petschm66: peterschlehmil: Masonic Pelican: a symbol of the renewal of life through the spiritual fo
petschm66: peterschlehmil: Masonic Pelican: a symbol of the renewal of life through the spiritual food of the God Head or Holy Spirit “Then sayd the pellycane When my byrats be slayneWith my bloude I them reuyue (revive) Scrypture doth record, The same dyd our Lord,And rose from deth to lyue.” Skelton, “Armory of Birds.” The Pelican was by the growth of legends transformed into a mystic emblem of Christ, whom Dante terms “Nostro Pelicano." St. Hieronymus gives the story of the pelican restoring its young ones destroyed by serpents as an illustration of the destruction of man by the old Serpent, and his salvation by the blood of Christ.The Pelican in Christian Art is an emblem of Jesus Christ, by "whose blood we are healed.” It is also a symbol of charity. (from sacred-trexts.com) -- source link
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