{"id":212,"date":"2026-02-05T17:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.sowhenitbe.com\/template-blue-lodge\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2026-02-05T18:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T18:54:31","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.sowhenitbe.com\/template-blue-lodge\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- FAQ PAGE v4 (full page, searchable, expandable)\nChanges made:\n- Removed the two intro boxes (Local lodge questions + Pennsylvania Masonry FAQs).\n- Local section is now \"Lodge FAQ\" using ONLY Lodge tokens.\n- PA Masonry section includes ALL answers you provided, rewritten ELI5 with a little extra context.\n- Internal links are pinned to the template path so they do NOT jump to the parent site.\nPaste into: WordPress editor -> Code editor (replace ALL page content)\n-->\n\n\n<style>\n  :root{\n    --mvb-btn-bg:#12233E;\n    --mvb-btn-bg-hover:#163158;\n    --mvb-btn-text:#ffffff;\n    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Try a different search.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- PA MASONRY FAQ (ELI5) -->\n  <section>\n    <div class=\"mv-wrap\">\n      <div class=\"mv-sectionHead\">\n        <h2 style=\"margin:0\">Pennsylvania Freemasonry FAQ<\/h2>\n        <div class=\"mv-note\">\n          Official reference:\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/pagrandlodge.org\/masonic-frequently-asked-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pagrandlodge.org<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"mv-card\">\n\n        <details class=\"mv-item mvFaqItem\" data-group=\"pa\" data-tags=\"what is freemasonry brotherhood better men charity truth\">\n          <summary>What is Freemasonry?<\/summary>\n          <div class=\"mv-body\">\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              Freemasonry is a brotherhood of men who share one goal: helping each other become better men.\n              It is one of the oldest and most well known fraternities in the world.\n            <\/p>\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              Men from many backgrounds come together as equals and try to live three simple virtues in everyday life:\n              brotherly love (treat people well), charity (help others), and truth (be honest and do the right thing) \u2705.\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/details>\n\n        <details class=\"mv-item mvFaqItem\" data-group=\"pa\" data-tags=\"qualifications membership requirements who can join age supreme being character profit\">\n          <summary>What are the qualifications for membership?<\/summary>\n          <div class=\"mv-body\">\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              In Pennsylvania, to qualify for membership, a petitioner must be male, at least 18 years of age,\n              and believe in the existence of a Supreme Being.\n            <\/p>\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              He should be of good moral character and motivated to join for the right reasons.\n              Freemasonry is not for personal gain or profit. It is for growth, learning, and being part of long standing traditions \ud83e\udd1d.\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/details>\n\n        <details class=\"mv-item mvFaqItem\" data-group=\"pa\" data-tags=\"religion is it a religion worship faith church\">\n          <summary>Is Freemasonry a religion?<\/summary>\n          <div class=\"mv-body\">\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              No. Freemasonry requires belief in a Supreme Being and encourages men to practice their own personal faith,\n              but the fraternity is not a religion and it is not a place to worship.\n            <\/p>\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              A helpful way to think about it: religion is where you worship and follow a specific doctrine.\n              Freemasonry is where men of different monotheistic faiths can meet peacefully and focus on shared values like respect and integrity.\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/details>\n\n        <details class=\"mv-item mvFaqItem\" data-group=\"pa\" data-tags=\"bible sacred law obligated torah quran koran\">\n          <summary>Must all Masons be obligated on the Bible?<\/summary>\n          <div class=\"mv-body\">\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              A primary requirement of a Freemason is belief in a Supreme Being, whether He be called God, Allah, Jehovah,\n              or another name used by one\u2019s faith.\n            <\/p>\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              Therefore, a candidate should be obligated on a book he considers a Volume of the Sacred Law of his beliefs,\n              such as the Holy Bible, Torah, or Quran.\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/details>\n\n        <details class=\"mv-item mvFaqItem\" data-group=\"pa\" data-tags=\"degrees entered apprentice fellowcraft master mason stages ceremony education\">\n          <summary>What are the Degrees of Freemasonry?<\/summary>\n          <div class=\"mv-body\">\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              Becoming a member is divided into three ceremonial stages called degrees:\n              Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason.