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	The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem - About the Order
		The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem is an ecumenical Christian knighthood, whose roots stretch back to 1118 and the Knights of Christ of the Temple of Solomon to aid pilgrims in their passage through the dangerous wilds of the Holy Land.
		Jerusalem was lost in 1187, and the Templars took up positions at St. John of Acre, thence retiring, consequent to overwhelming Saracen pressure, to Cyprus after which the official Seat of the Order was placed at the Temple in Paris, sovereign territory of the Order, over which the King of France had no jurisdiction.
		The order was suppressed in France in 1312, but not abolished or dissolved in that the Pope declared that the Papacy did not have the right to abolish the Order by reason (among others) of its sovereignty.
	users.aol.com /templarnyc/nyabout.html (1143 words)

	Knights Templar, Soverign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalam
		Knights Templar, Soverign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalam
		The Temple was recognized as a religious-temporal order of chivalry at the Council of Troyes on January 31st, 1128.
		Jerusalem was lost in 1187, and the Templars took up positions at St. John of Acre, thence retiring, consequent to overwhelming Saracen pressure, to Cyprus after which the official Seat of the Order was placed at the Temple in Paris, sovereign territory of the Order, over which the King of France had no jurisdiction.
	www.kykofc.com /kentucky/koc_sites/int/knights_templar.htm (1041 words)

	St. Jude in Japan, Grand Priory of Canada
		The Order of the Temple is an organization founded in 1804 by the physician Fabré-Palaprat with the support of Napoleon, and officially recognized in 1853 by Napoleon III.
		(Order of Malta), with a hospitaller mission, and the Templars, whose role was to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land.
		One of the landmark decisions was to withdraw recognition from the Regent of the Order, Fernando de Sousa Fontes, because of mismanagement and irregular conduct.
	www.japantemplars.org /aboutus.html (860 words)

	The Knights Templar \| The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem \| www.templarhistory.com
		The official position of the GPUSA is that the SMOTJ does not claim undisputed direct descent from the original Order.
		We believe that this was the purpose of the ancient Order and thus we believe that such is the tradition which should be maintained.
		The Order is very concerned and increasingly active in the arena of Christians at risk, civil rights, and conflict resolution.
	www.templarhistory.com /smotj.html (1044 words)

	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Knights Templar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Their success attracted the concern of many other orders and eventually that of the nobility and monarchs of Europe as well, who were at this time seeking to monopolize control of money and banking after a long chaotic period in which civil society, especially the Church and its lay orders, had dominated financial activities.
		However, an ecumenical Christian chivalric society named the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem was founded in 1804, with the support of Napoleon, that is dedicated to charitable works and antiquarian research.
		The Order of the Solar Temple is an example of a neo-Templar group that claimed to be a recipient of this esoterica.
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/Knights_Templar (1871 words)

	TemplarNY's Home Page 1
		The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem is an ecumenical Christian knighthood, whose roots stretch back to 1118 and the Knights of Christ of the Temple of Solomon to aid pilgrims in their passage through the dangerous wilds of the Holy Land.
		The Temple was recognized as a religious-temporal order of chivalry at the Council of Troyes, 31 January 1128.
		The King of Scotland fused the Templars with the Hospitalers, to be known as the Order of the Temple and of St. John.
	members.aol.com /TemplarNY/TemplarNY.html (9195 words)

	OSMTH-International Knights Templar
		The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (OSMTH) is a modern-day ecumenical Christian knighthood.
		Encouraged by King Baldwin II and Warmund of Picquigny, Patriarch of Jerusalem, they were generally seen as complementary to the Hospitallers (recognized as an Order of the Church by the papacy in 1113, but not militarized until the 1130s), who cared for sick and weary pilgrims in their convent in Jerusalem.
		Indeed, the failure of the military orders to prevent the advance of Islam had attracted criticism since at least the 1230s with the loss of the Christian hold on the mainland, opponents were provided with a specific focus for their attacks.
	www.osmth.org /medieval.asp (2276 words)

	The sovereign authority for the creation of Orders of Chivalry
		The Sovereign is legally and practically the sole fount of titles and awards of honour and dignity,(18) which are awarded by virtue of an exercise of the prerogative, as fons honorum.
		Orders of Chivalry are governed by the appropriate lex creatus.(34) Claims to Orders and the rights they confer must be directed to the granting jurisdiction where the claim will be decided by the lex creatus.
		Some foreign orders specifically provide that clergymen are to be 'members' rather than 'knights', which is the usual style of the lowest grade in these orders- another reason why the titular style itself is denied these 'knights'.
	www.geocities.com /noelcox/Creation.htm (4883 words)

