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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Statements (51)

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 ⓘ