Abstract
Masonic activity takes place within lodges, and these are almost always part of an overarching Grand Lodge. There is, however, no final overarching organisation, which includes all of these Grand Lodges, no matter what conspiracy theorists may have claimed over the ages. There are two different issues involved in these decisions: regularity and recognition. This chapter examines what each of these terms imply and what the difference between the two is. Generally, the regularity was used by Grand Lodges to distinguish its own regular lodges from irregular lodges, which belonged to a rival Grand Lodge or to no Grand Lodge at all. Freemasonry is practised under many independent Grand Lodges with principles or standards similar to those set by the United Grand Lodge of England throughout its history. There seem to be no lists of criteria for regularity of organisations of 'high degrees'. Keywords: Freemasonry; Grand Lodges; overarching organisation; recognition; regularity
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