Anglo-American Freemasonry (also self-described as Regular Freemasonry[1][2]) is a loose network of overlapping chains of mutually recognized Grand Lodges, forming a Regular Masonic jurisdiction.[3][4][5] For the most part these trace their descent from one of "original" British Grand Lodges, with mutual recognition based on adherence to certain core values, rules and membership requirements (known as Landmarks).[6]
- ^ Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset website Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The hedgemason, Masonic blog
- ^ Initiating the Enlightenment?: Recent Scholarship on European Freemasonry, David Stephenson
- ^ Freemasonry and the Anti-Christian Movement, E Cahill, SJ
- ^ English and American Brotherhood, The Builder Magazine
- ^ The British Grand Lodges include the Premier Grand Lodge of England, the Antients Grand Lodge of England, the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and the Grand Lodge of Ireland.