	Priory Overview
		The Order in the United States is divided into local priories, each of whom has a local charity that they support in addition to the ongoing worldwide efforts.
		The Order encourages all members to be active in any and all projects of interest, either on the local, national or international level.
		The Order has additional purposes, which include the encouragement of the noble ideals of chivalry, and maintaining the monuments, archives, and history of the Knights Templar.
	www.smotjnyc.org /overview.htm (382 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Order of the Solar Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The original order was the Order of the Temple, a monastic-chivalric Catholic Order founded in 1118- 1119 by Hughes de Payens and dissolved by Pope Clement V after the persecutions by King Phillip (the Fair) of France, in 1307.
		The goals of the Solar Temple (as presented by Jouret in two lectures in October 1987) seem to be almost identical to those of the Sovereign Order of the Solar Temple (OSTS).
		The Solar Temple had apocalyptic tendancies, but ultimately, "the Solar Temple was engulfed in illusion and its pride led only to nothingness: believing that they would become gods, the blind disciples followed the flute player in a dance of death and hurtled towards their end" (Mayer 1996:24).
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/solartemp.html (3513 words)

	The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem - Recent Developments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first step for the Order would be to establish a security policy round table consisting of retired diplomats and flag officers from the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe, former eastern block countries (Poland, Hungary, Russia, Moldova, etc.), Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.
		We believe that the Israelis could be convinced to accept an embassy in Jerusalem, given the refusal of so many countries to move their embassies to Tel Aviv and if the initial contact is made through individuals associated with the US military.
		His research into the military history of that period led him to an intensive study of the history of Freemasonry, which culminated with the publication in 1990 of Born in Blood: the Lost Secrets of Freemasonry, a seminal Masonic history book which was a popular hit and is still in print.
	users.aol.com /templarnyc/nynews.html (3596 words)

	Links to Military Orders
		Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Federal Association of the U.S.A. This is the official site of the Order of Malta Federal Association of U.S.A. With links to the Order's various National Associations.
		The Order of the Golden Fleece was founded by Philip, duke of Burgundy, to commemorate his wedding to Princess Isabel, Infant of Portugal, daughter of John I, King of Portugal, and of Phillipa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal.
		After the tragic death of Charles, the Bold, the last sovereign duke of Burgundy, at the gates of Dijon, he was succeeded by his daughter Mary, duchess of Burgundy married to the Maximilian of Austria future Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, to whom the the Headship of the Order was transmitted.
	www.jvarnoso.com /orders/links2.htm (4380 words)

	Knights Templar Order (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Order of the Temple, or "Knights Templar," referred to by Pope Innocent III as "The Knighthood of God," was formed in 1118 by nine French knights who traveled to the Holy Land on a Holy Quest.
		Later, the Order became the first soldier monks of the ancient Christian Church, Crusading in the Holy Land against the Saracens, helping to establish and maintain the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem for almost two hundred years.
		Although the Order was formed in the medieval period, our Templar virtues of high standards of self-discipline and chivalry, of services given nobly and willingly, have stood the test of time beyond the new millennium.
	www.ordotempli.org /The_Knights_Templar_Order.htm (1213 words)

	New Page 1 ENGLEZA
		The ranks granted by the Order, as part of public ceremonials or services of investiture and as assisted by a Christian priest, are bestowed onto its members with a view to acknowledge their commitment in accomplishing the work stated in the Order’s Statutes and their involvement in its mission.
		They would be invested Knights of the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem under the authority of The Grand National Priory of France, the same country where our Order was originally founded.
		The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem was to be restored to life in Romania after more than 885 years.
	www.osmth.ro /index1en.htm (1073 words)

	Knights Templars Ancient and Modern Organisations - Page 2. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Order of Knights Templar for England and Wales
		Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple and of St. John
		This Web Page, is provided for those who are researching the Military Orders founded as a result of the establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem on the 11th November 1100.
	www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk /church/templars/templars2.htm (280 words)

	THE NEO-
		The Portuguese magistracy of the order was a serious impediment to the SAC and the latter arranged to hold a rigged election to ensure that Zjdroeski become the Grand Master of the order.
		The Order's badge is a modified (the shorter arm being on the bottom) patriarchal cross gules.
		In addition H.I.H. is the Patron and Head of the Order of Knights of Santa Eulalia, Protector of the Princely Order of the Black Puma of the Princely Order of the Golden Lion, ofthe Order of the Stone of Borinquen.
	www.maineworldnewsservice.com /caltrap/neo.htm (5557 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We are introduced to the opposing discipline of monastic orders undertaken by the secular medieval knights whose instincts and motivation were so contrary to this attitude on life.
		The order was disbanded in France and throughout Europe in 1312 with the exception of Scotland where they survived for some time and Portugal where, as the Knights of Christ they survived for centuries.
		Are you a church organisation, a military, patriotic or political organisation, are you an historical research or hereditary organisation, are you a professional organisation or a charitable one?" To this I could answer that we are all of that and much, much more.
	www.kingmere.force9.co.uk /Templars/SMOTJ/temple/Temple_6 (11014 words)

	Hedge Knight (Templar Resource): Non Nobis Domine, non nobis Sed nomini Tuo da Gloriam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, which is the international name.
		3 The orginisation is an Order of the Knights Templar
		Full membership of the Order is normally only open to professing Christians that are resident within the UK In keeping with the ecumenical nature of the Order a broad definition of the term 'professing Christian' is applied and membership may be open to all men and women who support Chivalric 'Christian' Ideals.
	www.freewebs.com /ryanktpl/milititempliscotia.htm (459 words)

