In his second edition of the Constitutions (1738) of the Grand Lodge of London, rev. James Anderson, in addition to support, in charge I, that a Freemason is obliged by their condition to follow the moral law "as a true Noahides" (these words are not being included in the formulation of 1751), adds little well, confirming the universality of ethics and religious invoked by speculative Freemasonry, "for They all agree on the three great Articles of Noah, enough to preserve the Cement of the Lodge" (poich'essi all agree on three main Articles by Noach, sufficient to preserve the cement of the Lodge ").
Now, it is known that the Laws of Noah have seven (even if their number is not unvocamente established in all Jewish sources: according to the Cairo Genizah are thirty). What refer, therefore, the "three big items?
One answer comes from the good book Aaron Lichtenstein The Seven Laws of Noach (published in Italian for the types of issues Lamed, Milan, sd). interpreting a passage from Menachem Azariah of Fano in a work out in Amsterdam in 1649, Lichtenstein shows that following a tradition Noahides the seven commandments are summed up in three principles: prohibition of idolatry, murder and adultery. In Masonic terms, there is a correspondence between the three items, as Anderson calls them with legal language eighteenth century, and "spheres" of life in which you move the conscience of the Freemason: the divine, human and natural. Idolatry is a denial of the relationship with God, assassination is a negation of the relationship with the man, adultery (unlawful sexual intercourse with others: sodomy, incest, etc.) is a negation of nature, even before social pacts. It is worth noting as well as in Zoroastrianism adultery is considered the most serious theft (which is not included in the three great articles of Noah), the order of guilt. Unfortunately
Constitutions of 1738 - perhaps to excessive tenedenza to review Anderson, Interpol, escrescere documents that were submitted for the 'editing - were, as he writes Coil in his Masonic Encyclopedia , "dead letter", and prevailed over the milder version of 1723 . But it remains significant that the Grand Lodge of Ireland poses with its basis in his Book of Constitutions of 1751, three years later by Laurence Dermott was recovered in the ' Ahiman Rezon , text-guide of Antients , the Freemasons that they relied more strongly on tradition.
Michael Moramarco Now, it is known that the Laws of Noah have seven (even if their number is not unvocamente established in all Jewish sources: according to the Cairo Genizah are thirty). What refer, therefore, the "three big items?
One answer comes from the good book Aaron Lichtenstein The Seven Laws of Noach (published in Italian for the types of issues Lamed, Milan, sd). interpreting a passage from Menachem Azariah of Fano in a work out in Amsterdam in 1649, Lichtenstein shows that following a tradition Noahides the seven commandments are summed up in three principles: prohibition of idolatry, murder and adultery. In Masonic terms, there is a correspondence between the three items, as Anderson calls them with legal language eighteenth century, and "spheres" of life in which you move the conscience of the Freemason: the divine, human and natural. Idolatry is a denial of the relationship with God, assassination is a negation of the relationship with the man, adultery (unlawful sexual intercourse with others: sodomy, incest, etc.) is a negation of nature, even before social pacts. It is worth noting as well as in Zoroastrianism adultery is considered the most serious theft (which is not included in the three great articles of Noah), the order of guilt. Unfortunately
Constitutions of 1738 - perhaps to excessive tenedenza to review Anderson, Interpol, escrescere documents that were submitted for the 'editing - were, as he writes Coil in his Masonic Encyclopedia , "dead letter", and prevailed over the milder version of 1723 . But it remains significant that the Grand Lodge of Ireland poses with its basis in his Book of Constitutions of 1751, three years later by Laurence Dermott was recovered in the ' Ahiman Rezon , text-guide of Antients , the Freemasons that they relied more strongly on tradition.
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