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Templar Leader Creates Foundation to Help Future Generations
2007-10-19 13:58:00 At a meeting at the Capitol Hill Club of Washington, DC, Rear Admiral [Ret.] James J. Carey announced the completion of Phase I of the formation requirements for The Admiral James J. Carey Foundation . The organization has been formally incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the request for approval as a private foundation has been ... More About: News , Charity , Future , Leader
Tips for would-be Knights Templar
2007-10-18 14:35:00 A medieval Christian military order spawning myths and whispers of clandestine power that fuel best-sellers, the Knights Templar have captivated imaginations ever since they emerged from obscurity in the 1100s. With the publication of a reproduction of the minutes of trials against the Templars (5,900 euros a copy), the Vatican will let scholars examine some of ... More About: News , Articles , Tips , Knights Templar
The Eucharist
2007-10-17 02:56:00 The Eucharist , which is also called the Holy Communion, Mass, the Lord’s Supper or the Divine Liturgy, is a sacrament accepted by almost all Christians. Christians don’t say that they ‘do’ or ‘carry out’ the Eucharist; they celebrate it. In some churches, the person who takes the leading role in the ceremony is called the celebrant. What ... More About: Religion , Articles , Opinion , Char
Hope
2007-10-16 03:28:00 Hope , in its widest acceptation, is described as the desire of something together with the expectation of obtaining it. The Scholastics say that it is a movement of the appetite towards a future good, which though hard to attain is possible of attainment. Consideration of this state of soul is limited in this article to ... More About: Religion , Articles
Medieval church rebuilt
2007-10-15 03:43:00 A 13th Century church, which was dismantled and rebuilt 50 miles away at a museum in Cardiff, has been opened by the Archbishop of Canterbury. St Teilo’s Church has been recreated stone-by-stone over 20 years at the National History Museum, St Fagans. The church from Pontarddulais near Swansea has been restored to recreate its appearance in 1520. Copies ... More About: News , Articles , Medieval , England and Wales
Knights Templar win heresy reprieve after 700 years
2007-10-12 04:08:00 The Knights Templar, the medieval Christian military order accused of heresy and sexual misconduct, will soon be partly rehabilitated when the Vatican publishes trial documents it had closely guarded for 700 years. A reproduction of the minutes of trials against the Templars, “‘Processus Contra Templarios — Papal Inquiry into the Trial of the Templars”‘ is a ... More About: News , Articles , Years , Knights Templar
Medieval women ?had girl power?
2007-10-11 02:16:00 A new study by an academic says that “girl power” was alive and kicking around 600 years ago. Dr Sue Niebrzydowski at Bangor university said medieval women enjoyed a golden era with a greater life expectancy than men. “We found women running priories, commissioning books, taking early package tours to visit the Holy Land,” she said. She added ... More About: Women , Power , Articles , Girl , Girl Power
Les croisades
2007-10-10 04:07:00 De 1096 à 1291, huit fois de suite, les chrétiens s’élancent vers Jérusalem pour libérer la Terre sainte de la présence musulmane. Une épopée qui a bouleversé les rapports entre l’Orient et l’Occident «Le vendredi, de grand matin, nous donnâmes un assaut général à la ville sans pouvoir lui nuire ; et nous étions dans la ... More About: Religion , Articles , France , Jerusalem , Opinion
California University plans event on Kinghts Templar history
2007-10-09 02:01:00 Those who have read Dan Brown’s best-selling novel “The Da Vinci Code” are already familiar with some of the mystique surrounding the Knights Templar, a medieval organization formed in 1120. Thursday, two days shy of the 700th anniversary of the Templars’ arrest by French King Philip IV, California University of Pennsylvania will stage a daylong series ... More About: News , Event , History
Hawaii man hopes his pilgrimages will spread a message of peace
2007-10-08 02:01:00 Upcountry Maui resident Brandon Wilson followed in the footsteps of the first Crusaders last year when he walked from Dijon, France, to Jerusalem , spreading a message of commonality among people. This fall, he will follow another pilgrimage route in the same, traditional way, trekking the 625-mile Via de la Plata trail through Spain on foot. Wilson said ... More About: News , Peace , Hopes , Articles
