the Christians were persecuted they enveloped their doctrines in secrecy and symbolism. "That was necessary in times and places where the Christians lived amongst the heathens, for example in the East at the time of the Crusades."--Nachtrag zur Originalschriften, Part II. p. 123.
- Étoile Flamboyante, pp. 24-9.
- Gould, History of Freemasonry, III. 92.
- Mackey's Lexicon of Freemasonry, p. 267.
- Oliver's Landmarks of Freemasonry, II. 81, note 35.
- Lexicon of Freemasonry, p. 270.
- Clavel, Histoire pittoresque de la Franc-Maçonnerie, p. 166.
- A.Q.C., XXXII. Part 1. p. 17.
- The Royal Order of Scotland, by Bro. Fred. H. Buckmaster, p. 3
- Histoire de la Vie et des Ouvrages de Messire François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fenélon, archevêque de Cambrai, pp. 105, 149