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Quali sono le origini del Rito Scozzese?
The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite developed from the Rite of Perfection, a twenty-five degree system created by the Council of Emperors of the East and West, which was organized at Paris in 1758. Despite the name, the system did not originate in Scotland. Arthur Edward Waite notes that while some have suggested the Rite derived from the Chapter of Clermont, no supporting evidence exists for this link.
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What is the historical context of the number 33 in Masonic rituals?
Prior to 1801, the system of advanced continental degrees brought to America by Stephen Morin was the Rite of Perfection, which comprised twenty-five degrees. The expansion into a thirty-three degree system occurred with the establishment of the first Supreme Council at Charleston, South Carolina, on May 31, 1801. To construct this hierarchy, eight existing continental degrees were appended to the original twenty-five, establishing the Thirty-third Degree as the summit and governing authority of the Rite.
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