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KNIGHTS OF THE TEMPLE is a new Templar study in two books. Book 1,
WARFARE AND EARTHLY GLORY, considers the spiritual and political
ideals involved in the founding of the Order of the Temple in 1128,
and broadly journeys through the history of the Order, following
its growth and its developing influence. It looks at the policies,
the military triumphs and the tragedies of the Order, and it
considers events in the lives of some of the key figures in the
story, through to the time Jacques of Molay almost two centuries
later. This presentation provides the historical and cultural
background to the confluence of traditions explored in Book 2. Book
2, CONSPIRACY AND THE ECLIPSE OF TRUTH, considers events during the
time of Jacques of Molay, looking at the accusations of blasphemy
brought against the Order, and the arrest and trial of the
Templars. Based on the evidence of the trial, mediaeval traditions
and the writings of mediaeval luminaries, it sets forth a
philosophic and religious basis for the ritual practices of the
Order of the Temple, and provides an analysis and reconstruction of
the scheme of the Templar initiation ceremony. This entirely new
approach to the subject of the Knights Templar shows the
accusations in a fresh light and defines a solidly
Christian-Byzantine-Hebraic basis for the matter 'honourable to
Christ and to the Church' that Jacques of Molay offered to tell to
Clement V.
This is not a Roman Catholic Missal. This Missal is intended for
use within the Independent Sacramental Tradition, and the rites
presented are those employed by the Autocephalous Catholic Church
of Antioch: the parent body of which is the Catholic Apostolic
Church of Antioch. Both of these churches are, by definition and in
fact, Catholic: which is to say that they continue, validly,
legitimately and verifiably, in historical and unbroken succession
from the Apostles of Christ. They are thus living members and
constituent parts of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
Likewise, by definition and in fact, because they are Independent,
like other churches of the Independent Sacramental Tradition they
are not in communion with the See of Rome. They are Catholic, but
they are not Roman Catholic. The contents of this Missal owe little
to the rites of the Liberal Catholic Church, but instead draw
largely upon the learning, traditions and texts of the mediaeval
Church; while the influence of the Anglican Church will be
apparent, not, indeed, in the sacramental thinking exemplified
herein, but in the 'known-from-of-old' quality of a number of the
prayers. Archaic language has been avoided herein, with the
exception of several well-known hymns and one version of the Lord's
Prayer. The Missal has, therefore, a contemporary spirit, but
without detriment to the beauty and mystery of the ageless truths
it expresses. This Missal accords with the established principles
and age-old definitions of the Catholic Faith, and with its
apostolic traditions. The three creeds of the Universal Church -
Nicene, Apostles' and Athanasian - are implicit herein and
foundational hereto. A contemporary Affirmation of Faith, which is
in harmony with these creeds, and which acknowledges the potential
inherent in the interaction of the human with the divine, also has
place here. Three forms for the Order of Mass are given, together
with texts for the variable parts of the rite. The Offices of
Prime, Vespers and Compline are included, together with the rites
for Baptism, Anointing and Funerals. Collects, and references for
the readings for the Liturgical Year are given, with extended
sections for the rites of Holy Week. Prepared specifically for the
Autocephalous Catholic Church of Antioch, the theological
understanding and definition of the sacraments, as presented
herein, is consistent with that of the Council of Trent; but this
Missal also has a potential for wider use within the Independent
Catholic Tradition, among those whose doctrine and practice is in
accordance herewith, and who so desire to employ it.
KNIGHTS OF THE TEMPLE is a new Templar study in two books. Book 1,
WARFARE AND EARTHLY GLORY, considers the spiritual and political
ideals involved in the founding of the Order of the Temple in 1128,
and broadly journeys through the history of the Order, following
its growth and its developing influence. It looks at the policies,
the military triumphs and the tragedies of the Order, and it
considers events in the lives of some of the key figures in the
story, through to the time Jacques of Molay almost two centuries
later. This presentation provides the historical and cultural
background to the confluence of traditions explored in Book 2. Book
2, CONSPIRACY AND THE ECLIPSE OF TRUTH, considers events during the
time of Jacques of Molay, looking at the accusations of blasphemy
brought against the Order, and the arrest and trial of the
Templars. Based on the evidence of the trial, mediaeval traditions
and the writings of mediaeval luminaries, it sets forth a
philosophic and religious basis for the ritual practices of the
Order of the Temple, and provides an analysis and reconstruction of
the scheme of the Templar initiation ceremony. This entirely new
approach to the subject of the Knights Templar shows the
accusations in a fresh light and defines a solidly
Christian-Byzantine-Hebraic basis for the matter 'honourable to
Christ and to the Church' that Jacques of Molay offered to tell to
Clement V.
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