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Masonic Temples Around the World

Friday, 23rd July 2010 by

Freemasonry is the world’s largest and oldest fraternity. It’s also sort of hard to define. It’s a fraternal organisation, but it’s also bound up with ideas of morals, charity, and social gatherings.1 For centuries, Masons have taken pride in constructing monuments to their brotherhood (although a common Masonic saying is “Freemasonry erects its temples in the hearts of men” or something similar). Let’s take a look at how some of…

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