Archived Submissions

Archived Submissions

The majority of work presented to the Lodge is in form of Research Papers. All submissions to the Lodge are available on-line.

Papers submitted have all been approved by the Lodge Criteria Committee. Each has been written using the Criteria For Papers Submitted.

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Papers Authored By NJ LORE Members

September 2002

Redemption at Gettysburg
A Study in Masonic Duty

- 2002 David A. Chase Award Winner -
Bro. Howard Z. Kanowitz
Mizpah-Haddon Heights Lodge No. 191

Catechism as Ritual
An examination of the ritual roots of the Candidate Proficiency Question and Answer Catechisms

Bro. Bernhard W. Hoff
Highland Park Lodge No. 240

January 2003

The Symbolic Lodge
or “Where were you made a Mason?”

Bro. Bernhard W. Hoff
Highland Park Lodge No. 240

March 2003 Lodge Openings "History and Comparison"	Bro. Bernhard W. Hoff Highland Park Lodge No. 240
Enlightenment, Light, and Locke The history of John Locke	Bro. Howard Z. Kanowitz Mizpah-Haddon Heights Lodge No. 191

September 2003

The Books of Freemasonry
Simplifying the Overwhelming

Thomas W. Thornton
Cincinnati Lodge No. 3

January 2004

Harry S. Truman
The Foremost Freemason of the Twentieth Century

MW David A. Chase, PGM
Musconetcong Lodge No. 151

Preston's Staircase
A Case Study in Changing Masonic
Symbolism

- 2003 David A. Chase Award Winner -
Bro. Bernhard W. Hoff
Highland Park Lodge No. 240

A Wall of Separation Between Church and State

Bro. Howard Z. Kanowitz
Mizpah-Haddon Heights Lodge No. 191

March 2004 Preparation, Reception & Obligation And the work of the Antients & Moderns	Bro. Bernhard W. Hoff Highland Park Lodge No. 240
Daniel Coxe Father of NJ Freemasonry	- 2004 David A. Chase Award Winner - Bro. Matthew Korang Beverly-Riverside Lodge No. 107
Geometry - One "G" in Masonry	Bro. Edgar M. Coster Madison Lodge No. 93

January 2005

Hermetic Influences on Masonry

Bro. Bernhard W. Hoff
Highland Park Lodge No. 240

March 2005 From A Point	Bro. Howard Z. Kanowitz Mizpah-Haddon Heights Lodge No. 191
Freemason’s Contribution To Freedom A Speech Given By Brother Albert Wahl Hawkes	Bro. Matthew Korang Beverly-Riverside Lodge No. 107

May 2005

The Five Ages of Masonic Ritual
Development

Bro. Bernhard W. Hoff
Highland Park Lodge No. 240

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