The Sovereign Masonic Powers meeting in Strasbourg on January 22, 1961.

CONSIDERING

* That it is imperative to re-establish among all Freemasons the Chain of Union broken by regrettable exclusives contrary to the principles of Anderson's Constitutions of 1723; * That it is important to this end to seek together, taking into account all traditions, all rites, all symbols, all beliefs and with respect for absolute freedom of conscience, the conditions which determine the quality of Freemason.

ESTIMATE

That placing the work under the invocation of the Great Architect of the Universe and requiring that one of the Three Lights be the Sacred Book of a revealed religion must be left to the discretion of each Lodge and each Obedience.

DECIDE AND DECLARE

To establish fraternal relations between them and to open the doors of their Temples, without condition of reciprocity, to any Freemason or Freemason having received the Light in a just and perfect Lodge provided that the Masonic specificity of the Lodge or Obedience allows these visits.

APPEAL

To all Freemasons to join this Chain of Union based on total freedom of conscience and perfect mutual tolerance.