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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (9293)	11/5/2005 2:28:43 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Who is Hiram Abiff? When a man is raised to Master Mason, he is given a small book called a Monitor. Monitors are produced for each Jurisdiction and are distributed at the direction of the authorities of Freemasonry, the Grand Lodges. The Grand Lodge of Kentucky, The Kentucky Monitor, reveals the identity of Hiram Abiff in a discussion of various religions: "All believed in a future life, to be attained by purification and trials; in a state or successive states of reward and punishment; and in a Mediator or Redeemer, by whom the Evil Principle was to be overcome and the Supreme Deity reconciled to His creatures. The belief was general that He was to be born of a virgin and suffer a painful death. The Hindus called him Krishna; the Chinese called him Kioun-tse; the Persians called him Sosiosch; the Chaldeans called him Dhouvanai; the Egyptians called him Horus; Plato, Love; the Scandinavians called him Balder; The Christians called him Jesus; the MASONS CALLED HIM HIRAM. (The Kentucky Monitor, pages XIV-XV) Hiram Abiff and the Legend of the Third Degree This is the most important and significant of the legendary symbols of Freemasonry. It has been passed down from age to age by oral tradition, and has been preserved in every Masonic rite, practiced in any country and language, with no essential alteration (Kentucky Monitor pg. 41). THE HIRAMIC LEGEND IS THE GLORY OF FREEMASONRY (Monitor pg.158). Freemasonry has a savior named Hiram Abiff. Freemasonry teaches that Master Masons have been redeemed from the death of sin and represent those raised to the faith of salvation. Each Mason has portrayed Hiram Abiff in a ritual in which he was killed, buried and raised from the grave. THAT RITUAL MOCKS THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS CHRIST. The Ritual of the Third Degree directly states that by imitating Hiram Abiff, Master Masons may get into heaven.