What Is Meant by the York Rite?
What Is Meant by the York Rite? YORK RITE MASONRY is the Christian Route of Masonry following the teaching of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who said, “Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven’.” AFTER you become a Master Mason, no matter what added Masonic honor may come to you, no matter how high you may rise in the symbolic branches of the order, if you keep your vows as a Master Mason you have attained all there is, fulfilled all there is and received all there is to be received that fraternity and brotherhood, existing under a common impulse, can dispense among those who embrace the laws and edicts of a common procedure. “Masonry, after all, is but a rule for orderly righteousness.” Royal Arch Masonry: “The first step in York Rite Masonry is through the Royal Arch. This branch is known as the ‘Chapter,’ and consists of four degrees. They are Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master and the Royal Arch. They bear, perh
