<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fda5b838-2c02-470a-92e6-573424740f2e/8024D7EC-08C9-41F0-90DF-02109E9666B5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/world-of-chivalry/" href="http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/world-of-chivalry/" style="font-size: 11px;">barthsnotes.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/world-of-chivalry/"><H2><A title="World of Chivalry" rel="bookmark" href="http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/world-of-chivalry/">World of Chivalry</A></H2> <DIV class="postinfo"> Posted on <SPAN class="postdate">January 31, 2009</SPAN> by Richard Bartholomew </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/world-of-chivalry/"><P>In some respects, the orders have similarities with certain forms of Freemasonry - although “standard” Freemasonry promotes a general Deism, there are various sub-branches specifically for Christians. A 2001 article in <EM>Freemasonry Today</EM> <A href="http://www.freemasonrytoday.com/17/p09.php">explains</A>:</p> <BLOCKQUOTE><P><SPAN>The degrees beyond the Craft are many and varied. Whilst there are ways of classifying and grouping them together, there are those referred to as Christian Orders, in that they restrict their membership to those avowing the Christian faith. These include the Knights Templar, the Red Cross of Constantine, Knight Templar Priests and the Royal Order of Scotland. Perhaps the most well known is the Ancient and Accepted Rite of 33 Degrees working under the Supreme Council 33º, based at 10 Duke Street St James, London. It is the 18º, ‘Knight of the Pelican and Eagle and Sovereign Prince Rose Croix’, or simply Rose Croix, which is the most spoken of </SPAN></P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8024D7EC-08C9-41F0-90DF-02109E9666B5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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