Editing Scottish Rite (section)

===Rite of 25 Degrees===
Early writers long believed that a "Rite of Perfection" consisting of 25 degrees, itself the predecessor of the Scottish Rite, had been formed in Paris by a high-degree council calling itself "The Council of Emperors of the East and West". The title "Rite of Perfection" first appeared in the Preface to the "Grand Constitutions of 1786", the authority for which is now known to be faulty.<ref name="JacksonRoseCroix"/>{{rp|75–84}} The highest degree in this rite was the "Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret".

It is now generally accepted that this Rite of twenty-five degrees was compiled by Estienne Morin and is more properly called "The Rite of the Royal Secret", or "Morin's Rite".<ref name="JacksonRoseCroix"/>{{rp|37}}

However, it was known as "The Order of Prince of the Royal Secret" by the founders of the Scottish Rite, who mentioned it in their "Circular throughout the two Hemispheres"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scscottishrite.org/history/dalchocircular.htm|title=Dalcho Circular Creating the Supreme Council|website=scscottishrite.org|access-date=30 June 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023644/http://scscottishrite.org/history/dalchocircular.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> or "Manifesto", issued on December 4, 1802.<ref>de Hoyos, Arturo, ''Scottish Rite Ritual, Monitor and Guide'' 2d ed. (Washington, D.C.: Supreme Council, 33°, S.J., 2009), pp. 937, 938.</ref>