The Illustrious Companions of the Cryptic Council No. 51 welcome our brothers and visitors to our web site, where you will find information about Cryptic Masonry.
ILLUSTRIOUS COMPANIONS:
Cryptic Council No. 51 will hold a Stated Assembly of Royal and Select Master Masons:
On the First Wednesday of each month except July and August. Dinner is held at Chambers Restaurant at 6:00 PM
7:30 PM
Masonic Temple
55 East State Street
Doylestown, PA
Business of the Council
General Business of the Council
By Order of:
Kent A. Baird T.I.M.
Attest:
H. E. Schanbacker, Jr. PTIM Recorder
- 165th Annual Grand Assembly Grand Council of Royal and Select Master Masons of PA
The Grand Assembly is being held at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg & Hershey This is an excellent opportunity for every Cryptic Mason to participate in the future of Cryptic Masonry. Check with your recorder for all the latest information. MPC Charl...
Mar 07, 7:30 pm
Crytpic Council Stated Assembly
Apr 04, 7:30 pm
Crytpic Council Stated Assembly
CRYPTIC RITE
No rite of Freemasonry has come into its own so much as the series of degrees known as the Cryptic Rite, also known as the Cryptic Masons. Its popularity is well deserved for there are no more beautiful or meaningful degrees in all Freemasonry that those conferred in the Council of Cryptic Masons.
One reason for its popularity is that it completes a story, a Masonic allegory. Freemasonry is very philosophical and teaches its ideals by allegory or story. This philosophy is moralistic and religious however Freemasonry is not a religion., nor a substitute for one. A requirement for membership in Freemasonry is a professed belief in God and eternal life. It is mandatory that a man profess a personal faith in a Supreme Being prior to becoming a Freemason. Freemasonry never attempts to alter any one’s beliefs. Freemasonry offers no theology or plan of salvation. However, it does offer a moral plan to use in this world. Leaving the Mason to look to his religion for salvation into the next world.
Ancient Cryptic Masonry centers around the story of the preservation, loss and recovery of the Word. The Word represents man’s search for life’s purpose and the nature of GOD. Symbolic Freemasonry, as in the Lodge, teaches of the loss of the Word and hope for its recovery. Royal Arch Masonry, as in the Chapter, teaches its recovery. Cryptic Masonry, as in the Council, completes this story by teaching of the Word’s initial preservation
(The above is from the Grand Council on Cryptic Masonry)