![]() Craftsmen were to respect and obey their Masters in completing their work. The degrees of Masonry were as follows: Fellow-Craft, Warden, Master of a local Lodge, Grand-Warden, and finally Grand Master of the Lodge. Īdvancing through the Lodge was based on merit, not the member's place in society. Freemasons were informed not to become rebels of the state, though doing so would not be grounds for expulsion. ![]() One's religious denomination did not matter, and similarly political and religious discussions were not allowed between them. Historically, to join a Lodge, one had to be a male citizen of sound mind and body, and to have good character. ![]() "No private Piques or Quarrels must be brought with in the Door of the Lodge, far less any Quarrels about Religion, or Nations, or State-Policy, we being only, as Masons, of the Catholick Religion above-mention’d we are also of all Nations, Tongues, Kindreds, and Languages, and are resolv’d against all Politicks." ―Clause VI.
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