RELATED MASONIC ORGANIZATIONS
GRAND
LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS
All Massachusetts
Masonic Bodies, including Boston Commandery, recognize the supremacy of the
Grand Lodge over the government of the Craft.
This is the mother Grand Lodge of the world. In 1733, The St. John's Provincial Grand Lodge, now the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, A.F. & A.M., was authorized by the Grand Lodge of England.
The Scottish Rite confers the degrees from the 4� to the 32�. The 33� (honorary) is also conferred by the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite.
GRAND
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER
The Royal Arch
Chapters confer the degrees of Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master,
and Royal Arch Mason.
GRAND
COUNCIL OF
ROYAL AND SELECT MASTER
MASONS
A Council of
Royal and Select Master Masons confers the Royal Master, Select Master, and
Super Excellent Master degree.
GRAND
COMMANDERY, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
The Grand Commandery
of Knights Templar and the Appendant Orders of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
has jurisdiction over the following Orders: Knight of the Red Cross; Knight
of Malta; and Knight Templar
