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Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia is a Masonic Christian order whose members are drawn from the ranks of subscribing Master Masons of a Grand Lodge in amity with United Grand Lodge of England. the Square and Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ... A Master Mason is the designation of a Freemason who has completed the Third Degree in Masonic Lodge (aka Blue Lodge or Craft Masonry). ... A Grand Lodge is the usual governing body of Craft or, Blue Lodge, Freemasonry in a particular juristiction. ... The United Grand Lodge of Englands Coat of Arms Headquarters of The UGLE. The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) is the main governing body of Freemasonry within England, and certain jurisdictions overseas (normally ex-British Empire and Commonwealth countries). ...


The society claims a link to the original Rosicrucian Brotherhood and bases it's teachings on those found in the Fama and Confessio Fraternitas published in the early 1600s in Germany along with other similar publications from the same time. The Temple of the Rosy Cross, Teophilus Schweighardt Constantiens, 1618. ...


The society requires all aspirants for membership to declare a belief in the fundamental principals of the Trinitarian Christian faith and offers assistance to all its members in working out the great problems of nature and science. The adjective trinitarian is used in several senses: Ideas or things pertaining to the Holy Trinity A person or group adhering to the doctrine of Trinitarianism, which holds God to subsist in the form of the Holy Trinity The Trinitarian Order is a Catholic monastic order founded in 1198 by...


As such it is a unique order offering much to the enquiring mind and other than having a membership limited to Christian Freemasons has no other Masonic links or ties.


The Order is subdivided into:


1st Order ( Learners )

Members of the 1st Order(Fratres) meet in a College which is equivalent to a Freemasons Lodge. A College is empowered to confer the first four degrees of the society which are known as Grades.
Grade I - Zelator
Grade II - Theoricus
Grade III - Practicus
Grade IV - Philosophus
A minimum of six months must elapse between the receipt of grades however the emphasis on the work of the society is learning therefore every member is encouraged to deliver a paper of their own work on some topic of interest in open college.

2nd Order ( Teachers or Adepts )

This is equivalent to a Masonic Provincial Grand Lodge headed by a Chief Adept and his deputy (Suffragan) who have jurisdiction over all first order Colleges within the Province.
The Chief Adept is empowered to confer three further Grades at this level to deserving Fratres of Grade IV who have been a member of the Society for a minimum of four years.
Grade V - Adeptus Minor
Grade VI - Adeptus Major
Grade VII - Adeptus Exemptus
A minimum of one year must elapse between the receipt of grades at this level.
A member can only serve as the Celebrant (Master) of a College of the First Order after receiving the Grade of Adeptus Exemptus.

3rd Order ( Rulers or Magi )

This is equivalent to a Grand Lodge headed by a Supreme Magus, Senior Substitute Magus and Junior Substitute Magus.
Members of the second order who have given service to the society and been selected by the Supreme Magus for such advancement may be awarded a further two Grades.
Grade VIII - Magister
Grade IX - Magus

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Societas Rosicruciana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (303 words)
Societas Rosicruciana is a name used by a number of Rosicrucian groups.
This group has formed two offshoots with which it is "in amity", the Societas Rosicruciana in Scotia in Scotland and the Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatis Foederatibus founded in 1880 in the United States under a charter from the Scottish group.
In 1909, Dr. George Winslow Plummer (1876-1944) founded the Societas Rosicruciana in America, apparently seceding from the SRICF; this group appears not to retain the requirement that members be Christian Master Masons.
Esoteric Order of the Golden Dawn ® - Dr. Robert Woodman Biography (557 words)
When the Rosicrucian Society of England (Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia) was founded in 1866, Dr. Woodman was practicing medicine at Victoria Villas, Stoke Newington.
He became the Secretary of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (familarly known as the Soc.
The Societas Rosicruciana was a scholarly and ceremonial association, open to Master Masons only.
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