 Editor in Chief Bill   | 28 Sep 2020 6:10 p.m. PST |
In 1745, Prince Charles Edward Stuart led a Jacobite rebellion in an attempt to restore his father to the throne. Some accounts claim that in the course of the rebellion, Prince Charles was initiated into a secret society. What do you think? * Prince Charles was initiated into Freemasonry
* Prince Charles was initiated into the Templars
* Prince Charles never joined a secret society
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79thPA  | 28 Sep 2020 7:00 p.m. PST |
I thought he escaped to Oak Island and buried the Templar treasure there. |
 John the OFM | 28 Sep 2020 7:09 p.m. PST |
Of course he was. Wasn't everybody? |
| Gray Bear | 28 Sep 2020 7:12 p.m. PST |
The Old Pretender spent much of his time in Rome and Prince Charles was born there. The Oak Island Treasure seekers, the Lagina brothers, are of Italian descent. The connections are clear and 79thPA is correct. NeedI say more? |
| Zephyr1 | 28 Sep 2020 7:52 p.m. PST |
It's nice that he joined a masonry guild; It's always good to have a backup career in case your primary choice doesn't work out… |
| John Switzer | 28 Sep 2020 8:30 p.m. PST |
There is some evidence that he had envisioned using Freemasonry in an attempt to regain the throne.
However, Prince Charles stated he was not associated with Freemasonry but that could be have been for other reasons.
I refer you to to Mackey's History of Freemasonry. |
| TGerritsen | 28 Sep 2020 9:14 p.m. PST |
No, he charged quite handsomely for all his masonry. |
| nsolomon99 | 28 Sep 2020 10:06 p.m. PST |
I suppose the intent was to pick up some spending money for the London taverns doing stonemasonry oddjobs on the march south to glory? |
| Brownand | 29 Sep 2020 2:48 a.m. PST |
He could build stone barricades very well? |
| LaserGrenadier | 29 Sep 2020 4:04 a.m. PST |
His connections with the Illuminati are even more obscure. |
| Bob the Temple Builder | 29 Sep 2020 5:25 a.m. PST |
For a long time, the Roman Catholic Church has been a persistent opponent of Freemasonry. For example, it has prohibited Roman Catholics from being Freemasons since the publication of ‘In eminenti apostolatus' in 1738, and this has been followed up several times by further prohibitions. It is very unlikely that the Young Pretender was a member of the Brotherhood, although it played an important part in Scottish society. |
| John the OFM | 29 Sep 2020 5:53 a.m. PST |
The more often a practice is condemned, the higher the probability that the practice is widespread.
Who is going to tell the Rightful King (or his heir) that he cannot be a Freemason? Such prohibitions are for peasants and the bourgeoisie. Not that they will pay any attention either. |
| John the OFM | 29 Sep 2020 5:55 a.m. PST |
The Catholic Church also occasionally prohibited and condemned the Jesuits. That happened to my namesake, the first Bishop of the United States. |
| advocate | 05 Oct 2020 11:29 a.m. PST |
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| John the OFM | 11 Oct 2020 10:33 a.m. PST |
Ummmm…
Why is this a Poll Suggestion? |
