Historical Chronology of Masonic Degrees
Royal Ark Mariner
Grand High Priest
Mark Master Mason
Select Master Mason
Royal Master Mason
Entered Apprentice
Fellow Craft
Master Mason
Most Excellent Master
Super Excellent Master Mason
Excellent Master Mason
Royal Arch Mason
Babylonish Pass (Red Cross Degrees)
Red Cross of Constantine
Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
Knight of St John the Evangelist
Knight Templar
Knight of St John of Jerusalem or Knight of Malta
The Flood
Abraham & Melchizedek
Preparation of K.S.T.
Construction of the Sacred Vault
Deposition of the Word
Initiation
Fellowship
Death of Chief Architect
Dedication of K.S.T.
Destruction of K.S.T.
Rebuilding of 2nd Temple
Recovery of the Word (The repairs of the Temple by King Josiah in Ireland)
Restoration of the Treasures
Conversion of the Emperor
The Discoveries of St Helena
After Julian the Apostate
The Crusades
The Hospitallers
4000 BCE
2000 BCE
974 BCE
969 BCE
968 BCE
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968 BCE
967 BCE
586 BCE
536 BCE
534 BCE
525 BCE
312 CE
326 CE
63 CE
1119 CE
1128 CE
Order of the degrees of Freemasonry
England
United Grand Lodge of England – Craft Degrees
- Entered Apprentice
- Fellow Craft
- Master Mason
Scotland
Grand Lodge of Scotland – Craft Degrees
- Entered Apprentice (Initiation)
- Fellow Craft (Fellowship)
- Master Mason (968 BCE – Death of Chief Architect)
- Mark Master Mason (974 BCE – Preparation of K.S.T.)
Ireland
Grand Lodge of Ireland – Craft Degrees
The building of King Solomon’s Temple
- Entered Apprentice
- Fellow Craft
- Master Mason
USA
All 50 States have their own Grand Lodge – Blue Lodge Degrees
- Entered Apprentice
- Fellow Craft
- Master Mason
Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England – Holy Royal Arch Masonry
- Holy Royal Arch
Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England & Wales
- Mark Master
Ancient & Honourable Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariners – Administered by the Mark Grand Lodge
- Royal Ark Mariner
The Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Scotland – The Royal Arch-Masons of Scotland.
- Mark Master Mason (974 BCE – Preparation of K.S.T.)
- Excellent Master Mason (536 BCE – Rebuilding of 2nd Temple)
- Royal Arch Mason (534 BCE – Recovery of the Word)
Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Ireland – Irish Royal Arch Masonry
The repairs of the Temple by King Josiah
- Mark Master Mason
- Royal Arch
General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons – Chapter Masonry
- Mark Master
- Past Master (Virtual)
- Most Excellent Master
- Royal Arch
- Grand High Priest
Grand Council Royal and Select Masters – Cryptic Degrees
- Most Excellent Master (967 BCE – Dedication of K.S.T.)
- Royal Master
- Select Master
- Super Excellent Master
Lodge and Council degrees (Royal Arch Chapter):
- Royal Ark Mariner (4000 BCE – The Flood)
- Babylonish Pass (Red Cross Knight): (525 BCE – Restoration of the Treasures)
- 8a. 1st point or Knight of the Sword
- 8b. 2nd point or Knight of the East
- 8c. 3rd point or Knight of the East and West
Cryptic degrees (Royal Arch Chapter):
- Royal Master Mason (968 BCE – Deposition of the Word)
- Select Master Mason (969 BCE – Construction of the Sacred Vault)
- Super Excellent Master Mason (586 BCE – Destruction of K.S.T.)
Grand Council of Knight Masons of Ireland (Knight Masonry – formerly known as the Red Cross Degrees) – The building of the Second Temple by Zerubabbel after the return of the Tribes of Judah and Benjamin from their seventy years of captivity in Babylon, circa. 536 B.C.E.
- Knight of the Sword (formerly Red Cross of Daniel or Babylonian Pass) – Zerubabbel’s visit to the court of King Cyrus of Persia.
- Knight of the East (formerly Jordan Pass) – Zerubabbel’s later visit to the court of King Darius.
- Knight of the East and West (formerly Royal Order of Prussian [Persian] Blue) – Zerubabbel returns to his fellow countrymen in Jerusalem.
General Grand Council of Royal & Select Masters – Council Masonry/Cryptic Masonry
- Royal Master
- Select Master
- Super-Excellent Master
Grand Council of Knight Masons:
- Knight of Sword
- Knight of the East
- Knight of the East and West
Great Priory of the Temple & Malta of England & Wales
- Knight Templar
- Knight of St Paul or Mediterranean Pass
- Knight of Malta
Great Priory of the Temple & Malta of Scotland
- Knight Templar (1119 CE – The Crusades)
- Mediterranean Pass or Knight of St Paul
- Knight of St John of Jerusalem or Knight of Malta (1128 CE – The Hospitallers)
Great Priory of the Temple of Ireland
- Knight Templar
- Mediterranean Pass
- Knight of Malta
Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the USA – The Commandery
- Knight of the Red Cross (of Babylon)
- Knight of Malta
- Knight Templar
Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees
- St Lawrence the Martyr
- Knights of Constantinople
- Grand Tyler of King Solomon
- Red Cross of Babylon
- Grand High Priest
Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees:
- Order of St. Lawrence the Martyr
2. Knight of Constantinople
3. Grand Tilers of Solomon
4. Excellent Master
5. Masters of Tyre
6. Architect
7. Grand Architect
8. Superintendent
9. Ye Antient Order of the Corks
10. Red Branch of Eri and Appendant Orders
11. Royal Ark Mariner
12. Order of the Secret Monitor
Grand Imperial Conclave of the Red Cross of Constantine of England and Wales
- Knight of the Red Cross of Constantine
- Knight of the Holy Sepulchre
- Knight of St John the Evangelist
Grand Imperial Conclave of the Red Cross of Constantine of Scotland
- Knights of Rome
- Red Cross of Constantine (312 CE – Conversion of the Emperor)
- Knights of the Holy Sepulchre (326 CE – The Discoveries of St Helena)
- Knight of St John the Evangelist (63 CE – After Julian the Apostate)
United Grand Imperial Council of the Red Cross of Constantine:
- Knight of the Red Cross of Constantine
2. Knight of the Holy Sepulchre
3. Knight of St. John the Evangelist
