Hi there,
yeah, i found that it was interesting. I spent almost 24 hrs to see prts 2 and 3. and failed...i saw about 16 minutes of the 2 prt, and very little of prt 3...
I do not know the individual who has the links, i figured it was relevant to post the links...
i found the by-law book...
kept in a bag from a cigar store called "holy Smokes!'...
here is the title in full
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The Sovereign Great Priory of Canada
Knights Templar
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STATUTES
for the government
of the
United Religeous and Military Orders of
the Temple, and of St. John
of Jersaulem (spelling mistake), Palestine,
Rhodes and Malta
in the
DOMINION OF CANADA
(a coat of arms)
Montreal
Printed for Great Priory
1924
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anyways, the illuminaughty link was the only link i checked out on that list of films,
it took so long, i was getting pretty frustrated...
i liked that u.f.o. thing tho...that is not quite the same thing i once saw. i would like to explain later, it will take some time, if it happens it will, i tend not to say i will do something these days, for i tend to not do it...
oh, i don't mind the 'hippie-like talk' i haven't had a hair cut in over 6 yrs...
the only thing i find odd is that there is little discussion of the roman catholic church, now i haven't seen it all, but my understanding the Knights of Columbus are an affilation of the catholic church, lets say, as opposed to the Queen of England being associated with the Anglican church. I suppose they are all Knights in one way or another.
There is information on the net, regarding what would, could, might happen if the freemasons infiltrate the church, but I just wind up with a puzzled look on my face. Because i have learned of odd information about the town i was living in, when a new priest came to the main anglican church. A friend was the custodian (sexton technical title) and spoke to the new priest and found out he was a freemason, ex military. The same church has also been involved with Algoma University as well, trying to repair old wounds. there is still a church infront of the university, a converted residential school.
anyways, i could probably babble on , but it brings little peace to my heart
i have another thing here.... i got this over 5 years ago...
i believe the link to the 'famous masons' is still good too, i haven't checked the rest, nor do i remember where i got article from...
enjoy!
it is kinda long...
British Freemasonry's Plan for America
History of British Freemasonry
The Knights Templars
(c. 1100-1600)
The precursors of the Freemasons are identified by authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail as the medieval Knights Templars:
"By the eighteenth century various secret and semisecret confraternities were lauding the Templars as both precursors and mystical initiates. Many Freemasons of the period appropriated the Templars as their own antecedents. Certain Masonic 'rites' or 'observances' claimed direct lineal descent from the order as well as authorized custody of its arcane secrets." (21) (17)
In his newly released volume, The Forgotten Monarchy of Scotland, Prince Michael Stewart of Albany also identifies the Knights Templars as the precursors of the Freemasons:
"The Stewart kings, the Setons and the Sinclairs were all hereditary Knights Templars, and Scottish Rite Freemasonry was later created as a substructure of the organization." (22)
In 1118, the Order of the Temple was formed after the first Crusade in which Roman Catholic Church had seized the Holy Land. They were supported by Baudouin, the King of Jerusalem, whose brother, Godfroi de Boullion, had captured the city in 1099. The ostensible employment of the Knights Templars was the protection of pilgrims in the Holy Land. However, this religious-military order of warrior-monks and soldier-mystics, under the leadership of Grand Master, Hugues de Payen and patronage of St. Bernard, became a highly disciplined "militia of Christ" which blasphemously claimed to be Guardians of the Holy Grail, the Sang Raal or "royal blood" of Jesus Christ.
