#Ritus Skotlandia:
The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry adalah nama resmi dari Ritus Skotlandia.
Ritus Skotlandia sendiri diakui sebagai satu badan dengan Freemason.
Sebenarnya terminologi Skotlandia sudah ada sejak tahun 1733, yaitu sebuah jabatan yang dinamakan Scots Master. Resminya, Ritus Skotlandia ini dibentuk pada Mei 1801 di Charleston, Karolina Selatan pada saat Kongres Dewan Agung.
Di Amerika Serikat, ada dua Dewan Agung yang mengendalikan Freemason di Amerika, yaitu di Washington DC dan di Lexington, Massachusetts. Dewan Agung ini mengatur dua region yaitu Yurisdiksi Mason Utara dan Yurisdiksi Mason Selatan.
Di Inggris dan Wales, badan yang mengendalikan adalah Rose Croix.
Ritus Skotlandia dan Ritus York agak sedikit berbeda dalam hal tingkatan. Ritus York lebih sedikit dalam jumlah tingkat, sedangkan Ritus Skotlandia memiliki 33 tingkat. Tapi kedua Ritus ini memiliki persamaan di 3 tingkat awal.
Tingkat Yurisdiksi Selatan
4° Secret Master
5° Perfect Master
6° Intimate Secretary
7° Provost and Judge
8° Intendant of the Building
9° Elu of the Nine
10° Elu of the Fifteen
11° Elu of the Twelve
12° Master Architect
13° Royal Arch of Solomon
14° Perfect Elu
15° Knight of the East, of the Sword or of the Eagle:
16° Prince of Jerusalem
17° Knight of the East and West
18° Knight Rose Croix
19° Grand Pontiff
20° Master of the Symbolic Lodge
21° Noachite, or Prussian Knight
22° Knight of the Royal Axe, or Prince of Libanus
23° Chief of the Tabernacle
24° Prince of the Tabernacle
25° Knight of the Brazen Serpent
26° Prince of Mercy, or Scottish Trinitarian
27° Knight of the Sun, or Prince Adept
28° Knight Commander of the Temple
29° Scottish Knight of Saint Andrew
30° Knight Kadosh , or Knight of the White and Black Eagle
31° Inspector Inquisitor
32° Master of the Royal Secret
33° Inspector General
Tingkat Yurisdiksi Utara
4° Master Traveler
5° Perfect Master
6° Master of the Brazen Serpent
7° Provost and Judge
8° Intendant of the Building
9° Master of the Temple
10° Master Elect[3]
11° Sublime Master Elected
12° Grand Master Architect
13° Master of the Ninth Arch
14° Grand Elect Mason
15° Knight of the East or Sword
16° Prince of Jerusalem
17° Knight of the East and West
18° Knight of the Rose Croix de Heredom Council of Kadosh
19° Grand Pontiff
20° Master ad Vitam
21° Patriarch Noachite
22° Prince of Libanus
23° Chief of the Tabernacle
24° Brother of the Forest
25° Master of Achievement
26° Friend and Brother Eternal[4]
27° Knight of Jerusalem
28° Knight of the Sun, or Prince Adept
29° Knight of St. Andrew
30° Grand Inspector
31° Knight Aspirant
32° Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret
33° Inspector General
Berdasarkan tingkatan yang berbeda di setiap Dewan Agung Ritus Skotlandia di seluruh negara yang berbeda, setiap anggota Freemason bekerja di sebuah kelompok sesuai dengan tingkatannya. Contohnya di yurisdiksi Selatan, Dewan Agung Amerika Serikat :
4° through 14°: Loji Penyempurnaan
15° through 18°: Bagian Rose Croix
19° through 30°: Dewan Kadosh
31° through 32°: Konsistori
#Kredo Ritus Skotlandia
Inilah kredo Ritus Skotlandia yang diciptakan di Dewan Agung, SJ, 33°, Amerika Serikat :
Human progress is our cause,
liberty of thought our supreme wish,
freedom of conscience our mission,
and the guarantee of equal rights
to all people everywhere our ultimate goal.
diartikan dalam bahasa Indonesia sebagai berikut :
Kepentingan manusia adalah sebab kami,
kebebasan berpikir adalah harapan kami,
kemerdekaan penyadaran adalah misi kami,
dan jaminan bagi hak yang sama,
bagi seluruh orang adalah tujuan utama kami.
#ritus york
The term York Rite is a term most often used in the United States of America to refer to a collection of Masonic degrees that, in most other countries, are conferred separately. As such, it constitutes one of the two main branches of Masonic Appendant Bodies in United States Freemasonry, which a Master Mason may join to further his knowledge of Freemasonry. Its name is derived from the city of York, where, according to a Masonic legend, the first meetings of Masons in England took place, although only the lectures of the York Rite College make reference to that legend.
The divisions within the York Rite and the requirements for membership differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but the essentials are the same. In all the workings, the one requirement is that all applicants be in possession of the degree of Master Mason (the third degree of Freemasonry).
The York Rite is not found as a single system in the majority of countries outside the United States, nor are any of the separate degrees subject to the local Grand Lodge jurisdiction. Each sovereign and distinct rite or “Order” elsewhere has some differences in ritual details to the York Rite system. However, provided that the Grand Lodge in question regards the parent “Craft” jurisdiction as regular, each distinct Order has recognised fraternal inter-relations with the respective Rite within the York system.
The York Rite in the United States is actually a grouping of separate Rites joined in order, namely the Capitular Rite, or Royal Arch Masons (General Grand Chapter – Royal Arch Masons International), the Cryptic Rite, or Cryptic Masons (General Grand Council – Cryptic Masons International) and the Chivalric Orders, or Knights Templar (Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America).
sumber : http://www.kaskus.us/showthread.php?t=4546406
Baca selengkapnya gan...
