CLC - ENTERED APPRENTICE - 05.22.17

P ENALTIES

When considering the penalties of the obligation, it is important to remember that Freemasonry is veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols. Every Mason symbolically binds himself to fulfill his obligations under these penalties.

To be clear, the only penalties Freemasonry inflicts are reprimand, suspension, and expulsion. The candidate has already been assured that the obligation contains nothing contrary to moral, civil, or religious duties. The penalties should make plain the torture and agony of the conscience that any good man should feel at the thought that he violated his sworn word.

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