\n            <\/p>\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              Think of them like levels in a learning program \ud83d\udcd8. 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Polk, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson,\n              James A. Garfield, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding,\n              Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and Gerald R. Ford.\n            <\/p>\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              Some authorities also include Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, but documentary evidence is lacking.\n              Lyndon B. Johnson received the Entered Apprentice Degree but did not advance.\n              Andrew Jackson (Tennessee) and Harry S. Truman (Missouri) were Grand Masters.\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/details>\n\n        <details class=\"mv-item mvFaqItem\" data-group=\"pa\" data-tags=\"founding fathers franklin revere hancock lafayette von steuben marshall\">\n          <summary>Which famous Founding Fathers were Masons?<\/summary>\n          <div class=\"mv-body\">\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              George Washington was a Mason. Benjamin Franklin served as the head of the fraternity in Pennsylvania,\n              as did Paul Revere and Joseph Warren in Massachusetts.\n            <\/p>\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              Other well-known Masons involved with the founding of America include John Hancock, John Sullivan,\n              Marquis de Lafayette, Baron Fredrick von Steuben, Nathanael Greene, Joseph Warren and John Paul Jones.\n              Another Mason, Chief Justice John Marshall, shaped the Supreme Court into its present form.\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/details>\n\n        <details class=\"mv-item mvFaqItem\" data-group=\"pa\" data-tags=\"originate origin medieval stonemasons guilds 1717 1731 england ireland scotland\">\n          <summary>When and where did Freemasonry originate?<\/summary>\n          <div class=\"mv-body\">\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              It is not known for certain when Freemasonry began, but there are records referencing Masons as early as the 14th century.\n              A widely accepted theory traces its beginnings to the Middle Ages, when stonemasons\u2019 guilds and cathedral builders traveled throughout Europe.\n            <\/p>\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              As they moved from site to site, they gathered in shelter houses and formed bonds to recognize skill, perfect their art, and protect trade secrets.\n              The square and compasses became symbols of this brotherhood \ud83d\udd37.\n            <\/p>\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              Over time, as the need for such builders declined, men outside the trade began joining. The symbols and customs remained,\n              but they were used to teach moral truths instead of job skills.\n              In the 1600s, records show gentlemen being made Freemasons, and later many were called \u201cAccepted\u201d Masons.\n            <\/p>\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              In 1717, four lodges in London formed the Grand Lodge of England, the first Grand Lodge in the world.\n              By 1723 it published its first rulebook, \u201cThe Constitutions of the Free-Masons.\u201d\n              Subsequent Grand Lodges were established: Ireland (1725); Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (1731); Massachusetts (1733); and Scotland (1736).\n            <\/p>\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              Freemasonry became popular in colonial America and helped spread Enlightenment ideals such as the dignity of man,\n              liberty of the individual, the right to worship as one chooses, democratic government, and public education.\n              In the 1800s and early 1900s, Masonic homes and orphanages helped many families at a time when there was no social safety net.\n            <\/p>\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              Today, Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternity emphasizing personal study, self-improvement, and charity.\n              In North America, Masons support many causes, including children\u2019s hospitals, medical research, community service, and care for seniors.\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/details>\n\n        <details class=\"mv-item mvFaqItem\" data-group=\"pa\" data-tags=\"african american freemasonry prince hall 1775 boston military lodge\">\n          <summary>When and where did African American Freemasonry start in the United States?<\/summary>\n          <div class=\"mv-body\">\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              It was started on March 6, 1775, in Boston, when the degrees of Masonry were conferred upon Prince Hall and 14 other African American men\n              in a Military Lodge (No. 441 on the Irish Register) in the English Army attached to the 38th Regiment.\n            <\/p>\n            <p class=\"mv-muted\">\n              Prince Hall was born in Barbados and came to Boston. 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