arts_entertainment/books/?id=14976 long before] he became a freemason.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most likely explanation for the similarities is that both use symbols that were common in the early Christian church, and even those symbols may have been of even more ancient origin. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>However, the symbols used in Freemasonry are for fraternal covenants of brotherhood. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>The symbolism used in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mormon </del>temples represent eternal covenants with God.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The most likely explanation for the similarities is that both use symbols that were common in the early Christian church, and even those symbols may have been of even more ancient origin. However, the symbols used in Freemasonry are for fraternal covenants of brotherhood. The symbolism used in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Latter-day Saint </ins>temples represent eternal covenants with God.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Masonry in Joseph Smith's Day==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Masonry in Joseph Smith's Day==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In Colonial America the Masons were seen as a group that could help members improve their financial and social status and as opening many doors in society and business. Many of the founding fathers were Masons, including George Washington and a number of United States Presidents as well as presidents of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mormon </del>Church up until about 1900.&#160; &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In Colonial America the Masons were seen as a group that could help members improve their financial and social status and as opening many doors in society and business. Many of the founding fathers were Masons, including George Washington and a number of United States Presidents as well as presidents of the Church <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of Jesus Christ </ins>up until about 1900.&#160; &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1826 a man named Morgan sought to join a Masonic lodge in New York and was declined. In anger he threatened to expose and publish Masonic traditions and secrets and was promptly kidnapped and disappeared. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>It was largely believed that the Masons were responsible for his murder, although no body was ever found.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1826 a man named Morgan sought to join a Masonic lodge in New York and was declined. In anger he threatened to expose and publish Masonic traditions and secrets and was promptly kidnapped and disappeared. It was largely believed that the Masons were responsible for his murder, although no body was ever found.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This episode started quite a furor and gave rise to several anti-Mason movements, which even inspired a new political party embraced and endorsed by John Quincy Adams, a former president of the United States of America. The party failed to get sufficient votes to really make a difference; however, they did gain seven electoral votes in the general election. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>After a few years, the scandal faded and Masonry rebounded.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This episode started quite a furor and gave rise to several anti-Mason movements, which even inspired a new political party embraced and endorsed by John Quincy Adams, a former president of the United States of America. The party failed to get sufficient votes to really make a difference; however, they did gain seven electoral votes in the general election. After a few years, the scandal faded and Masonry rebounded.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mormon </del>Church was organized six years after the Masonic scandal. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Joseph Smith became a first degree Mason in the [[Nauvoo]] Lodge in March 1842 (see History of the Church, period #4 pg 550). Smith followed his brother Hyrum who had been a Mason in Palmyra, New York, and transferred his membership to Nauvoo. Smith and many of the leading <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mormon </del>establishment were Masons, particularly in Nauvoo, Illinois. &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Church <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of Jesus Christ </ins>was organized six years after the Masonic scandal. Joseph Smith became a first degree Mason in the [[Nauvoo]] Lodge in March 1842 (see History of the Church, period #4 pg 550). Smith followed his brother <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Hyrum Smith|</ins>Hyrum<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>who had been a Mason in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Palmyra<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, New York, and transferred his membership to Nauvoo. Smith and many of the leading <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Latter-day Saint </ins>establishment were Masons, particularly in Nauvoo, Illinois. &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Anti-Masonic prejudice, a remnant from negative sentiment of the early <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1800's</del>, has subjected the whole masonic fraternity to inflammatory and derogatory perceptions and myths which are wholly unfounded, including the notion that Masons are Satanic. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Again, anyone who has investigated the Masons seriously is well aware of this, but there is a fair amount of literature that is anti-Masonic and is twisted and distorted. Opponents of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">LDS </del>Church seem to have seized on this negativity to bolster both anti-Mason sentiments, as well as denigrate the Church for its early association with Masons. Satanic assertion for Masons flies <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">into </del>the face <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or </del>reason.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Anti-Masonic prejudice, a remnant from negative sentiment of the early <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1800s</ins>, has subjected the whole masonic fraternity to inflammatory and derogatory perceptions and myths which are wholly unfounded, including the notion that Masons are Satanic. Again, anyone who has investigated the Masons seriously is well aware of this, but there is a fair amount of literature that is anti-Masonic and is twisted and distorted. Opponents of the Church <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of Jesus Christ </ins>seem to have seized on this negativity to bolster both anti-Mason sentiments, as well as denigrate the Church for its early association with Masons. Satanic assertion for Masons flies <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </ins>the face <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of </ins>reason.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Masons are the guild of ancient temple builders, and they had to be worthy to build temples, in the degree of talent they manifested in masonry, but also in their personal worthiness. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>They were familiar with ancient temple covenants and symbolism and continued to use them as fraternal covenants later on, even after people of other vocations than masonry were allowed into the guild. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Joseph Smith received the temple symbolism from God, and then recognized the remnants in the masonic fraternal rituals. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>He freely offered corrections and adjustments to the Masons based on his enlightenment and knowledge.