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Freemasonry
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Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that traces its origins to the local
fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century
regulated the qualifications of masons and their interaction with authorities
and clients. The degrees of freemasonry, its gradal system, retain the
three grades of medieval craft guilds, those of Apprentice, journeyman or
fellow (now called Fellowcraft), and Master Mason. These are the
degrees offered by craft, or blue lodge Freemasonry. There are
additional degrees, which vary with locality and jurisdiction, and are now
administered by different bodies than the craft degrees.
The basic, local organisational unit of Freemasonry is the lodge. The
lodges are usually supervised and governed at the regional level (usually
coterminous with either a state, province, or national border) by a Grand
Lodge or Grand Orient. There is no international, world-wide Grand
Lodge that supervises all of Freemasonry. Each Grand Lodge is
independent, and they do not necessarily recognise each other as being
legitimate.
Contents
1 Masonic Lodge
1.1 Ritual and symbolism
1.2 Organisations of lodges
1.2.1 Recognition, amity and regularity
1.3 Other degrees, orders and bodies
1.4 Joining a lodge
2 History
2.1 Origins
2.2 North America
2.2.1 Prince Hall Freemasonry
2.3 Emergence of Continental Freemasonry
2.3.1 Schism
2.4 Freemasonry and women
3 Anti-Masonry
3.1 Religious opposition
3.1.1 Christianity and Freemasonry
3.1.2 Islam and Freemasonry