	Dr. Henry Darlington
		Darlington was appointed to be the presiding Bishop's representative to the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem for the Gaza Hospital Project.
		He has served on the board of directors for the Episcopal Missions Society and the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agys, and was a former Trustee on Board of Foreign Parishes.
		Dr. Darlington also maintains membership in the New York Society of Military and Naval Officers of the World War, and the Navy League of the United States.
	www.hereditary.us /darlington.htm (357 words)

	Templar (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Knights Templar, a medieval Christian military order that was very prominent in the Crusades, from the early 1100s until the early 1300s.
		Knights Templar (Freemason degree), an order (level of advancement) in the York Rite of Freemasonry
		Order of the Knights Templar, a degree (level of advancement) within a group of degrees known as the "York Rite" in Freemasonry
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Templar_Knights (286 words)

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		The Sovereign Order Of Orthodox Knights Hospitaller of Saint John of Jerusalem
		The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon
		The Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem
	members.tripod.com /~Blessed_Gerard/LINKS.HTML (222 words)

	Templar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Membership in the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem is by invitation only.
		Membership is increased to accept men and women who have demonstrated in their lives a willingness to give of themselves and their possessions to help others, never only to simply have more members.
		To be invested into the Order for any other purpose, other than to serve, would be inappropriate.
	www.applebylaw.com /templar.htm (150 words)

	MOLLUS--Commander-in-Chief Colonel Brooke Montgomery Lessig USAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
		Brooke Montgomery Lessig was born July 28, 1912, in Pennsylvania, the son of Joshua Brooke and Florence (Montgomery) Lessig.
		He was elected a member of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the United State (MOLLUS) (Insignia No.20412).
	suvcw.org /mollus/pcinc/bmlessig.htm (392 words)

	The Priory of St. Michael and St. George
		Despite this reviewer's disappointment with Dungeon, Fire, and Sword, it is worthwhile to remark at least briefly on the author's background, as some of his other work reveals him to be a much more scintillating and focused writer.
		His research into the military history of that period led him to an intensive study of the history of Freemasonry, which culminated with the publication in 1990 of Born in Blood: the Lost Secrets of Freemasonry, a seminal Masonic history book which was a popular hit and is still in print.
		After that, in 1993, Robinson published A Pilgrim's Path, which was a defense of the Masonic Fraternity specifically addressed to attacks on it by Christian fundamentalists and conspiracy theorists.
	members.tripod.com /~TemplarNYC/Templar.html (3861 words)

	RMC Chaplain Invested as a Knight Templar
		Padre (Major) Eric Reynolds, the senior chaplain at the Royal Military College of Canada, was formally invested into the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (SMOTJ) on October 1, 2005 at a colourful ceremony conducted at Saint James Anglican Cathedral in Toronto.
		Today the Knights Templar is a secular-military order of chivalry — a knighthood which is intended for accomplished Christian military and civilian men (Knights) and women (Dames) who have demonstrated that they possess high ethical and moral principles and who wish to carry on the ideals of the Order.
		These members of the Order provide both a highly respected body of expertise and a credible influential voice to support the less fortunate of the world, and to promote the time-tested chivalric ideals of honour, honesty, civility, tolerance, care of others, and support for ecumenical religious faith throughout individual nations and throughout the world community.
	www.rmc.ca /news_avis/051014reynolds_e.html (798 words)

	W.H-B. Biographical Data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		(He ultimately attained the military rank of Brigadier General of the Polish Army.) During this sojourn, he married the former Lisaweta Albrecht (born 1923, Ückermünde, Germany) in Hamburg, 1950; their son Wacław Kazimierz was born in Chicago in 1954.
		He has been awarded with the Cross of the White Eagle, Virtuti Militari, The Great Cordon of Polonia Restituta, Cross of Valour, Golden Cross of Merit with Swords, and other decorations.
		He is a member of high standing in several chivalric lodges, including the Royal Knights of Justice, the Sovereign Military Order of St. John of Jerusalem - Knights of Malta, the Sovereign and Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, and the Knightly Association of St. George the Martyr.
	home.comcast.net /~bakierowski/biography.htm (384 words)

	Orders of Chivalry - Ordre du Saint-Esprit
		Knights of the Charitable Order of Saint Joachim
		Sovereign Order of Saint Giovanni of Jerusalem Knights Ospitalieri
		Order of the Lion and of the Black Cross
	saint-esprit.freeservers.com /orders.htm (114 words)

	SILENT KNIGHT
		He has been published in Military Review, a military professional journal, and is an honorary member of the staff and faculty of the Army Command and General Staff College.
		He is an Honorary Kentucky Colonel and a Grand Croix in the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem.
		Finally, becoming a part of the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (SMOTJ) and seeking a meaningful way to contribute led me to synthesize these three experiences.
	www.thesilentknight.com /author.htm (1081 words)

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