Lisbon Appeal
The Freemasons of today, members of CLIPSAS — men and women of different races, diverse philosophical convictions, and all nationalities, who have forged fraternal bonds among themselves and with people on every continent — proclaim the following appeal:
– that all inhabitants of the Earth unite in actions that promote the development of genuine human solidarity,
– that they rise up against all fundamentalism, all aggression, and every form of exclusion,
– that, in respect for freedom of conscience and mutual regard, they work toward the harmonious development of all human beings.
To achieve these aims, it is necessary that every person, man or woman, play their own part in helping to eliminate economic injustice in this world, the physical, emotional, and spiritual alienation of peoples, and in protecting our environment and the habitat in which we live.
This is the goal of all Freemasons who stand in the humanistic tradition.
Luxembourg Appeal
As Europe continues to evolve and take shape, the obediences of Europe must strengthen and deepen their relations even further.
Whatever their particular characteristics may be, they all share the same origin and are founded upon the same humanistic values.
They are committed to safeguarding absolute freedom of conscience, which is inseparably linked with the concept of tolerance.
They must affirm their firm resolve to contribute to the building of a fraternal Europe — a Europe that stands in solidarity with all the people of the world.
Freemasons regard themselves as builders, and the Temple of Europe needs all its workers.
Thus, while respecting each other’s differences, they must come to know one another better, so that each may contribute their stone to the construction of a fraternal and united Europe.
The sovereignty of the obediences is no obstacle to a Masonic community rich in cultural values and comprehensive ethics.
Therefore, the Masonic obediences should
– be among the bearers of humanistic values in the realization of Europe.
– defend fundamental freedoms and human rights.
– promote actions of solidarity at the international level with the poorest, without distinction of race, culture, religion, or nationality.
– give presence and expression, in the building of Europe, to an ethic founded on respect for freedom, equality, and fraternity between men and women
Freemasonry requires a European dimension.
Santiago Appeal
The Freemasons who, on the eve of the Third Millennium, gathered for the first time on American soil,
They consider:
that the Masonic obediences, members of CLIPSAS, affirm their character as tolerant organizations, attentive to absolute freedom of conscience, by recognizing that the Masonic momentum born from the Appeal of Strasbourg is the legitimate expression of the principles contained in the founding charter of Freemasonry of 1723.
Since its creation, CLIPSAS has been characterized by the uniting of the links of the chain and by the adoption of Masonic proposals that enlighten — and will continue to enlighten — the world of tomorrow, thus becoming an instrument with its own identity, destined to develop inter‑obediential relations.
They take into account:
that through the enduring quality of the essential values transmitted by Freemasonry, through its universal character, its symbolic language, and the results demonstrated by its methodology, Freemasonry constitutes a system open to free thought and adapted to evolution. In this way, we have created a privileged tool serving the emancipation of humanity.
It would be inexcusable to aspire to build a better society without the participation of women. Hence our decision to facilitate access for all women who seek it to our customs and teachings, in respect for tradition and for the Masonic particularity of each Lodge and each Obedience.
That we become more comprehensive — more universal — as our organization extends across the five continents, fostering human solidarity, fighting against every form of oppression and exclusion, and against every form of obscurantism, whose current manifestations include sectarianism and fundamentalism.
Working for the harmonious development of human beings within the framework of freedom of conscience and mutual respect.
The new millennium presents humanity with new challenges. Freemasonry, a disseminator of ideas, must remain open to the scientific and technological revolution while remaining vigilant against possible excesses.
Consequently, we fight for the right of human beings to live and to preserve the natural, cultural, and social heritage of humanity.
They call upon all Freemasons and all men and women:
1.
To unite and reaffirm the principles and duties contained in the Appeals of Strasbourg and Lisbon, and to strengthen the adogmatic Masonic movement, the legitimate expression of humanistic Masonry.
2.
To face the new millennium with a message and a humanistic action that will allow the elimination of social and material injustice, and of physical, moral, and spiritual alienation.
3.
To work, through sustainable and fruitful actions, for the establishment of a more just and more united, more fraternal and more equal, more tolerant — in sum, a better — humanity.
4.
To remember the thoughts of our Brothers who fought for freedom, such as Lafayette and Simón Bolívar, Freemasons of yesterday and champions of the independence of the Americas, or those of Louise Michel and Salvador Allende, who showed us the way and upheld the banners of liberty, equality, and fraternity.
Strasbourg Appeal
The sovereign Masonic powers assembled in Strasbourg on 22 January 1961
in view of the facts that:
1. it is urgently necessary to re‑establish the chain of brotherhood among all Freemasons, which has been broken by regrettable exclusionary measures that contradict the principles of the Anderson Constitutions of 1723;
2. for this purpose it is important, while taking into account all customs, all rites, all symbols, all forms of belief, and with unconditional recognition of freedom of conscience, to seek together the conditions that are decisive for Masonic identity;
are of the opinion,
that the invocation of the Great Architect of the Universe during labour, or the requirement that one of the Three Great Lights must be the Holy Book of a revealed religion, should be left to the judgment of each Lodge and each Order;
resolve
to establish fraternal relations among themselves and, without any requirement of reciprocity, to open the doors of their Temples to every Freemason who has received the Light in a just and perfect Lodge;
and call upon
all Freemasons to join this chain of brotherhood, which is founded upon complete freedom of conscience and perfect mutual tolerance.
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