기사 1 영국 켄터베리 대주교가 프리메이슨에 사과하다.
Rowan Williams apologises to Freemasons
By Chris Hastings and Elizabeth Day
Last Updated: 11:33PM BST 19/04/2003
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has been forced to apologise to Britain's 330,000 Freemasons after he said that their beliefs were incompatible with Christianity and that he had rejected them from senior posts in his diocese.
(켄터베리 대주교 로완 윌리암은 영국의 33만 프리메이슨들에게 프리메이슨 신앙은 기독교와 양립할 수 없으며 교단의 고위 성직자로 임명하는 것을 거부하겠다는 발언을 사과할 수 밖에 없었다. )
Dr Williams has written to Robert Morrow, the Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England, in an attempt to defuse the row prompted by comments he made last year. In his letter, the Archbishop apologises for the "distress" he caused and discloses that his own father was a member of the Craft.
(그의 편지에서 대주교는 염려를 끼쳐드린 것을 사과한다며, 그의 아버지도 프리메이슨의 일원임을 공개하였다.)
Freemasons, many of whom are active members of the Church of England, reacted angrily to his disclosure that he "had real misgivings about the compatibility of Masonry and Christian profession" and by his admission that, as Bishop of Monmouth, he had blocked the appointment of Freemasons to senior appointments.
His comments about Freemasons were in a private letter leaked to the media shortly after Downing Street confirmed his appointment as head of the Church of England.
Subsequent attempts by his advisers to defuse the row only caused further offence. A spokesman said the Archbishop was worried about the ritual element of Freemasonry, which has been seen as "satanically inspired".
발췌 : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1427978/Rowan-Williams-apologises-to-Freemasons.html
기사 2 성직자들이 사악한 프리메이슨단체의 고위 서열에 올라 있다니
'Satanic' Brotherhood with Clergymen in its Ranks
By Jason Bennetto, The Independent 15 November 2002
Freemasonry describes itself on its website as the "UK's largest secular, fraternal, and charitable organisation". So why does the new Archbishop of Canterbury think it is a secret society with dubious spiritual credentials?
( 프리메이슨은 그들의 웹사이트에 자신들을 “영국의 가장 큰 세속적인 친목 자선 단체”라고 소개한다. 왜 신임 켄터베리 대주교는 그것이 영적으로 의심스러운 비밀 단체라고 생각했을까 ? )
And why does Dr Rowan Williams also believe that Church of England ministers should not belong to the Brotherhood, an organisation he describes as incompatible with Christianity?
(왜 로완 윌리암은 영국 성공회 사제들이 프리메이슨에 속하지 말아야 한다고 했으며 그 단체는 기독교에 맞지 않는다고 하였을까 ? )
His views will be greeted with astonishment by the significant number of senior clergymen and Christians who are members of the 350,000-strong Craft, who have organised a slick media campaign to counter bad publicity.
The Freemasons of England now have a website � www.freemasonry.net. The United Grand Lodge of England says that it is not a "secret society", but merely holds private meetings.
( 프리메이슨 웹사이트 � www.freemasonry.net. 자신들은 결코 비밀 단체라고 하지 않고 단지 사적 모임이라고 이야기 한다. )
"Freemasonry does not try to replace religion or substitute for it. Freemasonry requires a belief in God and its principles are common to many of the world's great religions," it says.
( “프리메이슨은 종교를 대치하는 어떤 것도 아니며 프리메이슨이 되려면 하나님에 대한 믿음이 있어야 한다. 그것의 원리는 세계의 모든 대종교들에 있는 것과 공통적이다” 라고 말한다.)
"There are elements within certain churches who misunderstand Freemasonry and confuse secular rituals with religious liturgy."
It adds that many of its members are Anglicans and Catholics and would be "dismayed that the churches should attack Freemasonry".
But some observers believe that at the heart of the Craft � and known only to those who reach the highest levels � there is a sinister quasi-religion based on a composite Masonic God, known as Jah-Bul-On.
