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On The History Of Initiation.
Such is a brief analysis of Dr . Oliver s first lecture , which we recommend to the serious perusal of every Mason who wishes _ to attain a knowledge of the antiquity of his Order ; for it also explains the proo-ress of the true Freemasonry from antediluvian times , till its interests were confided to the Essenes ; who took charge of the forsaken institution , cherished it in their bosom until its rays of light once more began to illuminate the surrounding darkness , and thence it continued to however in the
enlighten a narrow and restricted path , terminating broad and g lorious blaze of splendour that dissipated the unholy shades of idolatry in the person of Jesus Christ . We propose to renew the subject in the next number , because we are fully persuaded of the intrinsic value of this curious and learned volume , and that an attentive perusal of its pages will convey a sound knowledge of the various forms which Freemasonry has assumed and maintained amidst the rise and fall of nations , and the various fluctuations of religion which distinguished the ancient world .
Notitiae Templariae.
NOTITIAE TEMPLARIAE .
( No . IX . ) FRANCE , ITALY , PORTUGAL . FRANCE . SOON after the regular organization of the Order , gifts and possessions e where flowed in upon itand nowhere were these donations more
very , magnificent than in the native country of the first founders of the Order . The Temple establishments in France were divided into four grand provinces , viz ., those of France and Auvergne , which included the Netherlanders and Islanders ; Normandy ; Aquitaine , or Poitou ; and Provence . The chief seat of the province of France and Auvergne was the Temple at Paris . At what precise period the Templars were established
there is unknown ; but it certainly was before the year 1147 , at which time there was convened a general Grand Chapter , to consider tiie affairs of the Holy Land . Louis VII . of France and Pope Eugenius III . honoured this meeting with their presence . One hundred and fifty Knights , under their Master , Everard des Barres , are recorded to have mustered at this famous Chapter , which was probably held in an edifice known by the name of Le Vieux Templesituated near the Place de St .
, Gervais , a tower of which was standing during the last century , at the back of the choir of St . Jean en Greve , one of the churches destroyed at the French revolution . Sometime previous to the year 1182 , the Templars had fixed their abode in the Ville Neuve du Temple , as the new one became called in contradistinction to the old residence . The term " Villa Nova Templi" also occurs in several deeds of the thirteenth century . So secure was this new castle or convent consideredand so
, trustworthy were its noble possessors , that , we are informed , when Philip Augustus was about to set out for the Holy Land , in 1190 , he ordered that all his revenues should be collected and brought to Paris three times a year , and deposited in the house of the Temple . Nor was this confidence , we may observe , confined to the French , monarch ,
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On The History Of Initiation.
Such is a brief analysis of Dr . Oliver s first lecture , which we recommend to the serious perusal of every Mason who wishes _ to attain a knowledge of the antiquity of his Order ; for it also explains the proo-ress of the true Freemasonry from antediluvian times , till its interests were confided to the Essenes ; who took charge of the forsaken institution , cherished it in their bosom until its rays of light once more began to illuminate the surrounding darkness , and thence it continued to however in the
enlighten a narrow and restricted path , terminating broad and g lorious blaze of splendour that dissipated the unholy shades of idolatry in the person of Jesus Christ . We propose to renew the subject in the next number , because we are fully persuaded of the intrinsic value of this curious and learned volume , and that an attentive perusal of its pages will convey a sound knowledge of the various forms which Freemasonry has assumed and maintained amidst the rise and fall of nations , and the various fluctuations of religion which distinguished the ancient world .
Notitiae Templariae.
NOTITIAE TEMPLARIAE .
( No . IX . ) FRANCE , ITALY , PORTUGAL . FRANCE . SOON after the regular organization of the Order , gifts and possessions e where flowed in upon itand nowhere were these donations more
very , magnificent than in the native country of the first founders of the Order . The Temple establishments in France were divided into four grand provinces , viz ., those of France and Auvergne , which included the Netherlanders and Islanders ; Normandy ; Aquitaine , or Poitou ; and Provence . The chief seat of the province of France and Auvergne was the Temple at Paris . At what precise period the Templars were established
there is unknown ; but it certainly was before the year 1147 , at which time there was convened a general Grand Chapter , to consider tiie affairs of the Holy Land . Louis VII . of France and Pope Eugenius III . honoured this meeting with their presence . One hundred and fifty Knights , under their Master , Everard des Barres , are recorded to have mustered at this famous Chapter , which was probably held in an edifice known by the name of Le Vieux Templesituated near the Place de St .
, Gervais , a tower of which was standing during the last century , at the back of the choir of St . Jean en Greve , one of the churches destroyed at the French revolution . Sometime previous to the year 1182 , the Templars had fixed their abode in the Ville Neuve du Temple , as the new one became called in contradistinction to the old residence . The term " Villa Nova Templi" also occurs in several deeds of the thirteenth century . So secure was this new castle or convent consideredand so
, trustworthy were its noble possessors , that , we are informed , when Philip Augustus was about to set out for the Holy Land , in 1190 , he ordered that all his revenues should be collected and brought to Paris three times a year , and deposited in the house of the Temple . Nor was this confidence , we may observe , confined to the French , monarch ,