'Masonic Monday' Question and Answer Links

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#101 - Q - # 101 - A - 4/28/08 - What is a Rite?
#100 - Q - # 100 - A - 4/21/08 - What is a hecatomb?
# 99 - Q - # 99 - A - 4/14/08 - What is the precedent for annual sessions of Grand Lodges?
# 98 - Q - # 98 - A - 4/8/08 - Masonically, what are Fool, Libertine, Dotage, and Profane?
# 97 - Q - # 97 - A - 4/1/08 - Why does parliamentary law not apply in a Masonic Lodge?
# 96 - Q - # 96 - A - 3/24/08 - What does the candidate's condition, when first admitteed, signify?
# 95 - Q - # 95 - A - 3/17/08 - Of what is the virgin weeping emblamatic?
# 94 - Q - # 94 - A - 3/10/08 - In Minnesota a Lodge can have a Benevolence Fund that could be used for charitable purposes, but should it, and if it does, would that mean the members of the Lodge, if they wished, could just have the Lodge provide aid or relief on their behalf – in other words have the lodge just take care of this for them so they won’t need to do it themselves?
# 93 - Q - # 93 - A - 3/03/08 - Who was Brother Joseph Balsamo?
# 92 - Q - # 92 - A - 2/25/08 - Who may attend the Grand Lodge Communication upon proper registration?
# 91 - Q - # 91 - A - 2/18/08 - When was the use of gloves by Masons confirmed by documentary evidence?
# 90 - Q - # 90 - A - 2/11/08 - What is the Grand Lodge of Wigan?
# 89 - Q - # 89 - A - 2/4/08 - What is the name and location of the 1st Scottish Rite body in Prince Hall Freemasonry? And who was the first Prince Hall Freemason to receive the 33°?
# 88 - Q - # 88 - A - 1/28/08 - There are three Forms that a Lodge and/or a Grand Lodge can be opened in: What are the three forms? That’s the first part of the question; the second part is how do each of these forms come about in the opening or closing ceremonies?
# 87 - Q - # 87 - A - 1/21/08 - What symbols jhas Masonry borrowed from Pythagoras?
# 86 - Q - # 86 - A - 1/14/08 - What is the jurisdiction of a Masonic Lodge?
# 85 - Q - # 85 - A - 1/7/08 - What are the ancient Installation charges?
# 84 - Q - # 84 - A - 12/31/07 - How did the title "Free and Accepted Masons" originate?
# 83 - Q - # 83 - A - 12/24/07 - What is the Masonic calendar?
# 82 - Q - # 82 - A - 12/17/07 - Music is recommended to the attention of Freemasons; why?
# 81 - Q - # 81 - A - 12/10/07 - Why are "Worshipful Masters" called "Worshipful"?
# 80 - Q - # 80 - A - 12/3/07 - What was the office of Grand Tyler called at the Grand
Lodge Communication of 1738?
# 79 - Q - # 79 - A - 11/26/07 - Why is the Great Light of Masonry the Holy Bible and not some other volume of
sacred law?
# 78 - Q - # 78 - A - 11/19/07 - Is Freemasonry the one surviving midieval craft esotery?
# 77 - Q - # 77 - A - 11/12/07 - What is the lost word in Freemasonry?
# 76 - Q - # 76 - A - 11/5/07 - When and where can the first documented evidence using the word ‘Lodge’ as meaning a certain number of Masons be found?
# 75 - Q - # 75 - A - 10/15/07 - Why are discussions of politics and religion forbidden in Masonic Lodges, and are there any other discussions forbidden in Lodges?
# 74 - Q - # 74 - A - 10/22/07 - Why Tylers? Not why do we have Tylers, who guard the door to the Lodge, but why were Tylers chosen as our outer guards, and why were they given the name ‘Tyler’ for their office?
# 73 - Q - # 73 - A - 10/15/07 - From the Fellowcraft Degree, What is meant by "Forty and Two Thousand?"
# 72 - Q - # 72 - A - 10/8/07 - Where did the question "Will you be off or from?" come from? Is it a test phrase?
# 71 - Q - # 71 - A - 10/1/07 - Must all three chairs be occupied throughout the Craft's ceremonies?
# 70 - Q - # 70 - A - 9/24/07 - Which is correct, compass or compasses, and why?
# 69 - Q - # 69 - A - 9/17/07 - Is there a secret religion in Masonry?
# 68 - Q - # 68 - A - 9/10/07 - What is the symbolism of meeting on the level?
# 67 - Q - # 67 - A - 9/3/07 - Preston - How blows a Mason's wind?

# 66 - Q - # 66 - A - 8/20/07 What was the name of the two men of the same name, one a Governor, one a U.S. Sentator; one a Mason, one not a Mason?
