MASONIC RITUAL
Communicating the Password
MASONIC RITUAL EXPLAINED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CUSTODIANS OF THE WORK
Why do the Deacons come to the Sign of Fidelity before communicating the word/password to the Master?
Although the Deacons are acting under direction of the Senior Warden, they still need the Master’s permission to ascend his station in the East. It is therefore necessary that they pause and come to the Sign of Fidelity because they are addressing an officer of superior rank. Even though these communications between the Master and the Deacons are silent, they still occur.
Response provided by RW Samuel Lloyd Kinsey
Chairman, Custodians of the Work, Grand Lodge of New York
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