On Roman Overtures, Pt. 1

[theboynamedfred]

This series of essays owes its genesis to an excellent article written by Andrew Ford. In many ways, these posts could be considered the 'long-awaited' second post on my thoughts on the Anglicanism as a whole.

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Comments

[siquidhabent]

Being more of a non-denominational bent, I don't spend much energy getting myself involved in 'local' politics. Still, nice style and content--like the nostalgia critic, you tell it so I don't have to learn it independently. Also, I have a random question: are you a freemason?

[theboynamedfred]

'Nostalgia critic'? Do you mean after the style of Allan Bloom, or what?

I was a Freemason at one point. I still have a copy of my Masonic Bible, as well as a copy of "Morals and Dogma" on back order.

How are you? How has poetry-writing and life treated you?

[siquidhabent]

I am quite well. Still trying to tease out a few secrets of the universe--like was there flourishing human civilization a little over 10,000 years ago? I'm in DC and I'm taking a course at Georgetown on Mysticism: Islam and Christianity. Perhaps my location in DC explains my sudden curiosity in freemasons--it's really quite hard to escape their influence here

[siquidhabent]

Okay, forgot my Mason Q. So, how old does the organization claim to be? Or how old do you think it is?

[theboynamedfred]

Traditionally, it traces its origins back to the building of King Solomon's Temple. It was supposed to have survived in one form or another through the guilds of the Middle Ages until it took on its "modern" form in 1717, in England. Most likely it was a bunch of Falstaffian tavern-hoppers with a little bit of Enlightenment learning and a lot of nothing to do. ;-)

[siquidhabent]

Thanks! I suspected they put their origins back a while in history...