After the Saracens captured Jerusalem in 1187, the unemployed Templars returned to Europe and settled in the Languedoc in France. In 1312, the Order of the Temple was officially dissolved by Pope Clement V and the Inquisition commenced proceedings against the Knights. The last Grand Master of the Temple, Jacques de Molay, was martyred in 1314. Knights Templars who survived Roman Catholic persecution either went underground on the Continent or sought refuge in the British Isles where the Inquisition was resisted by King Edward I. Biagent and Leigh write:
"Scarcely had the Order of the Temple been destroyed than it arose again, phoenix-like, from the flames of its own pyre, to assume a new mythic guise. Within a quarter of a century of the Temple's dissolution, a spate of neo-Templar orders began to appear -- and would continue to do so for centuries afterwards." (23)
Biagent and Leigh mention the Order of the Garter in England "the world's premier order of chivalry" (1348), the Order of the Star in France (1352), the Order of the Golden Fleece in Burgundy (1430), the Order of St Michael in France (1469). Under the subtitle "The Inquisition," they state:
"In Portugal, the Templars were cleared by an inquiry and simply modified their name, becoming Knights of Christ. They survived under this title well into the sixteenth century, their maritime explorations leaving an indelible mark on history. (Vasco da Gama was a Knight of Christ; Prince Henry the Navigator was a Grand Master of the Order. Ships of the Knights of Christ sailed under the Templars' familiar red patte' cross. And it was under this same cross that Columbus's three caravels crossed the Atlantic to the New World. Columbus himself was married to the daughter of a former Grand Master of the Order, and had access to his father-in-law's charts and diaries)." (24)
Prince Michael Stewart also notes: "The hereditary right of the Stewarts came by virtue of Robert the Bruce having granted the Knights asylum in Scotland." (25) (21)
Biagent and Leigh state that in Scotland there formed an extensive network of families which provided a conduit for the Templar tradition in a military formation. In defiance of British rule, Scotland under Robert the Bruce, had formed an alliance with France in 1326, after which it supplied Charles IV with an elite military, political and diplomatic cadre...
"...the Scots Guard, perhaps the most genuinely neo-Templar institution of all. Through the Scots Guard, moreover, and through the families who staffed the Guard with their sons, a new energy was to be imported to Scotland from the Continent. This energy - expressed originally through a spectrum of 'esoteric' disciplines, as well as through stonemasonry and architecture - would fuse with the residue of Templar tradition and breathe fresh life into it. And thus, from the pyres of the old religious-military Order, modern Freemasonry was to be born." (26)
In 1612, it seems the future Charles I of England commanded the Scots Guard, which had aligned itself with the Stuart interests. Biagent, et al, state that this royal corps "was thus to pave the way for the refuge which the last Stuarts found in France, and for the kind of Jacobite Freemasonry - specifically Templar-oriented Freemasonry - which coalesced around them..." (27)
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment
(c. 1550-1660)
It is proudly alleged by many New Age authors, such as Laurence Gardiner in Bloodline of the Holy Grail, that the Stuart dynasty of England was responsible for the establishment of the Orders of the Rose Croix and Freemasonry in Great Britain.
"In Britain, and during their later exile, the Stuart kings were at the very forefront of Scottish Rite Freemasonry, which was founded on the most ancient of all arcane knowledge and Universal Law. Their Breton heritage was closely allied to the noble families of Boulogne and Jerusalem, and their background was largely Templar-inspired. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that it was under Charles I and Charles II (who posed such a problem to the narrow-minded Puritans and the Anglican Church) that the Invisible College of the Royal Society emerged - a college that within a brief period of Stuart patronage revealed some of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time." (28)
At this point, a brief history of the Stuart dynasty is in order. Under the Tudor King Henry VIII, England formally severed allegiance to the Roman Catholic Church. Queen Elizabeth I, his daughter, established the Church of England around 1570 and, according to Rosicrucian literature, also formally employed the Order of the Garter "as a means of drawing noblemen together in common service to the crown." (29)
King James I
The virgin Queen Elizabeth died in 1603 and, James VI of Scotland (son of Elizabeth's cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots), became King James I of England. Upon his accession to the throne, England and Scotland were united. Also, James received a petition signed by 1,000 Puritan clergymen for a new translation of the Bible. It seems that the King James' Authorised Version of the Bible was the result of conflict between the Episcopalians and the Puritans:
"King James was confronted with two religious parties - the Episcopalians and the Puritans - each seeking to dominate the course of the English reformation. Though raised in Presbyterian Scotland, James preferred the episcopal notion of the 'divine right of kings,' a dogma based on Scripture such as Proverbs 16:10. ('No bishop - no king!') For this reason he despised the Geneva Bible with its republican notes. (e.g., a note at Exodus 1:19 commended the Hebrew midwives for their disobedience to Pharaoh.) But it was this conflict between the two religious parties which Providentially led to the publication of the King James Version." (30)
According to Frances Yates, author of The Rosicrucian Enlightenment, King James I (James VI [Stuart] of Scotland), who succeeded the childless Queen in 1603 and also approved the translation and selection of translators of the 1611 Authorised Version of the Bible, participated in the investiture of his future son-in-law, Frederick, with the Order of the Garter.
