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1957 Masonic Edition Hertel Cyclopedic Indexed Holy Bible, free shipping

$ 50.16

Availability: 27 in stock
  • Modification Description: Presentation page carefully removed; blank pages for personal genealogy records remain.
  • Organization: Masonic, Freemasonry
  • Condition: binding tight, bonded leather cover clean and intact, no markings in text
  • Year: 1957
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Featured Refinements: Masonic Bible
  • Modified Item: Yes

    Description

    Large family-size Bible has blanks for family records (after p. 578), including marriage, military service, and genealogy. Presentation page carefully removed. Red letters for words of Christ, illustrations, maps and charts. Section on the New Testament in pictures.
    Masonic symbol on cover, and special Masonic section (almost 100 pages). Blanks to record passage through Apprentice and Fellowcraft to Master Mason, to record names for officers of lodges, for dates of advancement through 33 degrees, and for other personal Masonic records.  All blanks empty.
    List of signers of the Declaration of Independence and their Masonic ranks. Detailed descriptions of Masonic terms, and meaning of Masonic rituals. Extensive quotations from Albert Pike's book on Morals and Dogma. Section on questions and answers relating to characters, places, words, and phrases used in symbolic Masonry. Index to Biblical passages related to Free Masonry. Description of the organization of the Order of the Eastern Star, its history and definitions of terms it uses.
    Illustrated list of US presidents who where Masons, beginning with Washington and ending with Truman, and descriptions of their involvements with Masonry. More than enough information to satisfy those who are interested in learning about Free Masonry.