• These three degrees form Craft (or Blue Lodge) Freemasonry, and members of any of these degrees are known as Freemasons or Masons.
  • Фримасоны - английское значение термина масоны - freemason - то есть, вольный каменщик.
  • Freemasons are a social and philanthropic organization meant to make its members lead more virtuous and socially oriented lives.”
  • Масо́нство — движение, появившееся в виде тайного общества, которое берёт своё начало из малоизвестных истоков в конце XVI — начале XVII века.
  • Freemasons are often misunderstood as cult members or religious zealots, but they are actually part of the world's largest fraternal organization.
  • Book of Constitutions The Book of Constitutions is the rule book of the United Grand Lodge of England that regulates all Lodges and Freemasons.
  • Freemasons themselves, over the centuries, have developed a mythologized history for their society, tracing their lineage back to King Solomon.
  • The Freemasons are a fraternal secular organization said to have evolved out of the guilds of stonemasons during the Middle Ages.
  • Every Freemason begins his journey in the Craft in a lodge, where he receives the first three Degrees in Masonry.