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The United Protestant Council received an application from the "Royal" Black Institution on 4th October 2001 to become affiliated to this evangelical umbrella group. This precipitated the customary enquiry into their evangelical credentials, a process that became protracted due to the secretive nature of the order and its beliefs / practices. Over the course of a few years they attempted to establish the core beliefs and practices of the Black Order. As part of that process, the United Protestant Council interviewed several current members at their meetings in England and also travelled to Belfast Friday/Saturday 30th/31st January 2004 and interviewed various former members of the "Royal" Black Institution that had attained to the final Red Cross degree and had since resigned on biblical grounds. Their conclusion after years of carefully examination was that the rites of the "Royal" Black Institution were “pagan and even blasphemous,” and they accordingly rejected the application of this neo-Masonic secret society. Not only did they reject their application but they made a call for Christians within her to “Come out from among them.” |
