main source of allegory was the Bible, the contents of
which were known to everyone even if they could not
read, and the only building described in detail in the
Bible was King Solomon’s Temple, which became the
basis of the ritual. The old trade guilds provided them
with their basis administration of a Master, Wardens,
Treasurer and Secretary, and the operative mason’s
tools provided them with a wealth of symbols with which
to illustrate the moral teachings of Freemasonry.
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