tdf069 - The Credibility Gap in Masonic Ritual (19 Nov 2007)

The solemnity of the Masonic ceremonies, we are told, requires a serious deportment, and evidently a Freemason is expected to take his ritual seriously. If he does, he may get the impression that his Grand Lodge descends in an unbroken line from Biblical times and that if he were really interested he could find portraits of all the Grand Masters from Solomon, King of Israel, down to the present day.