- CLIPSAS
The Centre of Liaison and Information of Masonic Powers Signatories of Strasbourg Appeal (CLIPSAS) is an international organization of Masonic jurisdictions. These jurisdictions are considered irregular by the
United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) and most other Anglo-Saxon Grand Lodgesfact|date=November 2007 because they accept women, or do not require Masons to have a belief in aSupreme Being (Great Architect of the Universe ).History
CLIPSAS was created in
Strasbourg France on22 January 1961 , at the initiative of theGrand Orient de France and eleven Sovereign Masonic Powers. TheGrand Lodges issued the "Strasbourg appeal", with the goal to establish fraternal relations and the recognition of Absolute Liberty of Conscience.Members
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Gran Loggia d’Italia , since 1961
#Grand Orient de Suisse , since 1961
#Großorient von Österreich , since 1961
# Grand Orient de Luxembourg, since 1961
#Serenísima Gran Logia de Lengua Española , since 1961
#Grand Lodge of Denmark , 1970
#Gran Logia Mixta de Puerto Rico , 1976
#George Washington Union , 1979
#Gran Logia de la República de Venezuela , 1980
#Grand Rite Malgache , 1981
#Omega Grand Lodge of the State of New York , 1982
#Grands Orient & Loge Unis du Cameroun , 1982
#Gran Logia Simbólica Española , 1983
#Grand Orient du Congo , 1984
# Grande Loge Féminine de Belgique, 1984
#Nederlandse Grootloge der Gemengde Vrijmetsalerij , 1985
#Grande Oriente Lusitano , 1985
#Grande Loge Haitienne de St. Jean des Orients D'Outre-Mer , 1985
#Grande Loge de Haïti , 1987
# HUMANITAS-Freimaurergrossloge für Frauen und Männer in Deutschland, 1987
# Gran Oriente Latino Americano, 1987
# Grand Bénin de la République du Bénin, 1988
# Großloge Humanitas Austria, 1989
# Grands Orient & Loge Associés du Congo, 1989
#Liberal Grand Lodge of Turkey , 1989
# Gran Logia Mixta de Chile, 1991
# Grande Loge Française de Memphis-Misraïm, 1991
# Grande Loge Féminine de Memphis-Misraïm, 1992
# Grande Loge Symbolique Helvétique, 1992
# Grande Eburnie, 1992
# Gran Logia Femenina de Chile, 1994
# Gran Loggia Massonica Femminile d’Italia, 1995
# Grande Loja Unida do Paraná, 1995
# Séréníssime Grand Orient de Grèce, 1996
# Grande Loge de la Caraïbe, 1997
# Gran Oriente de México, 1997
#Grande Loge Nationale du Canada , 1997
# Grande Oriente Nacional "Gloria do Occidente" do Brasil, 1998
# Gran Logia del Norte de Colombia, 2000
# Grande Loja Maçonica Mixta do Brasil, 2001
# Ordre Maçonnique International DELPHI, 2001
#Grande Loge Centrale du Liban , 2002
# Grand Orient Mixte de Grèce, 2002
# Grande Loja Unida de Pernambuco, 2002
# Grande Loge Mixte de Memphis-Misraïm, 2003
# Gran Logia Central de Colombia, 2003
#Grande Loge de Cèdres , 2003
# Grande Loge Symbolique Maçonnique d'Afrique, 2003
# Grand Rite Galagasy Féminin, 2003
# Grande Oriente Masónico Chileno, 2004
# Gran Logia Femenina de Argentina, 2004
# Grande Loja Feminina da Maçonaria Brasileira, 2005
# Grande Loja Arquitetos de Aquário - GLADA, 2005
#Grande Loge Bet-El , 2005
# Grande Loge Féminine de Roumanie, 2006
# Benjamim Herrera, 2006ee also
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Grand Orient of Belgium
*Grande Loge Nationale Française
*International Masonic Union Catena
*International Secretariat of the Masonic Adogmatic Powers
*Latin Freemasonry
*Regular Masonic jurisdictions ources
* [http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/pope7.html At a perpetual distance: liberal and adogmatic Grand Lodges]
* [http://www.forum-fm-europe.org/clipsas2.htm Clipsas and similar Masonic organizations]
* [http://bessel.org/clipsas.htm CLIPSAS] (Bessel)
* Paris Gilles, "LA FRANC-MACONNERIE Un front commun contre les intégrismes", Le Monde, 22 Octobre 1992
* Rollat Alain, "Les convents maçonniques Le Grand Orient de France crée un comité Laïcité-République', Le Monde, 13 Septembre 1990External links
* [http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/pope7.html At a perpetual distance: liberal and adogmatic Grand Lodges]
* [http://www.clipsas.com/en/home.htm CLIPSAS Website]
* [http://bessel.org/clipsas.htm CLIPSAS]
* [http://www.forum-fm-europe.org/clipsas2.htm Clipsas and similar Masonic organizations]
* [http://www.internetloge.de/arst/frauenfm.htm Frauen und Freimaurerei] (German)
* [http://www.co-masonry.de/wiki/The_Strasbourg_Appeal The Strasbourg Appeal]
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