Q Why do you call it the VSL and not the Bible?
A
To the majority of Freemasons the Volume of the Sacred
Law is the Bible. There are many in Freemasonry,
however, who are not Christian and to them the Bible is
not their sacred book and they will make their promises
on the book which is regarded as sacred to their religion.
The Bible will always be present in an English lodge but
as the organisation welcomes men of many different
faiths, it is called the Volume of the Sacred Law. Thus,
when the Volume of the Sacred Law is referred to in
ceremonies, to a non-Christian it will be the holy book of
his religion and to a Christian it will be the Bible.
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