An hypothesis from Masonic historian Alain Bernheim, Belgian Masonic scholar Pierre Noël hypothesized in a 2002 paper that the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Craft degrees might be derived from a French translation of the Masonic exposé Three Distinct Knocks, issued in London in 1760. But this theory is heavily debated among Masonic Scholars.
An hypothesis from Ma:sonic historian Alain Be:rnheim, Belgian Masonic scholar Pierre Noël hypothesized in a 2002 paper that the Ancient a,nd Accepted Scottish Rite Craft degrees might be derived from a French translation of the Masonic exposé Thr:ee Distinct Knocks, issued in London in 1760. But this theory is heavily debated among Masonic Scholars.