Another good question. The issue is that our ritual was passed by word of mouth since 1711. That means a bunch of folks got it in the start and did their level best to pass it along. When I took my EA ritual training from my mentor, he was about 86 at that time, I learned it without an entire section. When I was examined, I was voted as proficient. Afterwards, the WM took me aside and said, you have an error in your ritual. I asked what, and he explained, so I relearned it correctly, but I did not go back into open lodge and recite it. Every state does it a little differently, and the master of the lodge has say in how it is passed down, there are a lot of small differences, that add up to big differences. Who had it right in the first place, and how close are we today. Good questions without solid answers.