Name: The Principles of Masonic Law
Price: 22.11 EUR
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Author: Albert Mackey
ISBN: 9781944616045

Type

Physical Book

Author

Albert Mackey

Publisher

Broken Column Press

Language

English

Pages

220

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm

Weight

0.30 kg.

ISBN13

9781944616045

Synopsis "The Principles of Masonic Law"

Anyone who is interested in Masonic law, how lodges and grand lodges are run, and how Masons should act in Lodge and society should buy this book. This is a great outline for the government of all lodges, including dealing with Masonic offenses and different levels of punishment for such offenses.From the Introduction: The laws which govern the institution of Freemasonry are of two kinds, unwritten and written, and may in a manner be compared with the "lex non scripta," or common law, and the "lex seripta," or statute law of English and American jurists.The "lex non scripta," or unwritten law of Freemasonry is derived from the traditions, usages and customs of the fraternity as they have existed from the remotest antiquity, and as they are universally admitted by the general consent of the members of the Order. In fact, we may apply to these unwritten laws of Masonry the definition given by Blackstone of the "leges non script " of the English constitution-that "their original institution and authority are not set down in writing, as acts of parliament are, but they receive their binding power, and the force of laws, by long and immemorial usage and by their universal reception throughout the kingdom."The "lex scripta," or written law of Masonry, is derived from a variety of sources, and was framed at different periods. Many documents are of sufficient authority to substantiate any principle, or to determine any disputed question in masonic law, and are discussed in this book.

Albert Mackey

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Albert Gallatin Mackey (1807-1881) was born in Charleston, South Carolina, son of John Mackey, a doctor, journalist, and educator. After completing his primary studies, Albert Mackey taught at school for some time to earn money and be able to study medicine, graduating from the University of South Carolina in 1832. In 1838, he was appointed professor of anatomy at that institution, but in 1844 he left the practice of medicine. For the rest of his life, he wrote on various subjects, specializing in the study of several languages, the Middle Ages, and Freemasonry. After working with various Charleston magazines, in 1849 he founded the weekly magazine The Southern and Western Masonic Miscellany, which he maintained almost entirely by himself for three years. From 1858 to 1860, he directed a quarterly publication on the same interests. Subsequently, he dedicated himself exclusively to the research of symbolism and Kabbalistic and Talmudic traditions. For years he worked as a lecturer and was Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina, as well as General Secretary of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States. He was a delegate and president of the South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1868. He ran for the United States Senate in South Carolina in 1868, but was defeated by the Republican Frederick A. Sawyer. Mackey moved to Washington, D.C. in 1870. He died at Fortress Monroe, Virginia in 1881.

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