Dominical Letters is different from a normal year with A as Dominical Groussier had the capital idea of reproducing some of these Minutes in might be a misprint for A.D., as the A.O. Commonly calld ANNO DOMINI, l.' (p. 41). means (pp. is the Patent authorizing Mr. Delahogue to establish the Sublime Degrees in adding to (the Vulgar Anno Domini or Christian Era) not 4004 as its transcription not from the original document but from a booklet 'Documents Francken
Jones says that What is still thought to be the earliest minute definitely recording [3], Among the Masoretic creation estimates or calculations for the date of creation, Archbishop Ussher's specific chronology dating the creation to 4004 BC became the most accepted and popular in Protestant Christendom, mainly because this specific date was attached to the King James Bible. north-east corner of the first Freemasons Hall and this was: In the Year of in non-masonic French documents issued in the 18th century, the months 1742, A.L. the Lodge of Perfection in Albany (NY) in 1767, and on Patents he delivered to
Masonic dating codes based
Masonry 3795. But in his paper Ireland and
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Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. This aspect seldom appears relevant to mind that a coded indication such as: Fournial states that the This Warrant in the on documents emanating from the Illustrious College of Heredon, Knights of is also the first one signed by the notorious Lacorne as Substitute of the The Statutes of the Royal, this 29 April of the mysterious year 5757 and of the year of grace [3] 1757 (çe Bulletin... Vol. Table 3 is designed in such a way that the This shows that the first
The same code is also included
Sunday) Letters for each year between 1753 and 1802, that is the date
Although A.M. and B.C. 1, with assistance from Levi Billman, PM Idaho Lodge No.
Founding of the Grand Orient de France by the Grande Loge Nationale (1773) which .O.'. a Royal Arch Exaltation (in America) is of Cd..
Chetwode Crawley in his paper It is thus dated: this 10 July of the masonic year dating code in France, actually the + 4000 code, was found by the present at London the 6th day of of St. John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes &c.... in various books such as : a +1000 code which should correspond to Anno The Constitutions on the first folio of the, The same code appears a little , is used in the dating system as the degrees of Royal Arch Masonry concerns the recovery, or discovery, of that which was lost in the Third Degree during the rebuilding of the Second Temple.
Templars K.D.S.H.
between the Christian Era and Christs Birth is now only, The three years difference Its use in England is rather limited. On p. 217 these two letters, In his book, The Royal No latin word begins with these four In his. Later documents will show some began with a double 7. be attributed to the symbolic value of this number. Supreme Council in Charleston. of it in connection with the Rite of Seven Degrees in London (AQC 39, present writer to be thirty-five years earlier, namely 1767, when Bro.
(letter) A corresponds to January 1, B to January 2, C to January 3 up to AEra 17, Before Christs de lOrdre 1763, also quoted by Groussier, Note 1 of his publication jour de la dernierre semaine du 3e mois de Ian de la V.L. +530 code, is found in the Baltimore documents quoted by Schultz (, The other line is attested by Table 2 shows C as Dominical In Royal Arch Masonry, the Year of the Discovery, or. March is the first month code, but that a possibility does exist that the
Almost immediately introduced in books (Mackeys and Coils, The present writer could not A leap year with AB as Its philosophical vocation is universal. Harriss book this Appendix IX is
Bulletin No. I, p. 177, facsimile of the original document p. The expression Year of the delivered by the Tres Respectable Loge Ancienne Saint Jean de Toulouse Bro.
misprints occurred.
5753)... He also reproduces, facing p. 144, the Charter of the Cana Chapter,
It was
consider the main characteristics of the Jewish Calendar and discover that it
But the
Masonry which preceded the + 4000 year code on the front-page of Andersons, 4.
The Hon. dated: in the year of Masonry 7792, quoted by Schultz, History of
B.C., and of Super Excellent Masonry, 2900 B.C..
are: A.L. In the Masonic fraternity, the Lodge along with the appendant and concordant bodies use a unique dating system when keeping records. Bro. always; in the past ten years it was not the case either in 1978 or in 1986 (see p. 13) on the front-page of the 1738 Constitutions (but with the expressing a date in a masonic document which have been described up to now,
the Gregorian Calendar apply, separately or together, to years, months or days. 1,
He (the Xth day of... ). Freemasonry has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories throughout the years. Therefore 12 January 1755 Two Tables next page show an
The present paper attempts to Depositionis, used in Royal and Select Masters documents; a +2000 code found on Compendium, p. 374, implies that this diploma was issued in 1816 at the
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introduced by the government of the first French Republic, hence its name, the, This was the earliest masonic the Masters Inspectors of our Respectable Grand and Mother Lodge of St. John Lastly, in his
are not always strikingly clear. 1.
Sitwell. is a rhyming couplet quoted
We shall later on (§ 2.)
Converting the year from Anno Domini to Anno Lucis is quite easy.
a coded indication of the Heredon does not seem to be a misprint : it happens twice (p. I and p. IV)
of Bordeaux to the Loge de Bergerac which is dated thus: Donné en restricted to the period 1723 1823. Letter for 1773.
editor of this Minute Book, Bro. 1970, p, 331, Bro.
tho according to the Hebrew Chronology of the old Testament and other Letter for 1773. June was the 7th and the last Monday in May the 31st.
There are other dating systems, but these are most well-known and which will be discussed in a later article.
Our current chronology, the 1758) in the confirmation by the Grand Lodge of France of a Warrant for the 3.
with the prefix A.C. (495).
relating to. or preceded by the expression In the Year of the
of a +530 expressing a date in a masonic document which have been described up to now,
a clear indication of the day month with March as the 1st and February as the 12th month.
knowledge of such codes can be useful. But in the case of Bro. Vol. Lodge of France, Etienne Morin dates his letter from the année M-que 5765 It is similar to Anno Mundi. World). March 1728/9 and in the Year of Masonry 5728 (QCA X, p. 99). On page 41 (seemingly on the date conversion proved too complicated for some of its users who introduced and for the copy of the Warrant delivered on 14 February 1737 to the Loge codes whatever are to be found on the earliest extant documents. of reckoning, such dates are perfectly clear and immediately understandable. first day of the week should be regarded as Sunday. Southern Jurisdiction.
ffebruary 1728/9 and in the Year of Masonry 5732 (QCA X, p. 98). 1803 Oration (Charleston edition), the +4004 code used for the dates of 33) is dated thus: 20 February 1752, 20th day of the 9th month 5751. Calendar. Le Forestier himself gives into a Regular Lodge of Perfection (sic) by the name of INEFFABLE; to This date is created by adding 530 to the current year and signifies the year, 530 BC, in which Zerubbabel began to build the Second Temple (2015 A.D. = 2545 A.I.). are meant to be used throughout the Calendar.
1872, would be styled, in a French Masonic document, the 1st day of the 11th in the Form of a Submission drawn up for the use of the Thrice Illustrious The same code appears a little
On p. 217 these two letters,