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Morals And Dogma Of The Ancient And Accepted Scottish Rite Of Freemasonry (1901)

by Albert Pike(Favorite Author)

4.11 of 5 Votes: 3

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L. H. Jenkins, Inc. Edition Book Manufacturers

review 1: Morals & Dogma is over 860 pages, it is a long & difficult read. As a pastor I wanted to read it for myself as I am doing a lot of research & thinking about the Masons. I wanted to go directly to their books (this being one that many said they revered) myself & read in their own words what they are about & what they have to say about themselves.My question is “Can one be a true/devout Christian be a part of or joined to the Masons? From reading this the answer is a clear “NO.”Here is a quote from page 11, 2nd paragraph, “The Hebrew Pentateuch in a Hebrew Lodge, & the Koran in a Mohammedan one, belong on the Altar; & one of these, & the Square & Compass, properly understood, are the Great Lights by which a Mason must walk & work.” One of the great problems with th... moreis statement is it makes no distinction between the Koran, & the OT Bible & calls them equally both great lights. This for a Christian then is to deny the truth of the Bible as being uniquely God’s revelation to man & is in all things truthful & is the standard by which we judge all things, especially other truth claims. There is just no way to get around this or to justify this.There are many quotes from the Kabala; it is used in an authoritative way. The Kabala is incompatible with Christianity.On page 38, 1st paragraph, “The doctrines of Zoroaster were the best which the ancient Persians were fitted to receive; those of Confucius were fitted for the Chinese; those of Mohammed for the idolatrous Arabs of his age. Each was Truth for the time. Each was a Gospel, preached by a Reformer.”A Christian must disagree, his faith demands it. He cannot agree that these doctrines are The Truth, then or now, how can things which contradict each other be The Truth? The subtly here is that when you continue to read the point is that all these various doctrines, philosophies, & religions are all true in some way & that Christianity is among them. No more true or false than the others & to insist that it is, is prideful.Page 53, 1st paragraph, “Faith is the Saviour and Redeemer of nations.” This statement is a blatant denial of what the Bible says, read John 4:42; Acts 13:23; 2 Timothy 1:10; Isaiah 47:4 & 60:16. God is our savior & redeemer, Jesus is our Savior, it is always faith in, not just faith, faith must have an object.Page 100 in paragraph 2, this book refers to “The Fall of Man as a Hebrew allegory & that it is just a variation of a universal legend.” For the Christian this is intolerable, can a Christian be a supporting member of a group that says the sin of Adam was a legend & not truth?The more you read the worse it gets. One more thing. On page 161, 4th paragraph, “But Masonry teaches, & has preserved in their purity, the cardinal tenets of the old primitive faith, which underlie & are the foundation of all religions. All that ever existed had a basis of truth; & all have overlaid that truth with errors.” So then for the Christian, the Bible is not the communication of the One True God to men. Masonry has preserved the cardinal tenets. Christianity is filled with error, we have overlaid the truth with error & Masonry is claiming here to be the corrector, because it has preserved those tenets.I could easily go one but that is not necessary. This book is enlightening, it clearly reveals that Masonry is anti-Christian, that does not mean that all who join hate Christ for many join in ignorance. But once the truth is revealed a choice must be made. Where is our allegiance? Is it Christ or is it elsewhere?
review 2: This is a truly excellent book. It is a great insight to Freemasonry, and uses the degrees to illustrate the works. This is NOT the work of A Pike. He is not the author so much as the editor. Nevertheless, it is insightful and thought provoking in the lessons it confers. It is a very long book, which took me a long time to read, due to all the extra research it invoked from me. Some chapters are better than others, and some become repetitive. that said, a great deal of work and lots of different paths are melded together to maybe sugges one source of the Freemasons, and how those other sources may have been seperated at some early epoch.Do not read this if you are just a Dan brown fan looking for some clues, this is so much more. There are useful references and clues as to further reading. And if you look closely enough may see similarities to H. P Blavatsky.....read on... less

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