FREEMASONRY & CHRISTIANITY
Are they compatible?
A contribution to discussion prepared by the Working Group established by the Standing Committee of the General Synod of the Church of England in the light of the motion carried by the General Synod in February 1985.
This Report has only the authority of the Working Group which prepared it.
Previous Calls For An Enquiry (10)
The Historical Background of Freemasonry in England (16-27)
The Organisation and Structure of Freemasonry in England (28-39)
Application Not Invitation (33-34)
Initiation and Registration (35)
The Three ‘Craft’ Degrees Of Freemasonry (36)
The So-Called Higher Degrees (The Antient And Accepted Rite) (38-39)
A ‘Secret’ Society? (40-60)
The Masonic Ritual (61-91)
A Peculiar System of Morality? (92-100)
Comments and Questions (101-121)
Facing The Question The General Synod Posed (122)