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In 1837, a Scottish Freemason, James Burnes, in attempting to revive a Scottish order of "Knights Templar", expanded the masonic link to Bannockburn. He introduced the Knights Templar as the bearers on Freemasonry to Scotland, and had the Templars play a crucial part in the battle.
Freemason, who with other Freemasons founded the "German Union" or the "Two and Twenty" society at Halle. [10] Michael Baigent (1948–2013), British author and former editor of Freemasonry Today. Lodge of Economy No 76, Winchester. [69] Carl Edward Bailey (1894–1948), 31st governor of Arkansas. Received 32° at Little Rock, 25 May 1928. [10]
This page provides links to alphabetized lists of notable Freemasons. Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation which exists in a number of forms worldwide. Throughout history some members of the fraternity have made no secret of their involvement, while others have not made their membership public.
A writer in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review in 1839 claimed Nelson and his servant, Tom Allen, were Freemasons, but gives no evidence to support his claim. Hamon Le Strange, in his History of Freemasonry in Norfolk, says that among the furniture of the Lodge of Friendship No. 100, at Yarmouth , there is a stone bearing an inscription to Nelson.
The papacy also described Freemasonry as a leader in the cause of popular sovereignty, as the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia noted. [26] This reference to the Masons is not present, however, in the New Catholic Encyclopedia. Some specific areas in which Freemasons were accused of aiming for an improper separation of church and state were:
Working with Jimmy Carter to conduct "Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant" meeting of over 30 liberal Baptist denominations and organizations in the US and Canada, which was held in Atlanta, January 30—February 1, 2008. [5] [6] Kevin Costner - actor. Baptized at First Southern Baptist Church in Bakersfield, California as a boy.
"Lonely Lubbock Lights" (Aaron Watson), a singer at the Broken Spoke (a honky-tonk bar) reveals that a love interest is the daughter of a Baptist minister who is keeping them apart (because he sings in bars). "Southern Baptist Heartbreak" (The Warren Brothers) contains the lines; Somewhere in the middle of "Have Thy Own Way," She left an empty pew;
Common to all of Freemasonry is the three grade system of Craft or Blue Lodge freemasonry, whose allegory is centred on the building of the Temple of Solomon, and the story of the chief architect, Hiram Abiff. [3] Further degrees have different underlying allegories, often linked to the transmission of the story of Hiram.