Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry.pdf - FatimaMovement

worked in England, is Jao-Bul-On.
Macrobius, in his Saturnalia (lib. i. 18), says that
it was an admitted axiom among the heathen, that
the triliteral JAH, or rather ΙΑΩ, was the sacred
name of the Supreme God. And the Clarian
oracle, which was of unknown antiquity, being
asked which of the deities was named ΙΑΩ,
answered in these memorable words:
"'The initiated are bound to conceal the
mysterious secrets. Learn thou, that ΙΑΩ, is the
Great God Supreme, who ruleth over all.'
"Now it so happens, that in the gems of the early
Christians we find these very letters, ΙΑΩ, which
are an abbreviation of the name of JEHOVAH,
used as a monogram to express the name of the
Saviour of mankind, who was thus represented as
existing before time was, and shall exist when
time shall he no more. It was first adopted by the
Eastern Church, and signified Ιησους, Αλφα
Ομεγα, Jesus, Alpha Omega, or in other words:
Jesus, the First and the Last."--The Insignia of the
Royal Arch, p. 32.
The Royal Arch Word to have been perfectly in
keeping with the Degree, and with the general
construction of Masonry, should have been a
triad, not only of syllables, but also of letters. Our
transatlantic brethren have seen it in its true light;
but they have corrected the error unlearnedly. It
ought to have been, if the principle of its
construction be allowed, to be orthodox:
Syriac. Chaldee. Hindoo.
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The Insignia of the Royal Arch, p. 34. That is to