Grand Orient de France

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The Grand Orient de France (GOdF) was founded in 1773 as one of the oldest Masonic grand lodges in Europe. She describes herself as a liberal and adogmatic obedience . The grand lodge is in the tradition of the Enlightenment and has its seat in Paris.

This umbrella group comprises around 1200 working Masonic lodges with a total of over 47,000 members. Most of them work on the "Rite Français" ("French Rite "), then the "Rite Écossais Rectifié" ("Rectified Scottish Rite", a Christian teaching method) and the "Accepté Rite de Salomon" ("Recognized Rite of Solomon").

At the convention in 1877, the Grand Orient no longer mentioned the term “ Almighty Master Builder of All Worlds ” because of the motion of the Protestant clergyman Frédéric Desmons : “Freemasonry has unconditional freedom of conscience and human solidarity as its principles . It does not exclude anyone for the sake of their faith. ”When the GOdF also replaced the“ Book of the Holy Law ”with a“ white book ”, a final split occurred: The United Grand Lodge of England officially ended its relations with the GOdF in 1913 and recognized it her regularity . While the Grand Lodge of England, according to its Basic Principles of 1929, demands a theistic and since 1989 a deistic conception of God from its members, the GOdF differs in the following points:

  • his adherence to the laïcité
  • its republican and social values
  • has been accepting men and women alike since 2010
  • recognizes mixed-sex grand lodges consisting of male or female members only
  • As such, the GOdF is involved in liberal political activities , a worldwide peculiarity that increases its popularity with the liberal parties in France.

Freemasonry is not a religion and is open to all denominations. The GOdF does not take an atheist position on religion, but rather a secular-neutral position while at the same time dealing with ethical and moral values.

The so-called Liberal Freemasonry is internationally active. There are several lodges in Germany that work according to the liberal constitution of the GOdF.

The building of the same name is located at 16 rue Cadet in Paris: a museum of the GOdF on the subject of Freemasonry .

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