ON COMMUNISM

The following resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, Masonry enjoins all masons to, among other things, maintain a zealous regard for their duties of citizenship, loyalty to constituted authorities, and vigilant care for the welfare and safety of the country to which they owe allegiance and under whose protection they live;

WHEREAS, Communism threatens the peace of the world and poses great dangers to our country from without as well as from within;

WHEREAS, one of the most serious threats to the security of the State is the spread of insidious propaganda of this atheistic, anti- democratic and anti-masonic way of life;

WHEREAS, such converts come from the masses, particularly the peasant population who due to lack of proper knowledge and instruction, do not realize the blessings of democracy and the fact that Communism is a system of physical, mental and spiritual slavery;

WHEREAS, our government, burdened with numerous and serious problems, needs the cooperation of all individuals and institutions.

NOW, THEREFORE: BE IT RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved that all Masons under the jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Philippines, in Annual Communication assembled, reaffirm their faith in democratic principles and ideals, and to make a solemn pledge to uphold the same;

In recommending the approval, the Committee on Jurisprudence said:

It is an admitted fact that Masonry is the great ally of Democracy. Both stand for the freedom of man. The ideals of the former do not conflict, but on the contrary, coincide with those of the latter. Where democracy reigns, Masonry thrives. By and large, the leaders in a democracy are also the pillars of Masonry.

The following was therefore adopted: that all Masons under the jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Philippines, in Annual Communication assembled, reaffirm, as they reaffirm, their faith in democratic principles and ideals, and to make a solemn pledge to uphold the same. (Proc. 1951)