The Grand Consistory

The Traditional and Chivalric Degrees

The Degrees conferred in the Consistory are known as the traditional degrees and the chivalric degrees. The traditional degrees are those from 19 to 29. The chivalric degrees are the 30th to the 32nd.

The Degrees are:

• 19th Degree - Grand pontiff
• 20th Degree - Patriarch Noachite
• 21st Degree - Prince of Libanus
• 23rd Degree - Chief of the Tabernacle
• 24th Degree - Brother of the Forest
• 25th Degree - Master of Achievement
• 26th Degree - Friend and Brother Eternal
  
• 27th Degree - Knight of Jerusalem
• 28th Degree - Knight of the Sun
• 29th Degree - Knight of St. Andrew
• 30th Degree - Grand Inspector
• 31st Degree - Knight Aspirant
• 32nd Degree - Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret

These degrees are allegorical, historical, and ceremonial in nature. They include many Freemasons and prominent people from history in dramas intended to teach further moral and social lesson to the Scottish Rite Freemason.