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What is the Royal Ark Mariner degree?
The Royal Ark Mariner degree is an additional degree in Freemasonry centered on the Old Testament narrative of Noah, the Great Flood, and the Ark. Late eighteenth-century records describe its early members calling themselves Noachidae, or Sons of Noah, assembling in a body designated a Royal Ark Vessel under a presiding officer styled Grand Noah. Lomas notes that the degree originated among eighteenth-century operative Masons as a fraternity of mutual support intended to distinguish working Masons from non-operative speculative members.
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Provide the passages from the ahimon rezon that discuss the role of Noah in the degrees and the transition to the hiramic drama
In Laurence Dermott's Ahiman Rezon, the First of the Old Charges states that a Mason is bound by his tenure to observe the moral law as a "true Noachida". It charges Masons to adhere to the general religion in which all men agree, requiring only that they hold to the "three great articles of Noah" sufficient to preserve the cement of the lodge.
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What are the main topics that caracterize the royal ark mariner degree
The Royal Ark Mariner degree is fundamentally based on the biblical account of Noah's Ark, the Deluge, and the Dove. Its central symbolism is drawn from nautical and scriptural imagery, prominently featuring emblems such as the sea, rain, the ark, the dove with an olive branch, and the rainbow. Within its symbolic framework, the rainbow serves as a sign of divine covenant, while the ark represents a sanctuary of refuge, giving the degree an underlying focus on the concept of creation. Members traditionally referred to themselves as Noachidae, or Sons of Noah.
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