Frederick and James' daughter Elizabeth II returned to Heidelberg where he became associated with the Protestant League, which it seems was infiltrated by the Rosicrucians in order to more effectively oppose their common enemy, the Hapsburg Dynasty/Roman Catholic Church alliance. In 1619, King James opposed the occupation of Bohemia by the Protestant League which, led by Frederick - his own son-in-law - overthrew Catholic / Hapsburg King Ferdinand. According to Yates, James acted for political reasons, however, there is evidence that the King recognized the Rosicrucian foothold within the Protestant League.
While revisionist historians like Gardiner are eager to enlist King James I among the Stuart affiliates and supporters of the Rose Croix, Frances Yates makes clear that King James was no friend of the leading occultists of his day -- Rosicrucian Grand Master Francis Bacon, John Dee, Sir Walter Raleigh and others. Dee's Monas Hieroglyphica had influenced the Rosicrucian Manifestos written by Johann Valentin Andrea of Wurtemburg, Germany and ultimately generated the Rosicrucian movement in England. Yates, the most respected historian of the Rosicrucian Enlightenment wrote:
"There has never, I think, been suggested that James's doubtful attitude towards Baconian science might be connected with his very deep interest in, and dread of, magic and witchcraft. These subjects had a fascination for him which was tied up with neuroses about some experiences in his early life. In his Demonology (1597) James advocated the death penalty for all witches, though he urges care in the examination of cases. The subject was for him a most serious one, a branch of theology. Obviously James was not the right person to examine the - always rather difficult - problem of when Renaissance Magia and Cabala were valuable movements, leading to science, and when they verged on sorcery, the problem of defining the differences between good magic and bad magic. James was not interested in science and would react with fear from any sort of magic.
"It is not surprising that when old John Dee appealed to James for help in clearing his reputation from charges of conjuring devils, James would have nothing to do with him. Dee's fruitless appeal to James was made in June 1604. The old man to whose learning the Elizabethan age was so infinitely indebted was disgraced in the reign of James and died in great poverty in 1608. Bacon must have taken good note of James's attitude to Dee, and he must also have noted that survivors from the Elizabethan age of mathematics and magic, of navigational boldness and anti-Spanish exploits, were not sure of encouragement under James as they had been under Elizabeth." (31)
William T. Still, author of New World Order: Ancient Plan of Secret Societies, sheds new light on the famous historical character reputed for chivalry:
"British exploration in America began in 1585 when Sir Walter Raleigh, an adventuring British nobleman, mounted an expedition to colonize Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. The twenty-four year-old Raleigh was already a member of a secret society which would later become known as the Baconian circle. This circle, of course, believed that America was to be the glittering 'New Atlantis' promised for centuries by secret societies." (32)
The authors of Sir Walter Raleigh’s Speech from the Scaffold state:
"Hugh de Selincourt, one of Raleigh’s many biographers, has called him ‘the most romantic figure of the most romantic age in the annals of English history.’ It is hard to dispute that characterization. David Quinn, another biographer of Raleigh, calls him ‘a representative figure, an originating rather than dominating one … in the history of the beginning of British overseas enterprise.’ An originator of such an empire places Raleigh as a foundation stone in what he hoped would become ‘an English nation’ in America."
The Encyclopedia Britannica records Raleigh's treason and demise under King James. He was beheaded in 1618:
"Accused of treason by... James I, he was imprisoned in the tower of London and eventually put to death... In 1603, he and others were accused of plotting to dethrone the king... In 1616, he was released but not pardoned." (33)
King James' Daemonologie
In 1597, King James I authored a book titled Daemonologie to denounce in no uncertain terms and to instruct his subjects concerning the rampant witchcraft of that era, whose practitioners he then prosecuted. On the Watch Unto Prayer web site is now posted the first treatise of Daemonologie .
This is a most important book, which vindicates the character of King James I, whom many New Age writers now claim was an occultist not unlike B.F. Westcott and F.J.A. Hort. Daemonologie by King James I may be obtained from Border's and other bookstores for $6. (ISBN 0-9630657-9-3) It was reprinted in 1996 by Godolphin House of the School of Wicca. The Wiccans explain their reason for its recent publication:
"This book was used by many as an excuse to torture, maim and kill many thousands of women. James became convinced at the Danish court that Witchcraft was real and that the central source of the Witch's power was the demonic pact. James focused attention on Witchcraft, because his underlying fear was that magical means might be used to end his life as the divinely ordained king of Scotland.
