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The Royal Arch is the culmination of “pure ancient masonry”. The Craft gives its members eminently practical rules by which they can live their lives in the service of God. However, they worship Him, and the community as a whole.
Man, however, is not simply a practical being but has an essential spiritual aspect to his nature. This is taken up in the Royal Arch, in which the candidate, without trespassing on the bounds of religion, is led to contemplate the nature of God and his personal relationship with Him.
Thus the Royal Arch leads the candidate from the practical to the spiritual and completes “pure ancient masonry”, a fascinating journey of self-knowledge and self–discovery beginning with the Entered Apprentice degree and culminating in the First Principal’s chair of the Chapter.
For those wishing to take their next step in Freemasonry, The Holy Royal Arch is the next step.
Thanet Chapter is open to all Master Masons regardless of their Mother Lodge or Masonic Centre. It boasts a varied membership and upholds the fine traditions of and commitments of its forbearers.
Originally formed in Margate in 1855 and consecrated in 1856, it was later attached to the Royal Navy Lodge number 621 (later 429) on the 2nd May 1860. It is the oldest chapter in Thanet (and 5th oldest in the Province of East Kent).
For more information, contact the Lodge Secretary.
