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 Lodges^{[citation needed]} because they accept women, or do not require Masons to have a belief in a Supreme Being (Great Architect of the Universe).

History

CLIPSAS was created in Strasbourg France on 22 January 1961, at the initiative of the Grand Orient de France and eleven Sovereign Masonic Powers. The Grand Lodges issued the Strasbourg appeal, with the goal to establish fraternal relations and the recognition of Absolute Liberty of Conscience.

Members

1. Gran Loggia d’Italia, since 1961
2. Grand Orient de Suisse, since 1961
3. Großorient von Österreich, since 1961
4. Grand Orient de Luxembourg, since 1961
5. Serenísima Gran Logia de Lengua Española, since 1961
6. Grand Lodge of Denmark, 1970
7. Gran Logia Mixta de Puerto Rico, 1976
8. George Washington Union, 1979
9. Gran Logia de la República de Venezuela, 1980
10. Grand Rite Malgache, 1981
11. Omega Grand Lodge of the State of New York, 1982
12. Grands Orient & Loge Unis du Cameroun, 1982
13. Gran Logia Simbólica Española, 1983
14. Grand Orient du Congo, 1984
15. Grande Loge Féminine de Belgique, 1984
16. Nederlandse Grootloge der Gemengde Vrijmetsalerij, 1985
17. Grande Oriente Lusitano, 1985
18. Grande Loge Haitienne de St. Jean des Orients D'Outre-Mer, 1985
19. Grande Loge de Haïti, 1987
20. HUMANITAS-Freimaurergrossloge für Frauen und Männer in Deutschland, 1987
21. Gran Oriente Latino Americano, 1987
22. Grand Bénin de la République du Bénin, 1988
23. Großloge Humanitas Austria, 1989
24. Grands Orient & Loge Associés du Congo, 1989
25. Liberal Grand Lodge of Turkey, 1989
26. Gran Logia Mixta de Chile, 1991
27. Grande Loge Française de Memphis-Misraïm, 1991
28. Grande Loge Féminine de Memphis-Misraïm, 1992
29. Grande Loge Symbolique Helvétique, 1992
30. Grande Eburnie, 1992
31. Gran Logia Femenina de Chile, 1994
32. Gran Loggia Massonica Femminile d’Italia, 1995
33. Grande Loja Unida do Paraná, 1995
34. Séréníssime Grand Orient de Grèce, 1996
35. Grande Loge de la Caraïbe, 1997
36. Gran Oriente de México, 1997
37. Grande Loge Nationale du Canada, 1997
38. Grande Oriente Nacional Gloria do Occidente do Brasil, 1998
39. Gran Logia del Norte de Colombia, 2000
40. Grande Loja Maçonica Mixta do Brasil, 2001
41. Ordre Maçonnique International DELPHI, 2001
42. Grande Loge Centrale du Liban, 2002
43. Grand Orient Mixte de Grèce, 2002
44. Grande Loja Unida de Pernambuco, 2002
45. Grande Loge Mixte de Memphis-Misraïm, 2003
46. Gran Logia Central de Colombia, 2003
47. Grande Loge de Cèdres, 2003
48. Grande Loge Symbolique Maçonnique d'Afrique, 2003
49. Grand Rite Galagasy Féminin, 2003
50. Grande Oriente Masónico Chileno, 2004
51. Gran Logia Femenina de Argentina, 2004
52. Grande Loja Feminina da Maçonaria Brasileira, 2005
53. Grande Loja Arquitetos de Aquário - GLADA, 2005
54. Grande Loge Bet-El, 2005
55. Grande Loge Féminine de Roumanie, 2006
56. Benjamim Herrera, 2006

See also

• Grand Orient of Belgium
• Grande Loge Nationale Française
• International Masonic Union Catena
• International Secretariat of the Masonic Adogmatic Powers
• Latin Freemasonry
• Regular Masonic jurisdictions

Sources

• At a perpetual distance: liberal and adogmatic Grand Lodges
• Clipsas and similar Masonic organizations
• 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 1990

External links

• At a perpetual distance: liberal and adogmatic Grand Lodges
• CLIPSAS Website
• CLIPSAS
• Clipsas and similar Masonic organizations
• Frauen und Freimaurerei (German)
• The Strasbourg Appeal

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