An encyclopædia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences .. (1894)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, McClenachan, Charles T. (Charles Thompson) · Philadelphia, L. H. Everts · leaf 682
ribbon to the button. It is ofgold, and consists of a triple tau 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 this 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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