"After his return from the Continent in 1590, he became intensely interested in sorcery and Witchcraft trials and particularly the trial of his political enemy, Bothwell (1590-1591). Witches were vigorously hunted and persecuted - to such an extent that some villages had no females left in them. The period ends with the publication of this Daemonologie in 1597. Because of the impact of the Daemonologie on the ruling classes, more trials were now held with the Kings' approval, and very many more convictions were obtained.
"This book should therefore be in every true Witch's library at the very least as a monument to those who died." (34)
His Majesty King James VI & I Page addresses many of the accusations circulated by the past and present enemies of King James I of Great Britain.
Establishment of English Freemasonry
Frederick's acceptance of the crown of Bohemia and James I refusal to support, and active opposition to, his son-in-law's enterprise precipitated the Thirty Years War. The Catholic armies decimated most of Germany, whereupon the Rosicrucians were dispersed and ultimately fled to England. Biagent and Leigh wrote:
"Thousands of refugees - among them the philosophers, scientists and 'esotericists' who embodied the 'Rosicrucian Enlightenment' - fled to Flanders and the Netherlands, and thence to the safety of England. To facilitate the escape of these fugitives Johann Valentin Andrea and his colleagues in Germany created the so-called 'Christian Unions.' The Unions, which constituted a species of lodge system, were intended to preserve intact the Rosicrucian doctrine by organising its proponents into cells and smuggling them to safe havens abroad. Thus, from the 1620s on, German refugees began to arrive in England, bringing with them both 'Rosicrucian' ideas and the organisational structure of the Christian Unions.
"By James I's time, as we have seen, a lodge system had already been established within the guilds of 'operative' stonemasonry and had begun to proliferate across Scotland. By the end of the Thirty Years War, a system had filtered down to England. In its general structure, it seems to have coincided most felicitously with that of Andrea's Christian Unions; and it proved more than ready to accommodate the influx of 'Rosicrucian' thought. German refugees thus found a spiritual home in English masonry; and their input of 'Rosicrucian ideas' was the final ingredient necessary for the emergence of modern 'speculative' Freemasonry.
"In the years that followed, developments proceeded on two fronts. The lodge system consolidated itself and proliferated further, so that Freemasonry became an established and recognised institution. At the same time, certain of the individuals most active in it formed themselves into an English version of the "Invisible College' of the 'Rosicrucians' - a conclave of scientists, philosophers and 'esotericists' in the vanguard of progressive ideas. During the English Civil War and Cromwell's [Puritan] Protectorate, the 'Invisible College' - now including such luminaries as Robert Boyle and John Locke - remained invisible. In 1660, however, with the restoration of the monarchy, the 'Invisible College' became, under Stuart patronage, the Royal Society were not just to overlap, but virtually to be indistinguishable from one another." (35)
It is true that the Stuart dynasty, after James I, became deeply involved in Rosicruciansim. After the Puritan Protectorate of Cromwell, Charles I, James' son, patronized the Rosicrucians' Royal Society. "The Society was established under Charles I in 1645, and incorporated under Royal Charter by Charles II in 1662 after the Restoration [of the Stuart monarchy]." (36)
Harper's Encyclopedia of Mystical & Paranormal Experience corroborates the establishment of the Freemasons under the restored Stuart dynasty:
"Most Masonic historians consider Elias Ashmole (1617-1692), astrologer, solicitor, officer of the court of Charles II, and antiquarian, to be the first important nonoperative Freemason in England. For years Ashmole had dabbled in alchemy, Rosicrucian philosophy, and the Kabbalah ..." (37)
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial
A guided tour of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial will quickly dispel any illusions one may have concerning the true faith of the Father of Our Country. The following report will provide information on:
o George Washington, who is widely acclaimed to be a Christian by evangelical leaders such as:
o David Barton, Peter Marshall and D. James Kennedy The present day Knights Templar, showing the infiltration of Masonry into the Christian churches
o The leading role of Freemasonry in the American Revolution
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial, which is just off the Capitol Beltway, adjacent to Old Town Alexandria, VA and six miles from Washington, D.C, sits atop Shooter's Hill, a lofty peak about 3 miles west of the western shore of the Potomac River. Because of its vantage point, Shooter's Hill was the site of a Revolutionary War fort, although the only remains of the fort are some irregularities in the soil line that can be viewed from the monument's observation deck.
