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Freemasonry In Barbados
Freemasonry in Barbados is one of the oldest established organisations in the country. Regular Freemasonry is controlled from London and Edinburgh by the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) and the Grand Lodge of Scotland through local Provincial Grand Lodges (UGLE), Provincial Grand Lodges. More recently Prince Hall Freemasonry has also been established on the island. History As a fraternal organisation, Freemasonry was introduced to the island in 1740 by Alexander Irvine (freemason), Alexander Irvine (c. 1694-1743). The first lodge formed was the St. Michael's Lodge No 94 (or No 186). However, this lodge ceased working in the nineteenth century. Following the closure of this lodge, the Albion Lodge No 196 (UGLE) was formed in 1790, and now remains the longest established lodge in Barbados. The St. Michael's churchyard which contains a burial vault (tomb), vault where Irvine is entombed has continued to be used by the Barbadian Masonic community. Jurisdictions United Grand Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regular Freemasonry
Anglo-American Freemasonry (also self-described as Regular Freemasonry) is a loose network of overlapping chains of mutually recognized Grand Lodges, forming a Regular Masonic jurisdiction. For the most part these trace their descent from one of "original" British Grand Lodges, with mutual recognition based on adherence to certain core values, rules and membership requirements (known as Landmarks). Different branches of Freemasonry Freemasonry is often said to consist of two branches ''not in mutual regular amity'': *Anglo-American style, or Regular Freemasonry * Continental style, or Liberal Freemasonry The majority of Masonic jurisdictions around the world follow the Anglo-American style. The United Grand Lodge of England lists 194 Grand Lodges which it considers to be Regular and the Grand Lodge of New York lists 202 which ''it'' considers to be Regular, while the umbrella organisation for Liberal Freemasonry, CLIPSAS, lists 90 members. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |