title: Is it True What They Say About Freemasonry? The Methods of Anti-Masons, Revised Edition
author:  Arturo de Hoyos 
description: <b>Arturo de Hoyos</b> is the leading authority on the Scottish Rite's early history and rituals. He is the author, translator, and editor of fifteen books on Freemasonry and is a board member of the Scottish Rite Research Society. <b>S. Brent Morris</b> is the author and editor of nine books on Freemasonry and is a board member of the Scottish Rite Research Society. He has taught at both Duke and Johns Hopkins universities.
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  **THE MASON QUILL**
  
  
  **CONTAINING THE**
  
  
  **PROFICIENCY STUDY GUIDE OF FREEMASONRY**
  
  
  **FOR THE BLUE LODGE**
  
  
  **Compiled and arranged**
  
  
  **By Johnny Valentino 33, et al**
  
  
  Copyright 2007 by The Mason’s Quill Publishing Company **Blue Lodge
  Proficiency Study Guide ISBN: 9-780615-270685**
  
  
  **All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any
  manner whatsoever without the written** **permission of the Publisher.**
  
  
  **The Mason’s Quill is a registered trademark.**
  
  
  1
  
  
  Charge at Opening, Charge at Closing, Admission of Candidates
  
  
  Introduction
  
  
  Freemasonry is a moral order, instituted by virtuous men, with the
  praiseworthy design of recalling to our remembrance the most sublime truths,
  founded based on values, such as, liberty, brotherly love, and charity. It is
  also based on morality, hidden within allegory and illustrated by symbols.
  Truth is the center point where knowledge is drawn from and given to the
  members of this fraternity alon