The Masons purchased the 36 acre site and laid the cornerstone in 1923. Assisting in the ceremonies were President Calvin Coolidge, Chief Justice William H. Taft and the Grand Masters of all the Grand Jurisdictions in the nation. The edifice, which has a broad rectangular base and soaring steeple, was completed and officially dedicated in 1932. President Herbert Hoover assisted in the dedication ceremonies.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
The entrance to the Memorial displays two large plaques with George Washington's words of approbation and devotion to the Masonic Order, a portion of which states:
"Being persuaded that a just application of the principles on which the Masonic Fraternity is founded must be promotive of private virtue and public prosperity, I shall always be happy to advance the interest of the Society and to be considered by them as a Brother."
The Memorial Hall contains a 17 ft. high bronze statue of Washington wearing his Masonic apron as the Charter Worshipful Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22 - to which office he had been elected in 1788 and held at the time of his election to the Presidency of the United States in January, 1789. The statue was presented to the Memorial by the Order of DeMolay for Boys in 1950 and unveiled by President. Harry S. Truman, Past Grand Master of Missouri.
N.B. The Order of DeMolay is named after the martyred 14th century Order of the Temple Grand Master, Jacques DeMolay. The DeMolay Order for Boys is also highly recommended by the Rev. Billy Graham whose status as a 33º Mason is documented at the Endtime Deception web site.
A book sold at the Masonic Memorial, The Age of Washington, describes President Washington's participation in laying the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol with full Masonic rites:
"On September 18, 1793, President Washington officiated at the laying of the cornerstone for the United States Capitol building. It was a major event in the creation and development of the federal city, a project very dear to the heart of George Washington. It was also what the Masonic Fraternity refers to as one of the most memorable days in the life of George Washington, in the life of Freemasonry, and in the life of the United States.
"Washington, dressed in Masonic regalia, lead a procession of officers and brethren of the Masonic Fraternity from Maryland and Virginia to the site in the District of Columbia. Upon arrival, the music stopped playing, the drums stopped beating, the flags were anchored, and the artillery fired a volley. A large silver plate was handed to President Washington. Using a small trowel with silver blade and ivory handle, Washington deposited the plate and laid it on the corner-stone. A prayer followed. Then there were heard Masonic chanting honors and then a 15-volley from the artillery. According to a newspaper's eyewitness account, when the proceedings ended 'The whole company retired to an extensive booth, where an ox of 500 pounds weight was barbecued . . . Before dark the whole company departed with joyful hopes of the production of their labor.'
"The apron and sash worn by George Washington together with the trowel he used are today preserved in the Alexandria- Washington Masonic Lodge. George Washington, a member of the Masons since 1752, the Master Mason, the Past Master, the President of the United States had personally participated in the laying of the U.S. Capitol's cornerstone. He did so 'as a Freemason and President,' wrote Allen E. Roberts in G. Washington: Master Mason." (38)
In conjunction with emphasis on the Masonic influence on the founding of the U.S. Government, the religious tolerance aspect Freemasonry was advanced to promote the fraternal order. George Washington, in the ecumenical spirit of the Masons, sent a message in 1798 "'To the Clergy of Different Denominations Residing in and Near the City of Philadelphia.' In that message he wrote: 'Believing as I do that Religion and Morality are the essential pillars of civil society, I view with unspeakable pleasure, that harmony and brotherly love which characterizes the Clergy of different denominations, as well in this, as in other parts of the United States.' He added that he hoped 'your labours for the good of Mankind will be crowned with success...'" (39)
Masonic Memorial Exhibits
The Memorial's various exhibitions on the Shriners, Royal Arch Masonry, the Knights Templar Chapel, a replica of King Solomon's Throne Room (based on legend of Hiram Abiff) and the Tall Cedars Room (a reconstruction of Solomon's Temple) attempt to present Masonry as a faith that is based on Scripture. The propaganda made available to the public, however, is far from an accurate portrayal of true Freemasonry, which is based on Kabbalism assimilated by the Knights Templar who occupied the Holy Land during the Crusades. The Masonic emphasis on Old Testament types and figures is, in fact, derived from Kabbalah, which symbolism is designed to lead men into the ancient mysteries.
