Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
The Scottish Rite Degrees

    For a candidate to be accepted to the Scottish Rite, it is a prerequsite for him to have completed the three symbolic degrees of the Blue Lodge of Freemasonry.

 

The Blue Lodge The SYMBOLIC DEGREES   As Conferred in a regularly constituted Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons 1° Entered Apprentice 2° Fellowcraft 3° Master Mason      Thus explaining the numbering of the degrees within the Scottish Rite, which starts with the fourth degree as indicated below and continues to the 33rd.

     The Scottish Rite is organized into four separate Lodges or Bodies as indicated below. In each of these bodies will be found the Instructive degrees that make up the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry itself.

CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX THE SCOTTISH RITE "HISTORICAL DEGREES" As conferred in a regularly constituted Chapter 15° Knight of the East I6° Prince of Jerusalem 17° Knight of the East & West l8° Knight of Rose Croix

COUNCIL OF KADOSH THE SCOTTISH RITE "PHILOSOPHICAL and CHIVALRIC DEGREES" As conferred in a regularly constituted Council 19° Pontiff 20° Master of Symbolic Lodge 2 l° Noachite 22° Knight Royal Axe 23° Chief of the Tabernacle 24° Prince of the Tabernacle 25° Knight of the Brazen Serpent 26° Prince of Mercy 27° Knight Commnander of the Temple 28° Knight of the Sun 29° Scottish Knight of Saint Andrew 30° Knight Kadosh

C0NSISTORY  As conferred in a regularly constituted Consistory 31° Inspector Inquisitor 32° Master of the Royal Secret

THE SCOTTISH RITE "DISTINGUISHED HONORS" Knight Commander of the Court of Honor (K.C.C.H.)        This is not a Degree but an investiture of rank and decoration of the Scottish Rite bestowed upon members deserving recognition for faithful services to the Rite. Selected Scottish Rite Masons who have held the 32° for at least four years and who have rendered signal service to Masonry may be nominated. Those chosen to receive the rank and decoration of Knight Commander of the Court of Honor have it conferred upon them in an impressive ceremony of investure inwhich they receive the designation of K:.C:.C:.H:. and may be recognized by the wearing of the red cap with a dark red band trimmed in gold. [ K, C.C.H. Honor Roll - Valley of Las Vegas ] Members of the Scottish Rite, whom attain special distinction in their own rite, are honored by receiving the Honorific 33° and the designation of: Inspectors General Honorary, 33° [ Standing Inspectors General 33° Honor Roll - Valley of Las Vegas From the ranks of the Honorary Inspectors General a select few are coranetted to be a Member of the Council of Supreme Inspectors General of the 33° (of which there are only 33 members in the entire Southern Jurisdiction of the United States)

 

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