A brief inquiry into the origins and principles of free masonry. 1820 [Hardcover]

by Simon Greenleaf

Excerpt from A Brief Inquiry Into the Origin and Principles of Free MasonryBut Mr. Lawrie was not the first who rejected the opinion that Masonry was founded by a fraternity of architects; The Spirit {of Masonry, several years before this, had been published with the approbation of the Grand Lodge' of England, under the aus-i pioes of Lord petrie, Grand Master, by Mr. Hutchinson, Mas ter of the Barnardcastle Lodge of Concord. In this book, which.

123 pages, Hardcover

About the author

Greenleaf is an important figure in the development of that Christian school of thought known as legal or juridical apologetics. His principal work of legal scholarship is A Treatise on the Law of Evidence (3 vols., 1842–1853).