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The History Of The Order Of St. John Of Jerusalem*
their labours to an end , Ave find him taking leave of as " my best guides , the mild , intelligent , and most conscientious . " These tAvo AA'orks , and Pagi in his notes to Baronius ( 1099 ) , Avhose " ineffectual struggle" to displace the Elemon Ave have already introduced from Gibbon , all priests , Italians , ancl Hospitallers , are those alone on Avhom our author could rel and from
y , Avhich he coulcl copy . As tlie latter , they possibly have been tempted by the contemptuous silence of the Archbishop of Tyre , in regard to their Order , to discredit his facts , and belie his character , and , as a consequence , to disbelieve every historian who corroborated or folloAved him ; as the two former , AA'hen this Order hacl lost all but Italian support , the endeavour to prove that it
had been sovereign and military from its commencement , can only be looked upon as the refuge of Avounded pride , and a revenge for diminished resources . One curious point is onl y slightl y and incidentally noticed in the four volumes before us , namely , that the Order is UOAV divided into two unequal portions ; by far the largest is Protestant
, giving no allegiance , OAving no duties , and paying no responses to the head or treasury of the Catholic faction . His Majesty of Prussia disposed of all the di gnities ancl commanderies in his dominions , according to Ms absolute will , and though
the revolutionary violence of 1848 threatened to extinguish even this dimmed light of the votaries of the Baptist , it is understood that Frederic AVilliam IV . is himself too . much imbued with the fondness of fatherland for ribbons and titles , not to take the first opportunity of re-establishing it on the previous footing . It is , however , amusing to remark the shifts
ancl subterfuges by Avhich the Protestant historians of that kingdom seek to uphold all the olcl usances ancl customs of the Order , Avhilst all its oaths and VOAVS are necessaril y and systematically broken . Dithmer , Professor at Frankfort on the Oder , in his History of Orders in general , ancl of St . John in particular ( 1724 , 4 to ) , may be pardoned his dulness elseAA'here
, ancl the abominable German of his period , for the proof his special pleading offers of the ease by Avhich even noble minds may be Avarped , AA'hen interest ancl emoluments offer the temptation . The oath is sworn to be true to the Order of St . John , and its meaning is taken to be restricted to the Prussian tongue . The VOAV of chastity is argued onlto reach the
y castitas conjugalis ; ancl those of poverty , obedience , and continual warfare against Infidels , are passed xvith little or no notice , as if unworth y of refutation . From his verbiage ancl antiquated diction it is not alxvays easy to comprehend his arguments , but Avhat seems to be intended to gloss over the
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The History Of The Order Of St. John Of Jerusalem*
their labours to an end , Ave find him taking leave of as " my best guides , the mild , intelligent , and most conscientious . " These tAvo AA'orks , and Pagi in his notes to Baronius ( 1099 ) , Avhose " ineffectual struggle" to displace the Elemon Ave have already introduced from Gibbon , all priests , Italians , ancl Hospitallers , are those alone on Avhom our author could rel and from
y , Avhich he coulcl copy . As tlie latter , they possibly have been tempted by the contemptuous silence of the Archbishop of Tyre , in regard to their Order , to discredit his facts , and belie his character , and , as a consequence , to disbelieve every historian who corroborated or folloAved him ; as the two former , AA'hen this Order hacl lost all but Italian support , the endeavour to prove that it
had been sovereign and military from its commencement , can only be looked upon as the refuge of Avounded pride , and a revenge for diminished resources . One curious point is onl y slightl y and incidentally noticed in the four volumes before us , namely , that the Order is UOAV divided into two unequal portions ; by far the largest is Protestant
, giving no allegiance , OAving no duties , and paying no responses to the head or treasury of the Catholic faction . His Majesty of Prussia disposed of all the di gnities ancl commanderies in his dominions , according to Ms absolute will , and though
the revolutionary violence of 1848 threatened to extinguish even this dimmed light of the votaries of the Baptist , it is understood that Frederic AVilliam IV . is himself too . much imbued with the fondness of fatherland for ribbons and titles , not to take the first opportunity of re-establishing it on the previous footing . It is , however , amusing to remark the shifts
ancl subterfuges by Avhich the Protestant historians of that kingdom seek to uphold all the olcl usances ancl customs of the Order , Avhilst all its oaths and VOAVS are necessaril y and systematically broken . Dithmer , Professor at Frankfort on the Oder , in his History of Orders in general , ancl of St . John in particular ( 1724 , 4 to ) , may be pardoned his dulness elseAA'here
, ancl the abominable German of his period , for the proof his special pleading offers of the ease by Avhich even noble minds may be Avarped , AA'hen interest ancl emoluments offer the temptation . The oath is sworn to be true to the Order of St . John , and its meaning is taken to be restricted to the Prussian tongue . The VOAV of chastity is argued onlto reach the
y castitas conjugalis ; ancl those of poverty , obedience , and continual warfare against Infidels , are passed xvith little or no notice , as if unworth y of refutation . From his verbiage ancl antiquated diction it is not alxvays easy to comprehend his arguments , but Avhat seems to be intended to gloss over the