MASONIC RITUAL
The Ritual – Reading Printed Text
MASONIC RITUAL EXPLAINED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CUSTODIANS OF THE WORK
What parts of the Ritual can be read from a printed text?
Only the Prayers and Scripture Lessons, the Opening and Closing Charges, the Masonic Doxology and Pleyel’s Hymn, the Narrator’s part and Roll Call in the Drama of the Hiramic Legend, the Ceremony of Installation, the Memorial Service and the Committal Service may be delivered with the aid of printed texts. All other parts of the Ritual are to be delivered from memory.
Response provided by RW Samuel Lloyd Kinsey
Chairman, Custodians of the Work, Grand Lodge of New York
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