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What are the virtues listed on Jacob's ladder?

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The principal virtues depicted on Jacob's ladder are Faith, Hope, and Charity 1. These represent the three theological virtues, which general usage established as the primary steps of the ladder 1. In its full symbolic design, the ladder incorporates seven steps by combining the four cardinal virtues—Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, and Justice—with the three theological ones 1.

On tracing boards and in lodge iconography, Faith, Hope, and Charity remain the principal virtues depicted on the ladder, as the United Grand Lodge of England notes, and as recorded in papers read before Quatuor Coronati Lodge. Among these, Charity is situated at the summit, representing the highest attainment in a Mason's spiritual and moral progression 1.

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