Rite of Perfection

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The Rite of Perfection is an 18th-century Masonic system of high degrees that formed a foundational basis for what later developed into the Scottish Rite.

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Rite of Perfection canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Masonic degree system
Masonic rite
codifiedBy Francken Manuscripts
developedInCentury 18th century
developedInDecade 1750s
extendsFrom Craft Masonry
linked to: Operative masonry
extendsTo 25th degree
hasAlternativeName Order of the Royal Secret
Rite of Perfection of Heredom
hasCountryOfOrigin France
hasDegree Chief of the Tabernacle (23°)
Elect of Fifteen (10°)
Elect of Nine (9°)
Grand Master Architect (12°)
linked to: Grand Master

Grand Master of the Symbolic Lodge (20°)
Grand Pontiff (19°)
Intendant of the Building (8°)
Intimate Secretary (6°)
Knight Rose Croix (18°)
Knight Royal Axe (22°)
Knight of the East (15°)
Knight of the East and West (17°)
Noachite or Prussian Knight (21°)
Perfect Elu (14° in some versions)
Perfect Master (5°)
Prince of Jerusalem (16°)
Prince of the Royal Secret (25°)
Prince of the Tabernacle (24°)
Provost and Judge (7°)
Royal Arch (13° in some versions)
Secret Master (4°)
Sublime Knight Elect (11°)
hasDegreeRange 4° to 25°
hasHighestDegreeTitle Prince of the Royal Secret
hasKeyFigure Frederick II of Prussia (traditional attribution)
Henry Andrew Francken
Étienne Morin
hasLanguage French
hasNumberOfDegrees 25
hasTheme Christian mysticism
Old Testament narratives
Temple of Solomon
linked to: Solomon's Temple

chivalric symbolism
influenced Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
linked to: Scottish Rite
isFoundationOf Scottish Rite
isPartOf high degrees of Freemasonry
precededBy Craft Freemasonry
religiousTradition Freemasonry
linked to: Freemasons
spreadTo Caribbean
North America
succeededBy 33-degree Scottish Rite systems

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Scottish Rite degrees originatedFrom Rite of Perfection