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Originally posted by adrenochrome
wow, no replies and already under close staff scrutiny... this must be important... hint, hint...
i applaud your effort LordCarpainter! can you show me some of your sources of information so i can research some myself? i'd just like to know where you get the proof that some of these people are part of the organizations you say they're part of. i've known about some individuals, but others i wasn't sure of. you've done a great job! now the hard part's getting people to accept the truth, whether they like it or not - the truth hurts...
Originally posted by LordCarpainter
[i]"The Knights of Malta are a Catholic secret society ..."
They are? How so? The Knights and Dames of Malta conduct their ceremonies in public, and have no rituals, grips, signs, mysteries, wonders, precepts, epochs, or tableaux which are performed in private. They ARE a charitable religious and humanitarian organization which is restricted to Roman Catholics. I'm still looking for the 'secret' part. Apart from a list of powerful members, please cite some reputable or scholarly proof -- other than intriguing conjecture -- that the Order is somehow "secret".
"...Some refer to it as the Pope's militia."
Forgive my humbly taking exception to your vague reference in this post, but exactly who are the (apparently) knowledgeable "some" who refer to the Knights of Malta as the Pope's Militia? For hundreds of years, the sobriquet "the Pope's Militia" has been used to describe Inigo de Loyola's Society of Jesus. How odd that after these several centuries, a nickname universally associated with the Jesuits is now being conferred on the Knights of Malta. Goodness, how many militias does the Pope need? Could he be planning a march on Germany to capture the Lutherans and force them back into his fold? I knew he was up to something!
"George H.W Bush ... is alleged by numerous sources to be a Knight of Malta."
Utter nonsense and patent falsehood. George Herbert Walker Bush is a lifelong Episcopalian (Anglican) and it is not possible for him to be a member of an entirely Roman Catholic chivalric order. (Cite your sources and proofs if you contend otherwise.) GHWB could join the Venerable Order of St. John of Jersusalem, which is both ecumenical and closely tied to the Church of England. To date, however, he is not a member.
Best regards,
Sandalfon
[edit on 12-10-2008 by Sandalfon]
Originally posted by Sandalfon
Originally posted by LordCarpainter
[i]"The Knights of Malta are a Catholic secret society ..."
They are? How so? The Knights and Dames of Malta conduct their ceremonies in public, and have no rituals, grips, signs, mysteries, wonders, precepts, epochs, or tableaux which are performed in private. They ARE a charitable religious and humanitarian organization which is restricted to Roman Catholics. I'm still looking for the 'secret' part. Apart from a list of powerful members, please cite some reputable or scholarly proof -- other than intriguing conjecture -- that the Order is somehow "secret".
"...Some refer to it as the Pope's militia."
Forgive my humbly taking exception to your vague reference in this post, but exactly who are the (apparently) knowledgeable "some" who refer to the Knights of Malta as the Pope's Militia? For hundreds of years, the sobriquet "the Pope's Militia" has been used to describe Inigo de Loyola's Society of Jesus. How odd that after these several centuries, a nickname universally associated with the Jesuits is now being conferred on the Knights of Malta. Goodness, how many militias does the Pope need? Could he be planning a march on Germany to capture the Lutherans and force them back into his fold? I knew he was up to something!
"George H.W Bush ... is alleged by numerous sources to be a Knight of Malta."
Utter nonsense and patent falsehood. George Herbert Walker Bush is a lifelong Episcopalian (Anglican) and it is not possible for him to be a member of an entirely Roman Catholic chivalric order. (Cite your sources and proofs if you contend otherwise.) GHWB could join the Venerable Order of St. John of Jersusalem, which is both ecumenical and closely tied to the Church of England. To date, however, he is not a member.
Best regards,
Sandalfon
[edit on 12-10-2008 by Sandalfon]
1) The Knights of Malta are a Vatican military order. That is a known fact. To deny it is COINTELPRO.
2) Of course! George H.W Bush 'isn't Catholic'! Sure, whatever. Total disinfo/time-wasting. Declassified documents prove that Dwight Eisenhower was a Knight, but he wasn't officially Catholic. By saying that he cannot be a Knight because he is officially 'not Catholic' proves you to be one of the many debunkers that infest this forum and I will therefore not waste any more time on you.
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Badge of the Johanniter Order.
The Order of St. John in Germany is known as "der Johanniterorden", and officially known as the Brandenburg Bailiwick of the Knights' Order of the Hospital of St John in Jerusalem (Balley Brandenburg des Ritterlichen Ordens Sankt Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem), the German Protestant branch of the Knights Hospitaller.
The "Johanniter Orde in Nederland" based in the Netherlands, and the "Johanniterorden i Sverige" based in Sweden, are based on the order, but now they are independent. The order also has commanderies or associations in Austria, Finland, France, Hungary and Switzerland.
These are all primarily Protestant, and together with the British Order of Saint John, and the Sovereign Military order of Malta forms the "Alliance of the Orders of St. John".
One reference stated that “Saint John the Baptist was the original saint of Freemasonry and when a candidate was raised, he underwent a Masonic 'Baptism'. The act of baptism was common in the operative Lodges. As the years passed there was heated discussion of the practice. Many claimed it was an imitation of the Christian sacrament, and that part of the ritual was stricken for all time. ( If they had known the true origin of the purification by water, they would have understood that the act of baptism was in existence long before Christianity or John the Baptist.)
After the lodges dropped the ceremony of baptism, the symbol of the white apron was born and the symbolism of the Masonic baptism was transferred to the apron. At this time, Saint John the Evangelist was added as being symbolic of the “brotherhood of man”. Saint John the Evangelist was designated as the Patron of the Fellowship and Brotherly Love embodied within the lodge. Saint John the Baptist was the patron of the newly raised Master Mason ( symbolic of not just a new member but a new brother dedicating himself to the fraternity).
Reactions to the suppression of the Templars varied from country to country. German knights of the Order either joined the Hospitallers or the Teutonic Knights. One leading Scottish Templar, William St. Clair of Roslin, who was the great-great-grandfather of the founder of Rosslyn Chapel, was killed in Lithuania fighting for the Teutonic Knights.
Many knights of the Order of St. John and some of the Maltese nobility were freemasons. In 1756, the Grand Master of the Order was a freemason named E. Pinto de Fonseca. De Rohan, who was Grandmaster of the Order of St. John between 1775 and 1797, is reported also to have been a freemason, and is said to have helped the spread of freemasonry in Malta and to have been heavily censured by the Roman Catholic Church in Rome. The first Masonic lodges operated in Malta under French warrants generally obtained from Marseilles, but under the guidance of Count von Kollowrat, the Scotch Lodge of St. John of Marseilles petitioned the Grand Lodge of the Moderns in England to obtain an English warrant on the 30th June, 1788. This lodge noted in its petition that the most important members of the Order of St. John ranked amongst its membership. The lodge obtained an English warrant as the Lodge of St. John of Secrecy and Harmony. This lodge ceased to function sometime before 1813.
Originally posted by LordCarpainter
1) The Knights of Malta are a Vatican military order. That is a known fact. To deny it is COINTELPRO.
2) Of course! George H.W Bush 'isn't Catholic'! Sure, whatever. Total disinfo/time-wasting. Declassified documents prove that Dwight Eisenhower was a Knight, but he wasn't officially Catholic. By saying that he cannot be a Knight because he is officially 'not Catholic' proves you to be one of the many debunkers that infest this forum and I will therefore not waste any more time on you.
Originally posted by LordCarpainter[B]
9-11: The Jesuit Connection[/B]