For decades, this find fault with has bedeviled the African-American Masonic community, as bewilderment and falling-out has raged in the course of Prince Elegance Connected (PHA), in contradiction of Prince Elegance Support (PHO) striking lodges. Further tossed hip the mix are rather hundreds of African American striking lodges that possess sprung up individually across the US. The Phylaxis Tradition, a legwork group marked in spirit to the Philalethes Tradition and the Masonic Tradition, but largely PHA-oriented, has desire derided doesn't matter what but PHA striking lodges as spurious, or to use the Phylaxis classification, "sham." Hundreds of these understand dissimilar and stealthy striking lodges consist of one or two lodges and are indisputably money making or ego stroking ventures, understand unconnected with even a vague connection to allowed Freemasonry.
But the PHO lodges in fussy recent a swamp within African American Freemasonry, having the status of they, elation PHA striking lodges, descended from Prince Hall's African Catch in Boston. The honor is that PHO lodges dash popular a midstream check within the Prince Elegance lodges with a home-grown striking organization. Referred to as the "Position Merge," a group of Prince Elegance lodges assembled what they hoped would become a home-grown governing assume on June 24th, 1847. Not all states amalgamated in the Merge, and schisms began to act. In 1863, here was a important complain by a great group of striking lodges who wished to return to the detail striking organization route. PHO (Position Merge) striking lodges set occur, but the PHA striking lodges possess under enemy control African American Freemasonry, and are the striking lodges that possess been attributed by their characteristic counterparts. The history of this is explored in Out of the Shadows: The Emergence of Prince Elegance Freemasonry in America, 200 Verve of Reliability, by Alton G. Roundtree and Paul M. Bessel. The book encouraged up new controversies at whatever time it was open.
On Tuesday, June 23, 2009, RW Ezekiel M. Bey of Cornerstone Catch # 37 and WM Thomas C. Brooks, Jr. of Adelphic Flowing together Catch #14 request argument the find fault with, "Want Prince Elegance Comfy Lodges "whitehead" African-American non-Prince Elegance bodies?" WM Brooks request take for, in the same way as RW Bey argues vs. the find fault with. This argument request be free of charge and open to the public.
Location: Prince Elegance Harmonize - 454 West 155th Street - 3rd Substructure, New York Municipal, begins at 7:30pm
For supercilious information relationships JW Jonathan Shim at (914) 564-9858, or email Adelphic Flowing together Catch # 14 at AUL14@ymail.com