The Royal Arch Room features Egyptian and Hebraic paintings, a reproduction of the Ark of the Covenant and a large mural of the ruins of King Solomon's Temple. A new addition to the Memorial, the Tall Cedars Room, is a reconstruction of Solomon's Temple with statues of King Solomon, the High Priest, Prince Azariah, the Master Overseer, the Grand Master of Workers and others. These figures and are supposedly found in I Kings 4 and 5, which chapters describe the building of Solomon's Temple.
The Cedars of Lebanon were the materials used in the Temple by Hiram of Tyre, whom Masons teach is Hiram Abiff, the "First Grand Master" who is impersonated by every man initiated as a Master Mason. According to Masonic legend, Hiram Abiff was the only one on earth who knew the secrets of a Master Mason, including the Grand Masonic Word, the name of God (the 'Ineffable Name' of God identified in Kabbalah as YHVH).
A detailed brochure for the Tall Cedars Room states:
"The floor of the Tall Cedars Room...has as its center the Star of David [an occult symbol] ...Soon to be added will be replicas of other artifacts from King Solomon's Temple including the Altar for Incense Burning, the Seven Branched Menorah, the Altar of Burnt Offerings, and the Table of Shew-Bread."
The Watch Unto Prayer report, A Sacred Assembly of Men, explains the Kabbalistic interpretations of Solomon's Temple, the furniture of the Holy of Holies, and the Masonic legend of Hiram Abiff.
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
The Order of Knights Templar is described as the only Order of Masonry strictly for Christians. The Knights Templar Chapel exhibits an original suit of armor worn by a Knight Templar of the 12th century and a sword, a Bible and stained glass representations of Knights and Christian themes.
To give an idea of the international scope and organization of Knights Templar membership - that is, Masons Who are Affiliated with Christianity - a brochure on the Knights Templar reads:
Knights Templar
An ancient order serving mankind in the 20th century
Pride in our past - Faith in our future
Integrity, Obedience, Courage
"The Knights Templar is a Christian-oriented fraternal organization that was founded in the 11 century. Originally, the Knights Templar were laymen who protected and defended Christians travelling to Jerusalem. These men took vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, and were renowned for their fierceness and courage in battle.
"Today, the Knights Templar display their courage and goodwill in other ways. They organize fund-raising activities such as breakfasts, dinners, dances, and flea markets. They support Masonic-related youth groups and they raise millions of dollars for medical research and educational assistance.
"Currently, Templar membership consists of people from all walks of life, including doctors, lawyers, clergy, businessmen and entertainment personalities, all of whom profess a belief in the Christian Religion."
Masonic Connection
"All Knights Templar are members of the world's oldest fraternal organization known as 'The Ancient Free and Accepted Masons' or more commonly known as 'masons.' However, not all masons are Templars. Templary is but a part of the Masonic structure known as the 'York Rite of Freemasonry.'"
Three Levels of the Knights Templar
"The Knights Templar operate on a local, state and national level. But their religious activities extend across national borders as well. Nationally, there is the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar. This unit defines the rituals and laws governing state and local level organizations. The state level is called A Grand Commandery of Knights Templar. This organization represents members of a state or an area of equivalent size. Finally, the local level unit is called a Commandery of Knights Templar. There are almost 1,600 Commanderies in communities across the United States, Germany, Italy and Mexico, with over 260,000 members.
"To petition a Commandery of Knights Templar for membership, you must first be a member of a Masonic Lodge and other prerequisite bodies, and must profess a belief in the Christian Religion. Commanderies organize many social activities, including Ladies Auxiliaries, Drill Competitions, Public Divine Services, Family Picnics, Organized Trips, Dinner Parties and Entertainments, Christmas Observances, Easter Sunrise Services, and Memorial Services."
The Knights Templar Holy Land Pilgrimage
"In addition to many religious observances throughout the year, The Grand Encampment of Knights Templar sponsors an annual 'Holy Land Pilgrimage.' The purpose of the pilgrimage is to send a Christian minister to The Holy Land. Masonic membership is not required and the Minister can be male or female."
