The book of the chapter : or, Monitorial instructions, in the degrees of mark, past and most excellent master, and the holy Royal arch (1865)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881 · New York : Macoy & Sickels · leaf 35
unciation, and the breakingof the tessera to pieces.* The primitive Christians used a similar token, on whichthe initials of the Greek words for Father, Son, and HolyGhost were inscribed. It served in the place of a certificateof Christian membership, and, being carried by them fromtown to town,… … JEWISH 6HEKEU The value of a mark is said to be a Jewish half shekel ofsilver, or twenty-five cents in the currency of this country.The shekel of silver was a weight of great antiquity amongthe Jews, its value being about a half dollar. It is morethan probable that there was a coin of fixed value…
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