Vatican to publish documents on suppression of Knights Templar
2007-10-05 02:09:00 The Vatican is planning publication of a book on the suppression of the Knights Templar, based on material from the Vatican Secret Archives. The Knights Templar, a religious order established in Jerusalem in 1118, grew in power during the Crusades, and became a formidable military and political force in Europe in the 12th and 13th century. ... More About: News , Religion , Books
Wine Regions - Roussillon, the Southwest of France
2007-10-04 02:36:00 The Roussillon region is one of the most attractive and varied regions in France , as well as being the southernmost departement. During the golden age of its history in the 13th and 14th century it was part of the kingdom of Mallorca, which had been put together as a combination of the Balearic islands, the ... More About: Articles , Wine , Opinion , Regions
Medieval Shields and Crests - Heraldry and Heritage
2007-10-03 02:21:00 What?s in a name? For those of us living in the United States, our surnames are our history and a great source of pride. Americans? backgrounds and ancestries are very diverse, and originate from many other countries. From the pilgrims at Plymouth Rock to the influx of immigrants in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, ... More About: Articles , Heritage , Medieval , Cres
St. Jerome and the Scriptures
2007-10-02 02:19:00 September 30, 430 saw the death of the Latin Church Father St. Jerome and hence September 30th is his feast day. Jerome spent the last half of his life rendering the Scriptures into the contemporary Latin of his day. Since Latin was at that time, the common or “vulgar” tongue, his translation was called the ... More About: Religion , Articles , Opinion
St. Michael the Archangel
2007-10-01 02:19:00 St. Michael is one of the principal angels; his name was the war-cry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against the enemy and his followers. Four times his name is recorded in Scripture: (1) Daniel 10:13 sqq., Gabriel says to Daniel, when he asks God to permit the Jews to return to ... More About: Religion , Articles , Opinion , Chang
World Watch VII - Myanmar, On the brink
2007-09-28 02:20:00 There are reckoned to be 400,000 monks in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), about the same as the number of soldiers under the ruling junta?s command. The soldiers have the guns. The monks have the public?s support and, judging from the past fortnight?s protests, the courage and determination to defy the regime. But Myanmar?s tragic ... More About: News , Watch , Articles , World , World Watch
Devil?s Bible unique as only few ever explored it
2007-09-27 02:19:00 The Devil ’s Bible , the world’s biggest manuscript now on display in Prague, has an eventful 800-year-long history, accompanied by legends highlighting its emergence and alleged miraculous powers, and it is also unique as a book that only few Czech experts have ever been able to look at. The illuminated Devil’s Bible (Codex Gigas) is of Czech ... More About: News , Books , Unique
Jesus and The Second Coming
2007-09-26 02:43:00 Jesus has been in the news a lot lately, from the controversy over the Gnostic Gospels and The Passion of the Christ, to the books Holy Blood, Holy Grail and The Da Vinci Code and now with the documentary, The Lost Tomb of Jesus on the Discovery Channel, Jesus has surpassed Britney Spears in the ... More About: Articles , Opinion , Second Coming
China and the Vatican avoid a standoff over new bishop
2007-09-25 02:10:00 The selection of the Reverend Joseph Li Shan, who is to be installed as the Roman Catholic bishop of Beijing on Friday, was no surprise to those who closely follow religious affairs in China . Li, 42, who rose steadily through a Chinese Catholic clergy that was far reduced by the Cultural Revolution and was slowly ... More About: News , Religion , Vatican , Avoid
Al Qaeda llama a contra-cruzada por Al Andalus: ?Eliminad a España y Franci
2007-09-24 02:35:00 A la tercera Ayman al Zawahiri se explayó. El número dos de Al Qaeda hizo ayer un llamamiento a “limpiar el Magreb musulmán de los hijos de Francia y España”. Sus palabras tendrán, probablemente, un efecto movilizador sobre una franja minoritaria de la juventud magrebí. Fue la tercera vez, desde diciembre pasado, que el lugarteniente ... More About: News , Crusades , Contra , Al-Qaeda
50,000 hits!
