Evansville Lodge of Perfection

"Thrice Potent Master" 2008 and 2009

Jerry L. Minto
l.minto@sbcglobal.net  
812-897-4767

Lodge of Perfect Degrees 4th thru 14th

4th Degree:  (Secret Master)  The Fourth Degree emphasizes duty, fidelity, integrity and the necessity for secrecy in all confidnetial relationships.

5th Degree:  (Perfect Master)  This degree teaches that selfish thoughts and unworthy ambitions will corrupt and destroy a man.

6th Degree:  (Intimate Secretary)  This degree teaches that there are desert stretches in every individual life and in the history of every nation, which results in a breakdown of discipline and loss of faith.  This degree is a clarion call to faith:  faith in ourselves, faith in each other and faith in God.

7th Degree:  (Provost & Judge)  This degree teaches us to righteously judge, and that one law and one custom shall apply to all.  Let justice be impartial, tempered with mercy.

8th Degree:  (Intendant of the Building)  This degree teaches that each new honor is meant to be a step toward perfection in our moral code.  Each honor earned demands attention to a particular duty.

9th Degree:  (Master Elect of Nine)  This degree teaches that a mutual belief in a Supreme Power should bind all men together in a world-wide brotherhood.

10th Degree:  (Master Elect of Fifteen)  This degree teaches that a violator of his obligations and commitments will not go unpunished and, further, that excuses, rationalizations and other evidences of a lack of repentance will very likely increase the severity of the penalties.

11th Degree:  (Sublime Master Elected)  This degree dwells on good citizenship.  Evildoings should be punished.  Honesty and respect for others should be rewarded.  Be earnest, honest and sincere.

12th Degree:  (Grand Master Architect)  This degree teaches the quality of mercy;  that it is a spirit of compassion and a tenderness of heart which disposes us to overlook injuries and to treat an offender better than he deserves.

13th Degree:  (Master of the Ninth Arch)  This degree teaches that difficulties and dangers, however great, should not deter the true and faithful brother from progressing onward to perfection.  It teaches the great truth that the finest things in life come only as the result of constant and often painful effort.

14th Degree:  (Grand Elect Mason)  In the Scottish Rite, this degree is the summit of Ancient Craft Masonry.  As the crowning degree of the Lodge of Perfection, its essence is the holiness of God and reverence for His Holy Name.  God will not hold him guiltless who takes His Name in vain.