>>4183045The secret heretical rites you think Masons are "continuing" were invented by Philip IV, a bankrupt king who owed the Templars money and had them arrested on Friday the 13th of October 1307. Every "confession" about spitting on the cross was torn out of them on the rack and over fire, and in 1308 Pope Clement V absolved their leaders anyway. So congratulations, you're repeating the lies of a greedy king's torturers against Christian brothers. Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master, was burned alive in Paris on March 18, 1314, and his final act was to retract his confession, declare the Order innocent, and say his only sin was lying under torture to save his own skin. He died to clear their name, and seven centuries later you're out here dragging it back through the mud for free. Philip at least got paid for his slander.