Grand Orient De Suisse
Continental Freemasonry (alternative terms include: Liberal Freemasonry, Latin Freemasonry and Adogmatic Freemasonry) refers to those Masonic lodges, mainly (but not exclusively) on the continent of Europe, that recognise the Grand Orient de France (GOdF) or belong to CLIPSAS or SIMPA. The majority of Freemasons belong to lodges that recognise the United Grand Lodge of England and do not recognise Continental Freemasons, regarding them as "irregular".
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