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Q. Why were you half-clothed?
A. To show me that one must strip oneself of one's passions and prejudices to arrive at perfection.
Q. What are the signs of Masons?
A. The Square, the Level, and the Plumb.
Q. What does the Square represent?
A. The natural Law engraved at the bottom of our hearts, which must always be the Rule of our conduct.
Q. What does the Level represent?
A. The symbol of Equity.
Q. What does the Plumb represent?
A. Divine justice ready to strike the guilty and to straighten those who stray from the path of Virtue.
Q. What do the regular touches mean that we use to recognize one another?
A. They are the pledge of the good understanding that must reign among the brothers.
Q. How is the L:. Lodge of Ap:. Apprentices illuminated?
A. By 3 Lights.
Q. Why is it so poorly illuminated?
A. To represent the Ignorance and blindness where we were before being Instructed in the sublime Mysteries.
Q. What was the name of the column placed in the North where the Apprentices assembled?
A. Jakin Jachin.
Q. What does this word mean?
A. Preparation at the beginning.
Q. What relationship does it have with apprenticeship?
A. It is that this 1st grade is the beginning of Masonry and that it is only a preparation for the other Grades that one must receive afterward.
Q. Very Excellent brother Presenter, how does one name the column placed in the South that served as a meeting place for the Companions?
A. Booz Boaz.
Q. What does this word mean?
A. Strength or firmness.
Q. Why does one use this word for the Companion grade?
A. Because one only arrives at this second Grade through the firmness and strength of spirit with which one has sustained the trials of the first.
Q. How many Lights are there in the Companion Grade?
A. Six.
Q. For what reason does one add new Lights to this Grade?
A. To accustom the Recipient to sustain the brilliance of the truths of which Masonry is the Emblem.
Q. What is the moral sense hidden under the 3 main ornaments of the Temple?
A. Very Sublime Excellent, I will try to discover it with the help of the Lights that surround you.