Creation of the Rectified Scottish Rite
- When
- 1782
- Where
- Wilhelmsbad congress context
The evolution and transformation of the Strict Observance system during the 1778 Lyon and 1782 Wilhelmsbad congresses created the Rectified Scottish Rite in 1782.
The congress at Wilhelmsbad formed the second stage in the system's transformation. Together with the 1778 congress at Lyon, where the French branch of the Rite of Strict Observance had been reformed with items from the Elect Cohen Order and a denial of the Templar legacy, the 1782 Wilhelmsbad congress completed the evolution that created the Rectified Scottish Rite. The new rite is a Christian Masonic rite, also called the Order of Knights Beneficent of the Holy City (Chevalier bienfaisant de la Cité sainte).
Sources
- Rectified Scottish Rite Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-31
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