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Ancient Landmarks
Ancient Landmarks of Freemasonry are defined as the immemorial usages, fundamental principles, and unalterable essentials that constitute the fixed identity of the Fraternity. Any alteration that destroys one of these core constituents is considered an innovation that would cause the institution to cease being Freemasonry. The phrase itself first appeared in George Payne's Regulations of 1721.
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What are the Ancient Landmarks and who defined them?
The Ancient Landmarks are the immemorial usages and unchangeable fundamental principles that define the fixed identity of Freemasonry. The term first appeared in print in George Payne's Regulations of 1721, published in the 1723 Book of Constitutions. In early lodge practice, the Book of Constitutions itself or the ritual were sometimes referred to as the Landmarks. Jurists later defined them as universal, unrepealable fundamentals existing from time immemorial, without which the fraternity would cease to be itself.
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Ancient landmarks
Ancient landmarks are the essential, unalterable constituents that define the fixed identity of Freemasonry. According to Dean Roscoe Pound, landmarks are universal and immemorial fundamentals from which no Masonic authority may derogate. They are considered unrepealable because altering or removing any core landmark would destroy the integrity of the Craft itself.
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