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THE CONlTEdTiON" OI THE BBOTHEBHOOD WITH JTBEEMA . SOKEY 5 WITH A EEW REMARKS Qtf THE HISTORY OE SOME OTHEE SECRET SOCIETIES ; AND A aifAJSTOE AT THE TEMPhAR ORDER ;
In the sketch MagaS / ne r of the rise and M ^ we have but sliglitljr alluded to their connection with th e Masonic institution- —an aiflinity as strenuously denied by some writers , as it
ha & been forcibly affi ^^^ rernarks upon some peculiar features of the knightly orders , which , in our opinion , bear evidence of great similarity ^ if not identity , with IVeemasdnry .
It is to be observed , that , during the persecution of the illustrious Knights of the Temple which was set on foot by the infamous Clement , assisted by the no less infamous Philip le Bel of France , a most prominent charge against the Order was , that they maintained a secret doctrine which was subversive of Christianity . The accusation of irreligion the Templars most strenuously denied , but not so
the fact of their possessing certain secrets , which was true beyond all doubt—and secrets they have remained ( as far as the outer "world is concerned ) from that day to this—not the slightest information has ever been obtained concerning them from any source . Thus niuch , however , we do know , that the Templars and all the other orders of knighthood possessed certain mysteries and peculiar forms ,
which were confined to themselves ; and the rites observed in receiving and affiliating members approached , in a remarkable ddgree , to the practice of [ Freemasonry . They had , for instance , gradations in rank , which may be taken to answer to the degrees in our Craft ; some religious ceremonial was used in communicating each additional secret of the Order ; and to each was attached a solemn obligation .
One writer , indeed ( M . Eosetfci ) , distinctly asserts that the Templars were a branch of the Masonic institution , whose great object in that age , according to his theory , was the overthrow of the papal tyranny , and the monstrous fabric it had erected of idolatry , superstition , and impiety ; and hence he traces the determination of the Pope to crush , at all hazards , the Order of the Temple , with all its daring innovations . With this opinion we can by no means entirely Y 0 . L . IY . JJ 0
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Knights Templar:
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THE CONlTEdTiON" OI THE BBOTHEBHOOD WITH JTBEEMA . SOKEY 5 WITH A EEW REMARKS Qtf THE HISTORY OE SOME OTHEE SECRET SOCIETIES ; AND A aifAJSTOE AT THE TEMPhAR ORDER ;
In the sketch MagaS / ne r of the rise and M ^ we have but sliglitljr alluded to their connection with th e Masonic institution- —an aiflinity as strenuously denied by some writers , as it
ha & been forcibly affi ^^^ rernarks upon some peculiar features of the knightly orders , which , in our opinion , bear evidence of great similarity ^ if not identity , with IVeemasdnry .
It is to be observed , that , during the persecution of the illustrious Knights of the Temple which was set on foot by the infamous Clement , assisted by the no less infamous Philip le Bel of France , a most prominent charge against the Order was , that they maintained a secret doctrine which was subversive of Christianity . The accusation of irreligion the Templars most strenuously denied , but not so
the fact of their possessing certain secrets , which was true beyond all doubt—and secrets they have remained ( as far as the outer "world is concerned ) from that day to this—not the slightest information has ever been obtained concerning them from any source . Thus niuch , however , we do know , that the Templars and all the other orders of knighthood possessed certain mysteries and peculiar forms ,
which were confined to themselves ; and the rites observed in receiving and affiliating members approached , in a remarkable ddgree , to the practice of [ Freemasonry . They had , for instance , gradations in rank , which may be taken to answer to the degrees in our Craft ; some religious ceremonial was used in communicating each additional secret of the Order ; and to each was attached a solemn obligation .
One writer , indeed ( M . Eosetfci ) , distinctly asserts that the Templars were a branch of the Masonic institution , whose great object in that age , according to his theory , was the overthrow of the papal tyranny , and the monstrous fabric it had erected of idolatry , superstition , and impiety ; and hence he traces the determination of the Pope to crush , at all hazards , the Order of the Temple , with all its daring innovations . With this opinion we can by no means entirely Y 0 . L . IY . JJ 0