2007-09-21 18:13:00 Hey, we just hit the 50,000 hits mark! We have to thank our readers for this huge success. The Templar Globe has been experiencing an amazing increase in the number of daily visitors in the last few months. Our statistics show that we have been almost doubling traffic month on month and that the major part ... More About: Events , Hits
See you next Monday!
2007-09-17 20:26:00 Dear readers, As you may have noticed, I haven’t been able to update our pages since Saturday. That was due to a server error that prevented me to log in. This week I’m off to Madrid to preside over the Magisterial Council meeting and General Assembly of Priors of the Order. This is the most important ... More About: Monday
Temple Mount
2007-09-14 02:10:00 Interesting YouTube clip from the History Channel about the Temple in Jerusalem More About: Video , Opinion , Temple Mount , Mount
Templiers - Trésor et trésors
2007-09-13 02:49:00 Dans les premiers jours d’octobre 1307, ayant sans doute eu vent de quelque chose, le maître du Temp le en Fran ce , Gérard de Villiers, s’enfuit de Paris avec une quarantaine de frères, et l’on ne sait pas ce qu’il lui advint. Il n’en fallut pas plus pour donner naissance à un racontar selon lequel ce personnage ... More About: Opinion , Lier
Historical Genuine Military Orders
2007-09-12 02:31:00 The orders of any historical existence may be reduced to three categories: (a) The Greater Regular Orders; (b) The Lesser Regular Orders; (c) The Secular Orders. The Greater Regular Orders The great military orders had their origin in the crusades, from which they retain the common badge of every order of knighthood — the cross worn on ... More About: Religion , Military , Articles , Opinion , English
Santiago?s Golden Legend
2007-09-11 02:06:00 Santiago de Compostela has been a lodestar for visitors for more than a thousand years. The world’s first guidebook was written in 1130 by Aimeri Picaud, a French monk, to give information to travelers on their way there. In the early Middle Ages, between 500,000 and 2 million people came each year. They came, however, not ... More About: Spirituality , Opinion , Spain , English , Santiago
On the Grail trail
2007-09-10 02:50:00 The final resting place of the Holy Grail is shrouded in mystery - or is it? Adam Edwards visits a remarkable mansion for sale in Wales, where many believe the sacred relic once resided. Was it the real thing? And is it now in a bank vault in Herefordshire? The search for the Holy Grail has ... More About: Opinion , England and Wales , TRAI , The G
Take me to the tower
2007-09-07 02:39:00 An English man’s home is his castle in France . From the tower, he can watch for advancing guests through slit-arrow windows. The garden is enclosed by low stone walls and walnut trees, and inside the house there are medieval fireplaces and stone éviers (sinks). His castle would probably be a National Trust property if it were ... More About: News , Articles , Opinion
Rosslyn Chappel - Splendour on a Transylvanian scale
2007-09-06 02:35:00 Rosslyn Chapel is surely Britain’s most extraordinary building, with a richly carved stone interior of such barbaric splendour that, if you were shown pictures of it without any clue as to location, you might guess it to be somewhere completely alien - Moldavia, perhaps, or Transylvania. In fact, the chapel is located in the prosaic ... More About: Articles , Opinion , Holy Grail , Scale , Lend
Rothley Temple and the Chapel of the Knights Templar
More articles from this author:2007-09-05 02:42:00 There is a vast amount of documentation about the Manor and Soke of Rothley and what follows is a fragment of history to show how Rothley Temple , or Rothley Preceptory, and its Chapel , all now part of the Rothley Court Hotel, features in our village history. Who were the Knights Templar and what is their ... More About: Articles , Opinion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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