Support for Young men and Young Ladies
"The Knights Templar also provide financial support, advisors and scholarships to Masonic-related Youth Organizations such as Order of Rainbow, Job's Daughters, and Order of DeMolay."
Patriotic Knights
"The Knights Templar are a uniformed Masonic unit that participates in parades or other public events. They take great pride in their patriotism and respect for the American Flag, which they are often called upon to carry as Parade Color Guard."
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Also available in the Memorial is a book titled Freemasonry in American History. The opening chapters make clear that, early on, the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland were planting Provincial lodges and appointing Grand Masters in the colonies to further their scheme of fashioning a new form of government. According to author Allen E. Roberts, the Freemasons considered the Protestantism of Great Britain to be oppressive and looked to the New World as an opportunity to establish a government based on the Natural Law, which maintains that human reason, not supernatural revelation, must be man's guide.
In actuality, British and Scottish Freemasons were frustrated after many failed attempts to restore the Masonically-supportive Stuart dynasty to the throne of England and, as loyal Jacobites, they sought to establish a Masonically-controlled government in the New World. There is evidence that both the American and French Revolutions were planned and perpetrated by Freemasons to overthrow government by monarchies which were unsympathetic to Freemasonry. In 1673 and 1678, the English Parliament had passed the Test Acts, which prevented anyone but Anglicans from holding public office. The Protestant Hanoverian dynasty became firmly entrenched in Great Britain following the deposition in 1688 of King James II who had converted to Catholicism.
According chapters 14 and 15 of Freemasonry in American History, the leaders of the American Revolution were, in the main, Freemasons: Paul Revere was Junior Warden of the 15th St. Andrew's Lodge; Peyton Randolph, a Freemason from Virginia, was President of the First Continental Congress; famous delegates to the Second Continental Congress included Masons John Hancock and Benjamin Franklin; George Washington was elected by the Second Continental Congress to be Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Forces; under Washington was an army led largely by Masonic commanders, including Brigadier Gen. Richard Montgomery, Col. Benedict Arnold, John Sullivan, Col. John Glover, Nathanael Greene; foreign officers who arrived in 1777 to aid the cause of the Continental army were Freemasons Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, Thaddeus Kosciusko and the Marquis de Lafayette.
The Constitutional Committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin (past Grand Master of Pennsylvania), John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston (who would become Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New York). The Fourth Reich of the Rich, by Des Griffin, states about Thomas Jefferson:
"The Columbian Lodge of the Order of the Illluminati was established in New York City in 1785: Members included Gov. DeWitt Clinton and later Clinton Roosevelt, Charles Dana and Horace Greeley. The following year a Lodge was established in Virginia with which was identified Thomas Jefferson." (40)
Freemasonry in American History confirms that, as 3rd U.S. President from 1805-9, Thomas Jefferson's Vice President was George Clinton, Worshipful Master of Warren Lodge No. 17 in New York City in 1800, and also the uncle of DeWitt Clinton who would serve as Grand Master of Masons in New York from 1806 to 1819. (41)
Many other Famous Freemasons were leaders of the American Revolution and Presidents of the United States.
It seems that many colonists initially opposed the Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War, but were gradually persuaded to join the Masonic cause. A volume cited by Allen, George Washington, Master Mason states:
"George Washington expected to 'fall' during the war. And well he might have such expectations. Some historians claim a third of the colonists were Tories; it would appear this was an underestimation. At any rate, it was evident that not even half were wholeheartedly in favor of a revolution. There was certainly no unity." (42)
American history ought to be reevaluated by Christians in the light of Scripture and the evidence of Masonic control of government -- a fact which has been long suppressed. Scripture -- which enjoins obedience to the governing authorities -- would seem also to preclude organizing a rebellion against said authorities, which are ordained of God (Rom. 13:1; I Pet. 2:13,14,17; Tit. 3:1).
Evangelical leaders, such as David Barton and Council for National Policy members, Peter Marshall and D. James Kennedy, who describe the leaders of the American Revolution as Christians, are in effect promoting the belief that God approves of political revolution. Patrick Poole, who is affiliated with the Free Congress Foundation's Coalition for Constitutional Liberties, even advises Christians as to the evil nature of government:
"Our country was founded upon the presupposition that government is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." (43)
However, the teaching of Scripture is this: "For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God." (Rom. 13:1b)
The Lord Jesus Christ exhorts believers to examine the fruit that is brought forth by religious leaders. Are present day evangelical leaders leading people into the Kingdom of God through the preaching the Gospel or are they fomenting rebellion against secular authority in order to establish a theocracy? The popular theme of "reclaiming America's Christian heritage" may well be the patriotic ploy that draws Christians into the final stages of Ordo ab Chao, the revolution that is required to establish a Masonic New World Order.
