Commercial masonry

Commercial masonry denotes the commercial abuse of Freemasonry for selfish purposes and is considered dishonorable in Freemasonry.

In Lenning's General Handbook of Freemasonry from 1900 it says: "[Just] was only the fight against those who, by misusing the ceremonies, took in non-masons to earn money and thus degraded the brotherhood."

The term “Masonic Lodge” is not protected by law. Lodges without a founding patent and without supervision by a grand lodge, on the other hand, are called angular lodges .

See also

• History of Freemasonry
• Wild lodge

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner, Dieter A. Binder : Internationales Freemaurer Lexikon . 5th edition 2006, Herbig Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7766-2478-6 , p. 342.
2. ↑ General Handbook of Freemasonry. Third edition of Lenning's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry , Association of German Freemasons, Leipzig , completely revised and brought in line with the new scientific research . Max Hesses's publishing house, 1900.