In his 1984 book The Brotherhood, Stephen Knight turned the spotlight on the inner workings of the Masons. "I have spoken to 57 long-standing Royal Arch Freemasons [one of the most senior groups], who have been happy to talk to me.All but four lost their composure when I said, 'What about Jah-Bul-On?'," he wrote.
A spokesman for Dr Williams said yesterday that many Christians believed that Jah-Bul-On was considered to refer to the "incarnation of Satan". He added that the Masons promised in the 1980s to drop any reference to Jah-Bul-On because of the offence it was causing.
In a letter to Hugh Sinclair, a man who for years has been investigating the Brotherhood, Dr Williams said: "I have real misgivings about the compatibility of Masonry and Christian profession." He later said he questioned whether it was "appropriate for Christian ministers to belong to secret organisations" and expressed "anxiety about the spiritual content of Masonry".
He also raised the issue of "back scratching" and the possible debt clergymen may feel towards fellow members of the Craft.
The relationship between Freemasons and the Catholic and Anglican churches has been a complex and at times a fraught one.
Dr Williams' spokesman said: "From the end of the 19th century a lot of Anglican clergy got involved in Freemasonry. In the 20th century a number of very senior clergymen were Masons. In the 1960s people started turning against the idea of secret societies and a number of Anglican ministers saw it as possibly Satanically inspired."
( 윌리암의 대변인은 19세기 말로부터 수많은 영국 성공회 사제들이 프리메이슨에 가입하였다. 20세기에도 수많은 고위 사제가 메이슨이었다. 1960년대에 들어서 사람들은 비밀 집단에 대한 반감이 생기고, 많은 영국 사제들이 그것을 사탄적인 것일 수 있다는 생각을 하게 되었다.)
The influence of the Brotherhood within the Church of England has continued and the Freemasons acknowledge that many clergymen and Anglicans are members.
( 프리메이슨의 영국 성공회내에서의 영향력은 계속되고 있고 많은 사제와 성도들이 프리메이슨 회원으로 인식되고 있다.)
Leading Mason Church of England clergymen of the past include the former Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher, who headed the Church of England from 1945 to 1961. He held the senior post of Grand Chaplain for the United Grand Lodge of England.
Robert Milburn, the former Dean of Worcester, held the same senior Masonic post as the Archbishop.
John Habgood, the former Archbishop of York, told the General Synod that he believed Freemasonry was a "fairly harmless eccentricity" and later expressed the view that he did not see any conflict in being a Mason and a Christian.
In July 1987 the General Synod, the governing body of the Church of England, ducked the issue when bishops endorsed a report looking into whether being a Christian and a Freemason were compatible.
A working party concluded that Freemasons who belonged to the church did not think there was a problem, while non-Masons thought there were difficulties. The issue has not been debated since.
At one stage Catholics were banned from being Freemasons, but the two are no longer seen as incompatible providing Catholics belong to a British branch of the Masons.
Critics believe this is partly due to the influence of members of the Brotherhood within the Catholic church.
http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=352254
발췌 : http://www.prisonplanet.com/satanic_brotherhood_with_clergymen_in_its_ranks.html
기사 3 프리메이슨으로 득실 거리는 영국 성공회
Anglican Clergy Listed as Grand Officers in
The United Grand Lodge of England 2003-2004
If you were a paid-up member of a local wildlife trust, you might be surprised to learn that your branch officers were meeting secretly to promote the Flat Earth Society. If you attended your local branch of Alcoholics Anonymous only to discover that an inner circle of members held secret drinking sessions in a small back room, your faith in AA might be reduced. If you learned that all the members of an employment tribunal were closely related by familial ties to your employer, your trust in the independence of the judicial process might be undermined. If you attended confirmation at a Cathedral, and were told, five minutes before the service, that the Bishop was a member of a secret society, whose members were sworn to promote each other’s interests above those of everyone else, your faith might be placed in jeopardy. But the reality is that you would be unlikely to discover the Bishop’s secret affiliation until, years later, you read his obituary notice, this being an occasion when convention permits you to learn the truth. Transparency and inclusivity after death are regarded as very fine principles indeed.