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Masons are the guild of ancient temple builders, and they had to be worthy to build temples, in the degree of talent they manifested in masonry, but also in their personal worthiness. They were familiar with ancient temple covenants and symbolism and continued to use them as fraternal covenants later on, even after people of other vocations than masonry were allowed into the guild. Joseph Smith received the temple symbolism from God, and then recognized the remnants in the masonic fraternal rituals. He freely offered corrections and adjustments to the Masons based on his enlightenment and knowledge.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Today there are few <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mormons </del>who are also Masons. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>A <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mormon </del>is not doctrinally prevented from being a Mason, if he so wishes<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.&#160; One of the most important principals of the gospel is free will and free choice</del>.&#160; &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Today there are few <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Latter-day Saints </ins>who are also Masons. A <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">member of the Church </ins>is not doctrinally prevented from being a Mason, if he so wishes.&#160; &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===External Links===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; 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The party failed to get sufficient votes to really make a difference; however, they did gain seven electoral votes in the general election.&#160; After a few years, the scandal faded and Masonry rebounded.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Mormon Church was organized six years after the Masonic scandal.&#160; Joseph Smith became a first degree Mason in the [[Nauvoo]] Lodge in March 1842 (see History of the Church, period #4 pg 550). Smith followed his brother Hyrum who had been a Mason in Palmyra, New York, and transferred his membership to Nauvoo. Smith and many of the leading Mormon establishment were Masons, particularly in Nauvoo, Illinois. </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Anti-Masonic prejudice, a remnant from negative sentiment of the early 1800's, has subjected the whole masonic fraternity to inflammatory and derogatory perceptions and myths which are wholly unfounded, including the notion that Masons are Satanic.&#160; Again, anyone who has investigated the Masons seriously is well aware of this, but there is a fair amount of literature that is anti-Masonic and is twisted and distorted. Opponents of the LDS Church seem to have seized on this negativity to bolster both anti-Mason sentiments, as well as denigrate the Church for its early association with Masons. Satanic assertion for Masons flies into the face or reason.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Masons are the guild of ancient temple builders, and they had to be worthy to build temples, in the degree of talent they manifested in masonry, but also in their personal worthiness.&#160; They were familiar with ancient temple covenants and symbolism and continued to use them as fraternal covenants later on, even after people of other vocations than masonry were allowed into the guild.&#160; Joseph Smith received the temple symbolism from God, and then recognized the remnants in the masonic fraternal rituals.&#160; He freely offered corrections and adjustments to the Masons based on his enlightenment and knowledge.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Today there are few Mormons who are also Masons.&#160; A Mormon is not doctrinally prevented from being a Mason, if he so wishes.&#160; One of the most important principals of the gospel is free will and free choice.&#160; </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===External Links===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===External Links===</div></td></tr> </table> Gboyd https://www.mormonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Masonry_and_Mormonism&diff=28993&oldid=prev Gboyd: Created page with "A fraternity which came to the Americas via England and is rumored to have roots in the Medieval Stone Mason's Guilds, the Templar Knights, Gnostic Christianity, or in the builde..." 2011-09-08T21:03:10Z <p>Created page with &quot;A fraternity which came to the Americas via England and is rumored to have roots in the Medieval Stone Mason&#039;s Guilds, the Templar Knights, Gnostic Christianity, or in the builde...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A fraternity which came to the Americas via England and is rumored to have roots in the Medieval Stone Mason's Guilds, the Templar Knights, Gnostic Christianity, or in the builders of [[Solomon's Temple]]. New research claims that the association with Solomon's temple is a myth created to lend prestige to Freemasonry during the 15th century. Apart from secretiveness, the Freemasons are also known for their heavy use of symbolism and common association with temples. <br /> <br /> Due to the secretiveness of the Freemasons, they have been attacked, as an organization, by many individuals who have been either suspicious of their doings or desirous to take advantage of the opportunity to create suspicion.<br /> <br /> More generally, many important historical figures are known to have been Freemasons, including [[George Washington]] and many other prominent founders of the United States of America. This fact both garners respect for the organization and feeds the imagination of conspiracy theorists, some of whom believe Freemasons have acted as a kind of shadow government.<br /> <br /> Freemasonry is also connected to [[Scouting]] since the Boy Scouts of America was started by a Freemason. There are many similarities between [[Scouting]] and Freemasonry, including the Scout Oath, Promise, Sign, and &quot;Handshake&quot; or &quot;token.&quot; These similarities are even more marked in Scouting side orders such as &quot;The Order of the Arrow&quot; and earlier versions of the scout handshake which was recently changed to be less &quot;Masonic.&quot;<br /> <br /> Freemasonry is of interest to members of the [[Mormon Church]] since [[Joseph Smith]] and other prominent figures in early Mormon church history were members of the Masonic Fraternity. Freemasonry is also of interest since many of its initiation rituals are similar to those of the LDS [[Temple endowment]]. The most common explanation for this similarity is that the Masonic Fraternity preserved some ancient elements of true temple worship. Another common explanation is that God speaks according to our own language and understanding (See D&amp;C 1:24). Symbolism is a language, and the symbolism of Freemasonry had become part of the culture of Joseph Smith's day. However, the accusation that Mormon temple symbolism was taken from the rites of Freemasonry is false. The Lord began revealing the patterns of temple ritual to prophet Joseph Smith [http://www.mormontimes.com/arts_entertainment/books/?id=14976 long before] he became a freemason.<br /> <br /> The most likely explanation for the similarities is that both use symbols that were common in the early Christian church, and even those symbols may have been of even more ancient origin. However, the symbols used in Freemasonry are for fraternal covenants of brotherhood. The symbolism used in Mormon temples represent eternal covenants with God.<br /> <br /> ===External Links===<br /> * [http://www.jefflindsay.com/LDSFAQ/FQ_masons.shtml The Mormon Temple Ceremony and Freemasonry]<br /> * [http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/response/qa/temple_masonry.htm Masonry and the LDS Temple]<br /> * [http://www.fairlds.org/FAIR_Conferences/2005_Latter-day_Saints_and_Freemasonry.html Latter-day Saints and Freemasonry]<br /> * [http://www.mormonfaq.com Answers to challenging questions about the LDS Church]<br /> [[Category:Controversial Topics]]<br /> <br /> [[es:Francomasonería]]<br /> [[fr:Franc-maçonnerie]]<br /> [[ru:Масонство]]</div> Gboyd