George Washington's Correspondence
The Masonic New World Order
(1) Michael Biagent and Richard Leigh, The Temple & The Lodge, NY: Arcade Pub., 1989, pp. 239, 240, 256, 260.
(2) American Masonic History - What Are America's True Roots?*
http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/mashist.htmSee also: America's "Christian" Roots?
http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Letter/v4n1-1.htm(3) The Temple And The Lodge, pp. 202, 179.
(4) The History Of Freemasonry, Albert Mackey, pp. 408-11.
(5) Thomas Paine, Origin Of Free-Masonry, Writings Of Thomas Paine, G.P. Putnam's Sons,1896.
http://www.mediapro.net/cdadesign/paine/origins.html(6) Thomas Jefferson letter to William Short,
http://www.angelfire.com/co/JeffersonBible/jeffbsyl.html(7) Washington: An Abridgement by Richard Harwell (Abridgement of the Seven Volume George Washington By Douglas Southhall Freeman [Written with research associates Mary Wells Ashworth and John A. Carroll], ©1948) Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1968, p. 32.
(8) Ibid., p. 597.
(9) Ibid., p. 638.
(10) The Temple & The Lodge, pp. 261-2.
(11) Washington: An Abridgement, p. 783
(12) Notes from the Trestleboard, February 1996
http://sykuta.business.pitt.edu/masonic/Tr...eb96.html#misc2(13) Architect of the Capitol Home Page
http://www.aoc.gov/history/cap_hist.htm#plan(14) "Freemasonry - Is it Satan's Door to America?," Ed Decker,
http://www.saintsalive.com/freemasonry/fmsatansdoor.htm(15) The Great Inverted Pentagram of Washington DC
http://www.clark.net/pub/klaatu/pentagram.html(16) Cutting Edge Ministries
http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1040.htmlSee also: Cutting Edge Freemasonry Corner -
http://www.cuttingedge.org/fmcorner.html(17) Cutting Edge Ministries
http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1081.cfm(18) Masonic Stones of the Washington Monument
http://www.nps.gov/wamo/Monument_Stones_Description.htm(19) Manley P. Hall, The Secret Teaching of the Ages, p. xci.
(20) James R. Patrick, America 2000/Goals 2000 Research Manual, p. 35.
(21) The Temple & The Lodge, pp. 81, 79.
(22) Prince Michael Stewart of Albany, The Forgotten Monarchy of Scotland, Element Books, 1998, p. 125.
(23) The Temple & The Lodge, p. 92.
(24) The Temple & The Lodge, p. 55.
(25) The Forgotten Monarchy of Scotland, p. 125.
(26) The Temple & The Lodge, p. 94.
(27) The Temple & The Lodge, p. 109.
(28) Bloodline of the Holy Grail, p. 324.
(29) Frances Yates, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment, Routledge, 1972, p. 308.
(30) Robert Sargent, English Bible: Manuscript Evidence, p. 208.
(31)The Rosicrucian Enlightenment, pp. 123-4.
(32) William T. Still, New World Order: Ancient Plan Of Secret
Societies, Huntington House, 1990, p. 50.
(33) Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, 1911, pp. 913-14.
(34) King James I, Daemonologie, Godolphin House, 1597, 1996, back cover.
(35) The Temple & The Lodge, pp. 144-45.
(36) Bloodline of the Holy Grail, p. 322.
(37) Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Harper's Encyclopedia of Mystical & Paranormal Experience, , 1991, p. 216.
(38) George W. Nordham, The Age of Washington, Chicago: Adams Press, 1989, pp. 142-43.
(39) The Age of Washington, p. 206.
(40) Des Griffin, Fourth Reich of the Rich, Emissary Pub., 1976, p. 55.
(41) Allen E. Roberts, Freemasonry in American History, McCoy Publishing, 1985, p. 181.
(42) Freemasonry in American History, p. 139.
(43) Patrick S. Poole, "The End of Privacy," Covenant Syndicate, Aug.10, 1998
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