An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences : comprising the whole range of arts, sciences and literature as connected with the institution (1887)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, McClenachan, Charles T. (Charles Thompson) · Philadelphia : L.H. Everts · leaf 687
ribbon to the button. It is ofgold, and consists of a triple tan crosswithin a triangle, the whole circumscribedby a circle. This jewel is eminently sym-bolic. The tau being the mark mentionedby Ezekiel (ix. 4,) by which those were dis-tinguished who were to be saved from the 670 ROYAL ROYAL wicked… … only to those who are thus separated; andthe circle is a symbol of the eternal life,which is the great dogma taught by RoyalArch Masonry. Hence, by tiiis jewel, theRoyal Arch Mason makes the professionof his separation from the unholy and pro-fane, his reverence for God, and his beliefin the future…
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