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The beliefs of the Orange Order

4.19 The Orange Order emphasises its religious foundation and, to underline the importance of its religious basis, an open Bible is displayed when a lodge is in session. Each lodge has a chaplain who will open and close proceedings in prayer and read a portion of the bible. The Order describes its belief system is as 'Christian, Protestant, patriotic and fraternal' and summarises its purpose as:

  • To maintain intact the Protestant Constitution and Christian heritage of the United Kingdom;
  • To cultivate Christian character, promote brotherly love and fellowship; and
  • To expose and resist by all lawful means every system opposed to the mental, political and spiritual freedom of the individual.
4.20 Its principles are set out formally in the Qualifications of an Orangeman which state that an Orangeman should:

'have a sincere love and veneration for his Heavenly Father; a humble and steadfast faith in Jesus Christ, the Saviour of mankind, believing in Him as the only Mediator between God and man. He should cultivate truth and justice, brotherly kindness and charity, devotion and piety, concord and unity and obedience to the laws; his deportment should be gentle and compassionate, kind and courteous; he should seek the society of the virtuous and avoid that of the evil.

He should honour and diligently study the Holy Scriptures, and make them the rule of his faith and practice. He should uphold and defend the protestant religion and sincerely desire and endeavour to propagate its doctrines and precepts. He should strenuously oppose the fatal errors and doctrines of the Church of Rome, and scrupulously avoid countenancing (by his presence or otherwise) any act or ceremony of Popish Worship. He should by all lawful means resist the ascendancy of that Church, its encroachments and the extension of its power, ever abstaining from all uncharitable words, actions or sentiments towards Roman Catholics.

He should remember to keep holy the Sabbath day, and attend the public worship of God, and diligently train up his offspring and all under his control, in the fear of God, and in the Protestant faith. He should never take the name of God in vain, but abstain from all cursing and profane language, and use every opportunity of discouraging those, and all other sinful practices in others.

His conduct should be guided by wisdom and prudence, and marked by honesty, temperance and sobriety. The glory of God and the welfare of man, the honour of his Sovereign, and the good of his country should be the motives of his actions.'

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The beliefs of the Orange Order

4.19 The Orange Order emphasises its religious foundation and, to underline the importance of its religious basis, an open Bible is displayed when a lodge is in session. Each lodge has a chaplain who will open and close proceedings in prayer and read a portion of the bible. The Order describes its belief system is as 'Christian, Protestant, patriotic and fraternal' and summarises its purpose as:

  • To maintain intact the Protestant Constitution and Christian heritage of the United Kingdom;
  • To cultivate Christian character, promote brotherly love and fellowship; and
  • To expose and resist by all lawful means every system opposed to the mental, political and spiritual freedom of the individual.
4.20 Its principles are set out formally in the Qualifications of an Orangeman which state that an Orangeman should:

'have a sincere love and veneration for his Heavenly Father; a humble and steadfast faith in Jesus Christ, the Saviour of mankind, believing in Him as the only Mediator between God and man. He should cultivate truth and justice, brotherly kindness and charity, devotion and piety, concord and unity and obedience to the laws; his deportment should be gentle and compassionate, kind and courteous; he should seek the society of the virtuous and avoid that of the evil.

He should honour and diligently study the Holy Scriptures, and make them the rule of his faith and practice. He should uphold and defend the protestant religion and sincerely desire and endeavour to propagate its doctrines and precepts. He should strenuously oppose the fatal errors and doctrines of the Church of Rome, and scrupulously avoid countenancing (by his presence or otherwise) any act or ceremony of Popish Worship. He should by all lawful means resist the ascendancy of that Church, its encroachments and the extension of its power, ever abstaining from all uncharitable words, actions or sentiments towards Roman Catholics.

He should remember to keep holy the Sabbath day, and attend the public worship of God, and diligently train up his offspring and all under his control, in the fear of God, and in the Protestant faith. He should never take the name of God in vain, but abstain from all cursing and profane language, and use every opportunity of discouraging those, and all other sinful practices in others.

His conduct should be guided by wisdom and prudence, and marked by honesty, temperance and sobriety. The glory of God and the welfare of man, the honour of his Sovereign, and the good of his country should be the motives of his actions.'

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^^^^ yep, this is what Dev reads, folks <ok>