Post by denounced on Mar 29, 2008 9:58:49 GMT -5
FOOTNOTES FROM JIM SHAW'S BOOK, Page 76
In a well-ordered lodge, Jesus is never mentioned except in vague, philosophical terms. Prayers are never in His name, and when scriptures are quoted in the ritual, all references to Him are simply omitted. For example, II Thessalonians 3:6 is used in the ritual, but not the way it is in your Bible; the words "in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ" are entirely omitted. Likewise, the ritual includes 1 Peter 2:5, but with the words "by Jesus Christ" omitted. Albert Mackey, after Albert Pike the highest Masonic authority, calls this changing of the scriptures "a slight but necessary modifucation" (Masonic Ritualist, page 272) bibleprobe.com/freemasonry.htm
Now I have seen this in many of the rituals I have read; misuse and omitted statements from scripture. My X-organization does it with II Timothy 2:3
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
when it OMITS, "of Jesus Christ".
In a well-ordered lodge, Jesus is never mentioned except in vague, philosophical terms. Prayers are never in His name, and when scriptures are quoted in the ritual, all references to Him are simply omitted. For example, II Thessalonians 3:6 is used in the ritual, but not the way it is in your Bible; the words "in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ" are entirely omitted. Likewise, the ritual includes 1 Peter 2:5, but with the words "by Jesus Christ" omitted. Albert Mackey, after Albert Pike the highest Masonic authority, calls this changing of the scriptures "a slight but necessary modifucation" (Masonic Ritualist, page 272) bibleprobe.com/freemasonry.htm
Now I have seen this in many of the rituals I have read; misuse and omitted statements from scripture. My X-organization does it with II Timothy 2:3
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
when it OMITS, "of Jesus Christ".
