The history of freemasonry : its legends and traditions, its chronological history (1906)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, Hughan, William James, 1841-1911, Singleton, William Reynolds, 1819-1901. History of the symbolism of freemasonry, the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite and the Royal Order of Scotland · New York : Masonic History Co. · leaf 66
for it was substituted a NationalGrand Lodge, which was to constitute an integral part of a newpower which should administer the affairs of the Order under thetitle of the Grand Orient of France. The progress of this body, its controversies with the old GrandLodge, whose members would not consent… … CHAPTER XLV ORIGIN OF THE GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE HE truth of history compels us to acknowledgethe fact that the Grand Orient, now and for acentury past the supreme Masonic authority inFrance, was, in its inception, a schismatic body.Those principles of law, then recognized, as theystill are, as…
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