MASONIC MARK DEGREE PURPLE RIBBON & GOLD TONE PIN BADGE D212 For Sale

MASONIC MARK DEGREE PURPLE RIBBON & GOLD TONE PIN BADGE D212
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From Wikipedia:
TheOrder of Mark Master Masonsis anappendantorder ofFreemasonrythat exists in some Masonic jurisdictions, and confers the degrees ofMark MasonandMark Master.

Similarly toCraft Freemasonry, Mark Masonry conveys moral and ethical lessons using a ritualizedallegorybased around the building of KingSolomon\'s Temple. The ceremonies of Mark Masonry require the candidate to undertake the role of a Fellowcraft, thus the degree is seen as an extension of the Fellowcraft Degree, and the philosophical lessons conveyed are appropriate to that stage in a candidate\'s Masonic development.

While the Fellowcraft degree teaches a Mason what the historical wages of a Fellowcraft Mason are, the Mark Master Mason degree teaches a Mason how to earn those wages, how to prove his work is his own, and what the penalty for fraud was during the building of the Temple. The legend reconciles the Anglo-American version of theHiramic legendwith the 3,300 Master Masons ofAnderson\'sconstitutions, making them Mark Masters, or overseers. The candidate is helped to choose aMason\'s mark, and introduced to another extension of the Hiramic myth, relating to the manufacture, loss, and re-finding of the keystone of theRoyal Arch.

The link between the degrees of Master Mason, Mark Master Mason and the Royal Arch is further demonstrated in theOrder of Royal and Select Masters.

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