The Templar Orders in Freemasonry By Arthur Edward Waite

 

The Templar Orders in Freemasonry By Arthur Edward Waite

There  is  no  historical  evidence for  the  existence of any  Templar perpetuation story prior to the Oration of Ramsay, just as there is no question that all  documents  produced  by the  French non Masonic Order of the  Temple,  founded in the  early years of the  nineteenth century,  are inventions  of that period  and  are  fraudulent like the rest of its claim, its list of Grand Masters included. There is further- as  we  have  observed no evidence  of  any  Rite  or  Degree  of Masonic  Chivalry  prior  to 1737,  to which date  is  referred  the discourse of Ramsay.