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	Order of St John of Jerusalem - Knights Hospitaller
		Order of St John of Jerusalem - Knights Hospitaller
		Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem - Knights Hospitaller
		Knight of Honour- postnominal K.S.J. On receiving the accolade of knighthood from the Sovereign Order of St John - Knights Hospitaller a member is made Knight of Honour.
	www.geocities.com /lionelboxer/osj/ksj.html (97 words)

	Order of St. John - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Sovereign is the Sovereign of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in the United Kingdom.
		The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, or Order of St John to use its short title, is a British-based royal order of chivalry, and is found throughout the territories and former territories of the British Commonwealth, as well as the United States of America.
		In response to the Roman Catholic Order's refusal of recognition, the English Priory declared itself to be the Sovereign Order in England, under the title "The Sovereign and Illustrious Order of St John of Jerusalem, Anglia".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Order_of_St._John (2389 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem
		It was at this time also that the Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, following the example of the Order of St. John, armed combatants for the defence of the remaining possessions of the Christians in Asia.
		The military order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem originated in a leper hospital founded in the twelfth century by the crusaders of the Latin Kingdom.
		The most famous, St. Lazarus of Paris, depended solely and directly on the bishop of that city, and was a mere priory when it was given by the archbishop to the missionaries of St. Vincent de Paul, who have retained the name of Lazarists (1632).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09096b.htm (1392 words)

	ORDJOHN.TXT
		The French branch of the order (de l'Hôpital d'Altopascio) was given the statutes of the Order of St. John by Pope Gregory IX.
		Whereas the Rule of St. Augustine and especially the Rule of St. Benedict seem to focus at the first place on the brethren's gaining of salvation through their service to God and the neighbour, the main destination of the Rule of the Order of St. John is to selflessly try to achieve the neighbour's, i.e.
		• The TEUTONIC ORDER OF KNIGHTS, whose aim were to fight the enemies of the church and the charitable duties towards the poor, also adopted in its constitution in AD 1198 the Rule of the Order of St. John, as far as the care for the poor and sick was concerned.
	www.ewtn.com /library/PRIESTS/ORDJOHN.TXT (17875 words)

	Sovereign Order of Malta - Official site
		The Order of St. John of Jerusalem - the monastic community that ran the hospital for the pilgrims in the Holy Land - became independent under the guidance of the Blessed Gérard.
		As time went on, the Order adopted the white eight-pointed Cross that is still the symbol of St. John today, and broadened its charitable mission to include the duty of protecting Christendom.
		It was established that the Order should remain neutral in any war between Christian nations.
	www.orderofmalta.org /storia.asp?idlingua=5 (870 words)

	Knights Hospitaller of St. John - Order of St John of Jerusalem Modern
		Union of the Descendants of the Hereditary Commanders and Knights of the Russian Grand Priory of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem: A page about the group of Orthodox nobles who met in Paris in 1928 as Hereditary Commanders of the Orthodox Priory.
		The Priory of Saint John of the Sovereign Order of the Hospital, by James J. Algrant.
		Order of the Orthodox Hospitallers: The webpage of an Order based in the United Kingdom which also may or may not be related to the group founded by Archbishop Makarios.
	www.webpages.free-online.co.uk /ksj/modkts.html (1637 words)

	Order of St John
		All three Orders, (St John, Templars and Holy Sepulchre), lost a tremendous amount of lives in its defense and the magisterial seat of the Order of St John of Jerusalem was transferred to Margat, in Syria.
		Of The Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
		The Order, however, would find itself betrayed by one of its own when Portuguese born Amaral, who hated the fact that Grand Master de Villiers had been chosen instead of him, informed the Sultan as to where the weakest point of the defense of Rhodes could be found.
	www.royalhouseofstewart.org.uk /john.htm (3338 words)

	Knights of malta - Order of St. John
		The Order, which continues its mission of defending the poor and the sick, is a sovereign entity enjoying diplomatic relations with eighty-one nations (though not with the United Kingdom or the United States).
		Recipients of this Order "Pro Merito Melitensi" are individuals who have rendered outstanding service to the Order of Malta or its works; unlike knights and dames of the Order itself, those in the Order of Merit need not profess the Catholic Faith.
		Knights of Malta fought at the Siege of Candia (in Crete) in 1668, and at the Conquest of Belgrade in 1689.
	www.holiday-malta.com /resort/malta/history/knightsofmalta3.htm (1642 words)