# 63 - Q - # 63 - A - 7/30/07 - When was the First Grand Chaplain Appoined by any Grand Lodge?
# 62 - Q - # 62 - A - 7/23/07 - When Should The Lodge Election be Held?
# 60 - Q - # 60 - A - 7/2/07 - What is the Arch Enemy of Freemasonry?
# 59 - Q - # 59 - A - 7/2/07 - What is the Symbolism of the Fourth Point of Fellowship?
# 58 - Q - # 58 - A - 6/25/07 - Deny a Member Admission to his own Lodge?
# 57 - Q - # 57 - A - 6/18/07 - What 1874 Grand Master Resigned his Office
# 56 - Q - # 56 - A - 6/11/07 - Of What is the Substitute Word a Symbol
# 55 - Q - # 55 - A - 6/4/07 - Why is the Third Degree Called Sublime
# 54 - Q - # 54 - A - 5/28/07 - Of what is salt the emblem
# 53 - Q - # 53 - A - 5/21/07 Can Masonic Charges be Founded on Acts of Treason?
# 52 - Q - # 52 - A - 5/14/07 - Masonic Procession Regalia
# 51 - Q - # 51 - A - 5/7/07 - Laird of Rosslyn
# 50 - Q - - - 4/23/07
# 49 - Q - # 49 - A - 4/16/07
# 48 - Q - # 48 - A - 4/9/07
# 47 - Q - # 46 - A - 3/26/07
# 45 - Q - # 45 - A - 3/19/07
# 44 - Q - # 44 - A - 3/19/07 - Who Was Hiram Abiff
# 43 - Q - # 43 - A - 3/15/07 - Three Great Lights
# 42 - Q - # 42 - A - 2/26/07 - Masonry in the Great Lights
# 41 - Q - # 41 - A - 2/19/07 - Lodge Communication
# 40 - Q - # 40 - A - 2/12/07 - Brother George Washington
# 39 - Q - # 39 - A - 2/5/07 - What is a Moon Lodge
# 38 - Q - # 38 - A - 1/29/07 - Duty
# 37 - Q - # 37 - A - 1/22/07 - Jacob's Ladder
# 36 - Q - # 36 - A - 1/15/07 - What's the Distinction
# 35 - Q - # 35 - A - 1/15/07 - Lawful Information
# 34 - Q - # 34 - A - 12/30/06 - Ahiman Rezon
# 33 - Q - # 33 - A - 12/23/06 - Another English Grand Lodge
# 32 - Q - # 32 - A - 12/22/06 - Speculative or Symbolic Lodge
# 31 - Q - # 31 - A - 12/10/06 - Ecclesiastes: Chapter 12
# 30 - Q - # 30 - A - 12/2/06 - Volume of Sacred Law
# 29 - Q - # 29 - A - 11/26/06 - What is a Lodge
# 28 - Q - # 28 - A - 11/19/06 - Vice Presidents
# 27 - Q - # 27 - A - 11/12/06 - Due Form
# 26 - Q - # 26 - A - 11/6/06 - Royal Arch
# 25 - Q - # 25 - A - 10/29/06 - Benjamin Franklin
# 24 - Q - # 24 - A - 10/22/06 - The Square
# 23 - Q - # 23 - A - 10/16/06 - Sculptors
# 22 - Q - # 22 - A - 10/8/06 - Samoan
# 21 - Q - # 21 - A - 10/1/06 - Jeopardy
# 20 - Q - # 20 - A - 9/24/06 - Bro. Rob Morris
# 19 - Q - # 19 - A - 9/17/06 - Empty Chair Ceremony
# 18 - Q - # 18 - A - 9/10/06 - The Letter 'G’
# 17 - Q - # 17 - A - 9/3/06 - Past Master's Jewel
# 16 - Q - # 16 - A - 8/27/06 - Robert Burns
# 15 - Q - # 15 - A - 8/20/06 - Texas
# 14 - Q - # 14 - A - 8/6/06 - Morality
# 13 - Q - # 13 - A - 8/6/06 - York
# 12 - Q - # 12 - A - 7/31/06 - Labor
# 11 - Q - # 11 - A - 7/23/06 - Quatuor Coronatorum Antigrapha
# 10 - Q - # 10 - A - 7/17/06 - What Was Its Name
# 09 - Q - # 09 - A - 7/17/06 - The Nine Worthies
# 08 - Q - # 08 - A - 7/17/06 - Lodge Summons
# 07 - Q - # 07 - A - 7/17/06 - Masonic Opera
# 06 - Q - # 06 - A - 7/17/06 - The Length of a Cable Tow
# 05 - Q - # 05 - A - 7/17/06 - Unpleasant Lodge Incident in 1712
# 04 - Q - # 04 - A - 7/17/06 - Lodge Characteristics
# 03 - Q - # 03 - A - 6/6/06 - Birth of Speculative Masonry
# 02 - Q - # 02 - A - 5/22/06 - AlbertPike Lecture Name