Those who have studied Stephen Knight’s “The Brotherhood” will recognize the following lines:
The Church of England has been a stronghold of Freemasonry for more than two hundred years. Traditionally, joining the Brotherhood and advancing within it has always been the key to preferment in the Church.
( 영국 성공회는 200년 이상 프리메이슨의 근거지였다. 전통적으로 그단체(프리메이슨)에 가입하거나 거기서 승진하는 것은 교회에서의 승급을 하는 열쇠가 되었다. )
MFRFM is concerned by a simple issue of principle regarding clergymen in the CofE. If a congregation is to defer to a clergyman as spiritual leader, and support his church financially, surely it has an entitlement to know anything about that clergyman’s affiliations and beliefs that might influence their adherence to his ministry. (In some large overseas provinces, Anglican priests are debarred from Masonic membership.) There is anecdotal evidence that where a vicar seeks to promote Freemasonry under cover of the cassock, divisions and disquiet develop within the congregation. The Church of England is a failing and divided institution at best: further disunity will sound its eventual death-knell. The cure for the malaise that arises from secret affiliation to a secret society is openness. Clergy should be required to declare their membership openly. Then, congregations can make an informed choice. We cannot at present identify the many vicars who are Freemasons. We can, however, trace those holding high rank as officers of UGLE:
ANGLICAN CLERGY HOLDING GRAND OFFICER RANK IN THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND– TABULATED LIST COMPILED FROM THE UGLE MASONIC YEAR BOOK 2003/2004 - view as pdf (159kb) or Word document (114kb)
영국 프리메이슨 그랜드 로지의 그랜드 오피서(프리메이슨 고위등급)에 있는 영국 성공회의 성직자 리스트
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
Letter 16.1.03 from the Dean of St Alban: the Cathedral, Freemasons and the Order of St John
Letter 16.9.03 from the Dean of Wakefield re Masonic Exhibition
Letter 4.11.04 from the Rev. Andrew Davey, Rector of Clenchwarton and high-ranking Freemason
Letter 23.11.04 from the Chaplain to the Bishop of Norwich: a 1992 Cathedral service celebrating the 275th Anniversary of the institution of UGLE wasn’t “celebrating Freemasonry”
Letter 4.1.05 from the Rt. Rev. Prof. Stephen Sykes, Principal of St John’s College, Durham re his institution of the Rev. Andrew Davey to the living of Clenchwarton
Transcripts of recorded phone messages 20.2.05 & 24.2.05 from the Rev. Canon Hereward Cooke re church service for Mancroft Lodge of Freemasons, Norwich
Letter 29.3.05 from The Rev. Peter Nokes, Vicar of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich re Mancroft Lodge
Letter 6.4.05 from The Rev. Peter Nokes, Vicar of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich re Mancroft Lodge
Letter 6.4.05 from the Rev. Canon David Sharp, Vicar of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich (rtd), re Mancroft Lodge
Letter 13.4.05 from the Rev. Canon Michael Woods, Rector of St John’s, Great Yarmouth re Freemasonry
See link to “Submission to Members of the General Synod of the Church of England calling for a register of Masonic clergy”
발췌 : http://mfrfm.org.uk/anglicanclergy.htm
기사 4 영국 성공회의 프리메이슨 역사
"우리는 여기에서 영국의 캔터배리 대주교들이 대부분 프리메이슨 33도이며, 사탄의 숭배를 천명한 프리메이슨 33도의 최고 의장(법황)인 알버트 바이크 역시 성공회 교도였다는 점을 잊어서는 안될 것이다. 이뿐 아니라 성공회는 로마 카톨릭처럼 묵주를 사용하고, 은사주의를 강조하며, 프리메이슨 조직의 하나인 세계 교회 협의회의 에큐메니칼 운동에 적극적으로 동참하고 있으며, 최근에는 프리메이슨 조직인 로마 카톨릭과 하나되기 운동에 적극적으로 나서고 있다.
