The Freeport Chapter of Rose Croix  confers the 17^th º through the 18thº  and are known as the Philosophical and Doctrinal Degrees of the Scottish Rite, are conferred in a Chapter of Rose Croix.  They open a new development of Masonic teaching and are a distinct departure and advance from the symbolism and teaching of the Symbolic Lodge and of the preceding Scottish Rite Degrees.  These deal with the first Temple and its supporting Columns, and the attempt to restore and maintain the old worship in a second temple reared upon the ruins of the first.  Neither endured.

The lessons of this Degree are that man will fail in efforts that are based on power, greed and envy; and that divine guidance is needed to keep us from repeating the errors of history.

The lessons taught in this Degree are that man must have a new Temple in his heart where God is worshipped in spirit and in truth and that he must have a new law of love which all men everywhere may understand and practice.  This Degree affirms the broad principles of universality and tolerance.

~ Officers - Chapter of Rose Croix ~