	FOCUS on MALTA - History
		The Knights of St. John, coming as they did from the richest families in Europe, couId afford to hire the best taIent available and the buildings of Valletta, its fortifications and the art treasures in its museums and churches, are the work of the best European engineers and artists of the time.
		However, the absence of a serious military threat to the Order's existence, and their increasing wealth, arrogance, lack of discipline and debauchery ate into the moral fabric of the Order.
		The Order's original duties were to care for the sick and wounded Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land and to help the poor.
	www.focusmm.com /malta/ma_hist3.htm (780 words)

	The Order of St John, South Africa
		Copyright © 2005 The Priory for South Africa of the Order of St. John.
		Designed, developed and maintained by ASF Computing Services on behalf of The Priory for South Africa of the Order of St. John.
		St John Ambulance offers First Aid and Home Care training to commerce and industry, schools, government departments, the military and of course to the general public so that they can assist in times of emergency at home and work.
	www.stjohn.org.za (199 words)

	Order of St. John, 1291-1522 AD (DBA IV/56ab)
		The Order of St. John is still in existence, with various national branches and affiliated organizations.
		The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, also known as the Knights Hospitallers, regrouped at Kolossi in Cyprus after the fall of Acre, the last Crusader principality in Outremer in 1291 AD.
		The Shield and the Sword: The Knights of St. John, Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta by Ernle Bradford (Dutton, 1974)
	www.fanaticus.org /dba/armies/IV56.html (1423 words)

	Knights Hospitaller of St. John - Order of St John of Jerusalem Acre.
		Knights Hospitaller of St. John - Order of St John of Jerusalem Acre.
		Attire of the Dames Hospitaller of St. John, Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries.
		Attire of the Knights Hospitaller of St. John, Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries.
	www.webpages.free-online.co.uk /ksj/acre.html (486 words)

	Knights Hospitaller of St. John - Order of St John of Jerusalem Other Orders
		A Bibliography of the Order of St. Mary of the Teutons, by Lynn Nelson
		The orders often claimed to be descended from elite units of the old Roman army and to be the defenders of Christian civilisation from its enemies.
		A pair of crusading orders (eventually merged into one) which proved less important in the Middle East than in other theaters of the Crusades: they defeated the last polytheistic tribes in Eastern Europe, then warred intermittently against the Eastern Orthodox.
	www.webpages.free-online.co.uk /ksj/otherkts.html (1100 words)

	Order of St. John / Malta - Various Links
		Valletta, Biblioteca Nacional: The Archives of the Order of St. John (Malta Study Center)
		History of the Order of St. John (SJAB Whitton Division)
		Structure and organisation of the Order of Malta
	www.christusrex.org /www1/gtl/smom/genlinks.htm (211 words)

	Welcome to The St.John of God Services Website
		The Hospitaller Order of St. John of God is a Religious Order of Brothers and an international not-for-profit healthcare organisation caring for the needs of people and their families in the tradition of St. John of God.
		The Pomegranate is the crest of the Hospitaller Order of St.John of God and of the City of Granada, Spain where St. John of God Services was founded.
		The Hospitaller Order of St. John of God has over 250 hospitals and services in 48 countries throughout the world.
	www.sjog.ie /sjog (336 words)

	Order of St
		Order of St Are The Knights of Saint John Catholic?
		The will and commitment of the Order, shown at times in which ideals of chivalry were no longer particularly popular, led the Pope, Leo XIII, to satisfy the desire of the Knights of St. John to choose their own Grand Master, a charge which had been vacant since 1805.
		The Papal Order is now widely recognized as a valid order of state, and it is to be commended for its dedication to the Church and its generous works of charity.
	www.unitypublishing.com /NewReligiousMovements/Knights.html (10266 words)

	St. John Ambulance - The UK's leading First Aid, Care and Transport Charity
		St. John Ambulance is the UK's leading First Aid, transport and Care charity.
		St. John Ambulance volunteers are gearing up for New Year celebrations nationwide.
		St. John Ambulance will provide First Aid support at the games.
	www.sja.org.uk (157 words)

	History of the Order of St. John
		Order of St John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller.
		The Saints of the Order of St. John
		The Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller.
	www2.prestel.co.uk /church/oosj/history.htm (1643 words)

	Order of Malta - Maltese Association
		The Knights of Malta, SMOM, Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, The Order of Malta.
		Of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta.
	www.orderofmalta-malta.org (33 words)

	Knights Hospitaller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta is the main successor to this tradition.
		The property of the Order in England was confiscated by Henry VIII because of a dispute with the Pope over the dissolution of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, which eventually led to the dissolution of the monasteries.
		After the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (Jerusalem itself fell in 1187), the Knights were confined to the County of Tripoli and when Acre was captured in 1291 the order sought refuge in the Kingdom of Cyprus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hospitallers (3224 words)

