Communion Token - Ruthwell,1830

Ruthwell - Church of Scotland Minister: Henry Duncan (1799-1843) Unusual because of the pentagram. In mediaeval times a symbol of the five wounds that Jesus sustained on the cross, nails in hands and feet and a spear in the side. Whitelaw 232
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DMTK005a-b
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Religion
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Related site :
Mark Farm, Castle Kennedy
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