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GRAND LODGE
OF
FA AND A*..M...
ALABAMA
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Published by authority of
GRAND LODGE
FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
STATE OF INDIANA
1975
Compiled by the
COMMITTEE ON MASONIC EDUCTATION
GRAND LODGE F. & A. M.
INDIANA
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THE INDIANA FREEMASON
16 MENTOR’S MANUAL - INDIANA
13-Religion
Is Freemasonry a religion?
Though religious in character, Freema-
sonry is not a religion, nor a substitute for
one.
A religion is any system of belief, wor-
ship, conduct, often involving a code of
ethics and a philosophy. It connotes some
particular religion. Freemasonry is non-
sectarian. Before its altar Christian, Jew,
Mohammedan, Buddhist, Gentile, Con-
fucian, may kneel together.2
Masonry accepts good men who are
found to be worthy, regardless of their
religious convictions, and strives to make
better men of them by emphasizing a firm
belief in the Fatherhood of God, the
Brotherhood of Man, and the Immortality
of the Soul.
Our own Declaration of Principles pro-
claims that fact: “It is religious in that it
teaches monotheism, the Volume of the
Sacred Law is open upon its altars when-
ever a Lodge is in session, reverence for
God is ever present in its ceremonial, and
to its Brethren are constantly addressed
lessons of morality; yet it is not sectarian
or theological.”
ENTERED APPRENTICE 49
COMPILED BY
G.C. HUCKABY
Committee:
H.B. CONNER, Grand Master,
Ex-Officio Chairman
G.C. HUCKABY, Chairman
JESSE A. TAYLOR, Grand Lecturer
T.W. PARISH, Grand Lecturer
DR. A.F. BARROW
GEORGE J. GINSBERG
GEOR
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