Scottish operative lodges began in the seventeenth century to admit non-operative members as accepted or gentleman masons and that by the early eighteenth century in some lodges the accepted or gentleman masons had gained the ascendancy: those lodges became, in… — John Hamill Copy Share Image
Historically, the Old Charges fall into three groups. The first comprises the two earliest versions, the Regius MS of c.1390 and the Cook MS of c.1420...The second, and largest, group begins with the Grand Lodge No. 1 MS, dated 25 December 1583, and covers all the versions datable before the formation of the premier Grand Lodge in 1717. The third… — John Hamill Copy Share
Scottish operative lodges began in the seventeenth century to admit non-operative members as accepted or gentleman masons and that by the early eighteenth century… — John Hamill Copy Share Image
The tendency of the UN and its major supporters is to think good intentions and mild to rampant corruption are as good as actual… — John Hamill Copy Share Image
The thing I love so much about the UN, is that they're so obviously corrupt. It's not like the Oil-for-Food scandal was even hard… — John Hamill Copy Share Image
It has been demonstrated that freemason - in an operative context - is a contraction of 'freestone mason'…The earliest printed use so far traced… — John Hamill Copy Share Image
