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Continental Freemasonry, otherwise known as Liberal Freemasonry,[1] Latin Freemasonry,[2][3] and Adogmatic Freemasonry,[4] includes the Masonic lodges, primarily on the European continent, that recognize the Grand Orient de France (GOdF) or belong to CLIPSAS, SIMPA, CIMAS, COMAM, CATENA, GLUA, or any of various other international organizations of Liberal, i.e., Continental Freemasonry. The larger number of Freemasons, most of whom live in the United States–where Regular Freemasonry holds a virtual monopoly–belong to Masonic lodges that recognize the United Grand Lodge of England and do not recognize Continental Freemasons, regarding them as "irregular".[5][6]
- ^ "History: Its Ideas". Grand Orient de France. Archived from the original on 15 November 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
This new concept of Freemasonry - of Absolute Freedom of Conscience which was born on the "Convent" (Annual General Meeting) of 1877 and whose gave birth to a new form of practise in Freemasonry which is called Liberal Freemasonry.
- ^ Johnston, Charles (24 February 1918). "Caillaux's Secret Power Through French Masonry" (PDF). The New York Times Magazine. p. 71. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
So far does this militant atheism of 'Latin Freemasonry' in France go,…
- ^ Glazier, Michael; Hellwig, Monika K., eds. (2004). The modern Catholic encyclopedia (Revised and expanded ed.). Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press. p. 330. ISBN 9780814652190. OCLC 56421949.
Nevertheless, the Vatican, with its long experience of Latin Freemasonry, has not altered its opposition to and disapproval of all brands of Freemasonry
- ^ "Introduction". Belgian Freemasonry. Archived from the original on 31 July 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
…which are convinced that the social, moral and intellectual liberation of men and women will be the result of an unending struggle against dogmatic limitations, sectarian forces and ideologies that violate adogmatic freemasonry;…
- ^ Hodapp, Christopher (5 September 2009). "Grand Orient of France Votes Against Women Members". Freemasons For Dummies. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ Hodapp, Christopher (18 January 2011). "More Squabbles in the Irregular World". Freemasons For Dummies. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2022.