( 프리메이슨 교황 알버트 파이크에 대한 프리메이슨들의 소개 웹사이트 )
http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/apikefr.html
http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/pike_a/albert_pike_bio.html
성공회를 세운 헨리 8세가 세상을 떠난 후에는 헨리 8세의 세 번째 왕비인 제인 시모어(Jane Seymour)의 아들이었던 어린 왕자였던 에드워드 6세가 집권했으나 불과 6년만에 병으로 세상을 떠났다. 어린 왕은 기독교에 대하여 매우 우호적이었다. 그러나 불행하게도 왕권은 헨리의 첫 번째 왕비였던 캐서린이 낳은 메리(Mary) 여왕이 집권하면서 성공회(영국의 국교)를 다시 로마 카톨릭으로 바꾸고 기독교에 대하여 대대적인 박해를 가했다. 메리 여왕이 집권하는 동안 종교 박해로 화형을 당한 개혁파(정통파) 신학자들과 학자들은 3백여명이 넘었으며, 1,200명의 성직자들이 성직을 빼앗겼으며, 800여명은 박해를 피해 유럽의 여러 지역으로 흩어졌다. 메리 여왕의 박해가 얼마나 극심했으면 역사가들이 메리 여왕을 ‘블러디 메리(Bloody Mary, 피의 여왕)이라고 부르겠는가 ? 이 시대에 메리 여왕을 조금도 두려워하지 않고 담대하게 하나님의 말씀을 전했던 사람이 바로 존 낙스이다. 메리 여왕은 집권 5년만에 정신 이상자가 되어 아무도 찾아 보지 않는 방에서 외롭게 지내다 죽었다. 그 뒤를 메리 여왕의 이복 여동생인 엘리자베스 1세가 25세 때 여왕이 되어 영국 역사상 그 유례를 찾아 볼 수 없는 정치 황금기를 연다. 엘리자베스 여왕은 헨리 8세의 두 번째 왕비 앤 불린의 첫째 딸이다. 앤 불린 왕비는 헨리 8세의 기대와는 다르게 엘리자베스를 낳은 후에 다음은 유산되었으며, 세 번째 아이는 아들이었으나, 불행하게도 사산하고 만다. 헨리 8세는 이런 왕비에게 간통죄를 뒤집어 씌어 유폐를 시킨 후에 타워 그린에서 목을 잘라 처형시키고 만다. 사학자들은 비운의 왕비로 기록하고 있다. 개혁파 기독교는 잉글란드의 여왕 엘리자베스 1세( Elizabeth I, 1533.9.3 ~1603.3.23, 재위 1558~1603)가 집권하는 동안 로마 카톨릭의 무서운 박해에서 벗어날 수 있었으며, 양심에 따라 종교의 자유를 누리게 되었다. 엘리자베스 1세의 집권이 끝나고, 그 뒤를 이어 친척인 제임스 1세(James I, 1566.6.19~1625.3.27)가 집권하게 되었다. 제임스 왕은 잉글란드 왕(재위 1603~1625)으로는 1세이며, 스코틀랜드 왕으로서는 제임스 6세 (재위 1567~1625)이다.
킹제임스 1세 왕은 로마 카톨릭을 철저하게 탄압하고 배격하였으며, 영국의 성공회를 절대적으로 옹호하였다. 그는 프리메이슨으로 청교도를 탄압했으나, 킹제임스 성경을 번역하는 큰 성과를 남기기도 했다. 이후 영국의 성공회는 프리메이슨 조직으로서 현대까지 내려온 것이다. 현재 영국의 왕실은 빌드버그라는 어마어마한 프리메이슨 조직의 하나로, 엘리자베스 2세(Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, 1926년 4월 21일생) 역시 정회원이다."
발췌 : 다음 알파코스 블로그 ( http://blog.daum.net/alphacourse/?_top_blogtop=go2myblog)