Purpose
The purpose of this page is to deal with “STORLOGEN AF GAMLE, FRIE OG ANTAGNE MURERE AF DANMARK “ (in English “The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Denmark’s” ) and how we look at the topic “Freemasonry and Religion”, more thoroughly than on the previous page “What is Freemasonry”.
Basic Statement
Freemasonry is not a religion, nor is it a substitute for religion. Freemasonry demands of its members a belief in a Supreme Being, but does not provide a system of faith of its own.
The Supreme Being
The names Freemasonry uses for the Supreme Being, enable men of different faiths to join in prayer to God, as each sees Him, without being expressed in the ritual, the prayer causes dissention among them.
There is no particular or special Masonic God. A Freemason’s God is and remains the God of his personal faith.
Freemasons meet in common respect for the Supreme Being, because He remains the Supreme Being in their individual religion. It is not a Masonic task to try to unite religions. For that reason there is no particular united or composited Masonic God.
Volume of the Sacred Law
The Bible, or the Volume of the Sacred Law as Freemasons name it, is always present and opened at every Masonic meeting.
Freemasonry compared with Religion
Freemasonry lacks the basic elements of a religion:
- It has no theological doctrine, and by forbidding religious discussions at
meetings, no Masonic theological doctrine is allowed to develop.
- It does not offer the sacraments.
