The International Secretariat of the Masonic Adogmatic Powers (ISMAP) (French: ''Secrétariat international Maçonnique des Puissances Adogmatiques'' (SIMPA)) was an international organization of Masonic jurisdictions of
masonic lodges
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. The jurisdictions involved are considered
irregular by the
United Grand Lodge of England
The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) is the governing Masonic lodge for the majority of freemasons in England, Wales and the Commonwealth of Nations. Claiming descent from the Masonic grand lodge formed 24 June 1717 at the Goose & Gridiron ...
(UGLE) and most other Anglo-Saxon Grand Lodges, because they accept women, or do not require Masons to have a belief in a
Supreme Being
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. Its members merged back into
CLIPSAS in the early 2010s.
History
The organization was founded on December 26, 1998
Clipsas and similar Masonic organizations
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, Belgium
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. The organization was founded after the Grand Orient de France
The Grand Orient de France (GODF) is the oldest and largest of several Freemasonic organizations based in France and is the oldest in Continental Europe (as it was formed out of an older Grand Lodge of France in 1773, and briefly absorbed the ...
and the Grand Orient of Belgium
Grand may refer to:
People with the name
* Grand (surname)
* Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor
* Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist
* Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper
Places
* Grand, Oklahoma
* Grand, Vosges, village and commun ...
left CLIPSAS.[Pope, Tony; ''Liberal and Adogmatic Grand Lodges At a perpetual distance: Liberal and Adogmatic Grand Lodges'' (Presented to Waikato Lodge of Research No 445 at Rotorua, New Zealand, on 9 November 2004, as the annual Verrall Lecture, and subsequently published in the Transactions of the lodge, vol 14 #1, March 2005) - as reproduced a]
Peitre-Stones Review of Freemasonry
Membership
SIMPA members as of 2000:Sérénissime Grand Orient de Grèce
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* Grand Orient de Hongrie
* Gran Loggia d’Italia ALAM
* Grand Orient de Luxembourg
* Grand Orient de Pologne
The Grand Orient of Poland (Polish: ''Wielki Wschód Polski'') is a Masonic grand lodge in Poland. It is a member of the European Masonic Association (EMA/AME), in the continental or liberal branch of Freemasonry.
Grand Orient of Poland was establ ...
(Poland)
* Gran Logia Simbolica Española
* Grand Orient de Suisse
* Grande Loge Féminine de Suisse
* Grande Loge Maçonnique de Turquie
Americas:
* George Washington Union
Continental Freemasonry in North America is relatively rare, but there are a few continental-style organizations active.
These organizations, often belonging to groups such as CLIPSAS, are not recognized by the Grand Lodges that form Anglo-Amer ...
(USA)
* Supreme Council of Ancient Kemetic Moorish Rite
Supreme may refer to:
Entertainment
* Supreme (character), a comic book superhero
* ''Supreme'' (film), a 2016 Telugu film
* Supreme (producer), hip-hop record producer
* "Supreme" (song), a 2000 song by Robbie Williams
* The Supremes, Motow ...
(USA & Morocco)
* Grande Loja Unida de São Paulo (Brazil)
* Grande Oriente de Santa Catarina (Brazil)
See also
* Grande Loge Nationale Française
The Grande Loge Nationale Française (GLNF) is a French Masonic Grand Lodge. It was founded in 1913, by two lodges, "Le Centre des Amis" Lodge splitting from Grand Orient de France and "L'Anglaise" lodge, an independent lodge based in Bordeaux. GL ...
* International Masonic Union Catena
The International Masonic Union Catena is an international organization of Masonic organizations. The organizations involved are considered irregular by the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) and most other Anglo-Saxon Grand Lodges.
History
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References
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