Research Lodge

A Research Lodge is a Masonic lodge that is devoted to Masonic research. It is a lodge, and as such has a charter from some Grand Lodge. However, it does not confer degrees, and restricts membership to Master Masons of some jurisdiction in amity with the jurisdiction that the research lodge is in. [Rush, Max. [http://www.calodges.org/scrl/rush/index.htm "What is SCRL?"] Accessed May 15, 2008.] Related to research Lodges are Masonic research societies, which serve the same purpose but function fundamentally differently. There are Resaearch Lodges in most countries where Freemasonry exists.

The oldest research lodge is Quatuor Coronati #2076, founded in 1886 under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England. It accepts members from all over the world through its Correspondence Circle. [ [http://www.quatuorcoronati.org Quatuor Coronatorum Correspondence Circle website] ] A book of transactions called "Ars Quatuor Coronatorum" (which includes the papers given in the lodge) has been published every year since 1886.

America

* Kentucky has two research lodges: the Ted Adams Lodge of Research in Paintsville and the William O. Ware Lodge of Research in Covington.
* New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education, No. 1786 - warrant issued by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey.
* Southern California Research Lodge - chartered under the Grand Lodge of California, the SCRL publishes a monthly newsletter and has an "Entered Apprentice's Program" to encourage new Masons to get interested in scholarly research. [ [http://www.calodges.org/scrl/ SCRL Homepage] ]
* Massachusetts Chapter of Research - notable in that it is chartered under a York Rite Royal Arch Chapter, and not a Grand Lodge, and tends to focus on Chapter-specific research.
*Pennsylvania Lodge of Research [ [http://www.pagrandlodge.org/programs/lodgeofresearch/index.html The Pennsylvania Lodge Of Research ] ]
*El Camino Research Lodge [ [http://www.calodges.org/ecrl/ El Camino Research Lodge, San Jose, California ] ]
*Texas Lodge of Research [ [http://pentium2.gower.net/Community/tlr/ Texas Lodge of Research, AF&AM ] ]
*Anniversary Lodge of Research #175 - New Hampshire. [ [http://www.anniversarylodge.org/ Anniversary Lodge of Research ] ]
*Iowa Research Lodge #2 [ [http://www.yorkrite.com/ia/lodge2/ Research Lodge No.2 ] ]
*Civil War Lodge of Research #1865 - Research is specifically on Freemasonry during the American Civil War [ [http://www.bessel.org/cwlr/ Civil War Research ] ]

Japan

*Tokyo Lodge of Research

References

External links

* [http://www.bessel.org/resldgs.htm List of Research Lodges]
*Issues of "Ars Quatuor Coronatorum" online [http://books.google.com/books?id=rxNOAAAAMAAJ 1888] [http://books.google.com/books?id=axROAAAAMAAJ 1890] [http://books.google.com/books?id=jxZOAAAAMAAJ 1893] [http://books.google.com/books?id=ARdOAAAAMAAJ 1894] [http://books.google.com/books?id=iBdOAAAAMAAJ 1895] [http://books.google.com/books?id=3RdOAAAAMAAJ 1896] [http://books.google.com/books?id=cBhOAAAAMAAJ 1898] [http://books.google.com/books?id=aRlOAAAAMAAJ 1900] [http://books.google.com/books?id=PgFOAAAAMAAJ 1904] [http://books.google.com/books?id=8wFOAAAAMAAJ 1905] [http://books.google.com/books?id=8wFOAAAAMAAJ 1906] [http://books.google.com/books?id=6gNOAAAAMAAJ 1907] [http://books.google.com/books?id=QwROAAAAMAAJ 1908]