The First Degree is that momentous time when the new member joins the Order and has explained to him the virtues and moral values we profess to uphold and maintain.
Like the commandments they are few in number, but all embracing and give a pattern for a life of virtue and morality.
Moses encompassed the "Mosaic Law" in ten short sentences and we encompass our credo in five short words which are " brotherly love, relief and truth".
In the ritual of the " First Degree", the four main words are expanded on and fully explained to the candidate during the ceremony of his initiation.
Title
1991 - THE FIRST DEGREE, The First Lessons in Masonic Morality - Bro Ken Cole.
