What is Modern Free-Masonry?
Modern Freemasonry is sometimes referred to as Grand Orient, Continental, Cosmopolitan, or Liberal Freemasonry, though these terms do not all have equivalent definitions. Modern Freemasonry is derived from the original Grand Lodge of England (1717). It became known as “Modern” when a schism developed and a rival group known as the “Antients” was formed. The Antients referred to the original Grand Lodge as “Modern”. Modern Freemasonry, as it left England and spread throughout Europe, preserved and maintained the original Masonic principles and worldviews centered around natural philosophy, the Enlightenment, secularism, and the progressive (if not revolutionary) political and sociological philosophies that attracted men such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Voltaire, Mozart, and the Marquis de Lafayette. To this day, Modern Freemasonry continues to focus its efforts around principles and values such as the arts & sciences, higher education, separation of church and state, freedo
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