Why Exalting Into Royal Arch Is Important For Freemasons?

According to the primary declaration in the Book of Constitutions, “Only three degrees are consisted by pure ancient masonry and these are named as The Entered Apprentice, The Fellow Craft, and Master Mason that includes the supreme order of the Holy Royal Arch”. Therefore, it is generally considered that core Freemasonry involves four interdependent steps:

• Entered Apprentice
• Fellow Craft
• Master Mason
• Royal Arch Companion

What Should You Know About Royal Arch?

The qualification required for joining the Royal Arch is that a Freemason should be a Master Mason of minimum four weeks, in a Lodge that is registered in the United Grand Lodge of England. When you reached to the third degree (Master Mason degree), it will be informed to you that due to unknowingly and premature death of their Master, Hiram Abith, all the secrets belong to Master Mason have lost.

In place of that, some substituted secrets were accepted to differentiate all Master Masons until situations or time should regain the genuine one. Exaltation into the Royal Arch includes a detailed description of how those genuine secrets were recovered. Therefore, no person can’t be said a complete Mason without being exalted in the Royal Arch.

What Is Royal Arch?

Royal Arch is actually an order in Freemasonry inseparably connected with Craft Freemasonry. The first proof of a Royal Arch in a documented form came from Ireland in 1743 that indicates it was an added extra work within Craft Lodges in Ireland, England, and Scotland for many years. Later, it was regarded as the fourth degree in Freemasonry by the Antients in England.

While the moderns do not accept the Royal Arch as a degree and they want to separate Royal Arch Chapters in a complete way. These differences were fixed at the Union of the Grand Lodges in 1813 in a partial manner by making a compromise: the Royal Arch was declared as an accepted and official part of Pure and Ancient Freemasonry by the new United Grand Lodge of England.

Royal Arch Companion

In the Masonic journey that starts from Entered Apprentice to Royal Arch Companion, the Royal Arch is the final and fourth step. Under the Supreme Grand Chapter of England, companions meet in chapters. Three Principals ruled over the Chapters conjointly and three Grand Principals ruled over the Grand Chapter, along with a Pro First Grand Principal when Royal Prince is First Grand Principal. The members of your lodge who are Royal Arch Masons are identified with the help of Royal Arch Companion Apron.

How To Join The Royal Arch?

Prosper and Seconder are needed who should be members of the same Chapter you want to join similarly to other Masonic orders. If any Royal Arch Chapter is not attached to your lodge, it may have an arrangement with a local chapter. Locations and details of Chapters meeting at different days of the week and time will be provided by the representative of your Royal Arch.

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