	Bibliography on the Order of St John of Jerusalem.
		#Order of St John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller.
		Synoptical sketch of the Illustrious and Sovereign Order of Knights of Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem : and of the Venerable Langue of England.
		The Knights of Malta : or, The Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
	www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk /church/oosj/bibli.htm (6202 words)

	mpc2005003290/PP
		Men and women of order of St. John at Opthalmic Hospital, Jerus.
		Maybe St. John in Sheikh Jarrah north of Jerusalem
	hdl.loc.gov /loc.pnp/matpc.11843 (92 words)

	Order of Malta® American Association, USA
		Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta ®
		There are three United States Associations established by decree of the Grand Master and deliberative vote of the Sovereign Council of the Order headquartered in Rome: the American Association, U.S.A.; the Western Association, U.S.A.; and the Federal Association, U.S.A. Portions of this website require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
		This is the official site of the American Association, U.S.A. The Order of Malta is a lay, religious order of the Roman Catholic Church, which seeks to glorify God by promoting the sanctification of each member through his or her work with the sick and the poor and witness of the Catholic faith.
	www.maltausa.org (115 words)

	Grand Council of the Order of St. John Dinner
		Logan Stewart, Prelate of the Order Bishop J. Waine, distinguished Chancellors and representatives of the Grand Council of the Order of St. John and honoured guests, the Le-La-La Dancers:
		The principled ethic of Order founder, the blessed Gerard has found its place in Canada, beginning in 1882 with a St. John Ambulance Society training course in Quebec City.
		With more than 300,000 members in 41 nations of the world, the Order of St. John can truly be said to be ‘universal’ in its many services to people everywhere.
	www.ltgov.bc.ca /whatsnew/sp/sp_apr05_2005.htm (681 words)

	The Order of Saint Benedict (OSB). Index. Information about monastic Benedictines, men and women, and the Rule of Benedict that guides their Oblates, monks, Sisters, nuns and brothers in Benedictine abbeys, monasteries, priories worldwide.
		College of Saint Benedict/ Saint John's University
		Saint Benedict, Saint Scholastica, Medal of St. Benedict.
		Anglican Benedictines and Friends of St. Benedict; and others.
	www.osb.org (221 words)

	History of the Order of St. John
		The Saints of the Order of St. John
		The Treaty of Amiens relative to the Order of St John of Jerusalem
		The Alliance of Chivalric Orders of St. John.
	www2.prestel.co.uk /church/oosj/history.htm (1643 words)

	Bibliography on the Order of St John of Jerusalem.
		The Knights of Malta : or, The Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
		#Order of St John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller.
		Bibliography on the Order of St John of Jerusalem.
	www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk /church/oosj/bibli.htm (6202 words)

	Knights Hospitaller of St. John - Order of St John of Jerusalem Modern
		Union of the Descendants of the Hereditary Commanders and Knights of the Russian Grand Priory of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem: A page about the group of Orthodox nobles who met in Paris in 1928 as Hereditary Commanders of the Orthodox Priory.
		The Priory of Saint John of the Sovereign Order of the Hospital, by James J. Algrant.
		At the same site is a response by Rev. Michael Foster, who is in one of the Orthodox Orders.
	www.webpages.free-online.co.uk /ksj/modkts.html (1637 words)

	Sovereign Military Order of Malta
		The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, commonly known as the Order of Malta, traces its origins to Jerusalem where, before the First Crusade (1099), it was founded by its first rector, Blessed Gerard (died 1120) when the Holy City was recovered by the Christians.
		The Order constructed great fortresses at vulnerable points in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and launched its own military campaigns in the defense of Christendom.
		The Order became the first Western standing army and the first organization of chivalry.
	www.smom.org /orderofmalta.html (911 words)

	ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM - LoveToKnow Article on ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM
		All the higher offices in the order were filled by the knights, except the ecclesiasticalwhich fell to the chaplainsand those of master of the squires and turcopolier (commander of the auxiliary light cavalry), which were reserved for the serjeants-at-arms.
		This order was to remain subordinate to the Hospitallers actually for some fifty years, and nominally for some thirty years longer.2 Raymond took part in the Second Crusade and was present at the council of the leaders held at Acre, in 1148, which resulted in the ill-fated expedition against Damascus.
		The unit of the organization of the order was the commandery (preceptory), a small group of knights and serjeants living in community under the rule of a commander, or preceptor, charged with the supervision of several contiguous properties.
	13.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/ST_JOHN_OF_JERUSALEM.htm (8146 words)

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