Official Knights Templar Webpage of England and Wales

<body> <!-Introduction_to_the_knights_templar_website--> <h1> <span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style"> <font style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700" color="#990000">Welcome to the only official Knights Templar webpage for England and Wales</font><font size="2"><br> <p>The Knights Templar of England and Wales is part of the Worldwide Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem. It is an interdenominational / ecumenical Order of Christians having a respect for spiritual and moral values. It is not possible to tell you everything you might want to know, but if you find it interesting and you feel an affinity with its precepts then, maybe, one day, you too will become a Knight or Dame.The Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani Universalis or The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem to give it its English name has undergone many changes and adjustments over its history. Originally The Order was known as the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, or, more simply, as the Knights Templar. It has been suggested that the knights were formed to protect fellow Christians on their journey to the Holy Lands to take part in the Crusades. Others have suggested that they were searching for lost 'treasures'. In reality we will never know what was truly in the hearts of these men. What we do know however, is that they existed! One thing commonly suggested is that they seemed to have spent much of their time excavating in the Crypt beneath the mosque. What they were digging for we don't know but the Holy Grail has been suggested, although there is no real consensus as to what the Holy Grail actually is! It has been variously described as the platter which held the bread at the Last Supper, the cup which held the wine, the chalice (perhaps the same cup!) which was used to catch the blood which flowed from the side of the Crucified Christ, the spear belonging to Longinus which pierced the side of Jesus, etc., etc., etc.; even, the 'documentation' which 'proves' that Jesus did not die on the cross, but, according to 'The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail; and 'The Da Vinci Code; et al, married Mary Magdalene, produced children and thereby started the 'Merovingian Dynasty'. Whether the Holy Grail exists to this day ; existed as a physical object at one time but is lost, or is a synonym for the knowledge obtained might always remain a mystery. Reading and learning about the Templars of history is fascinating and stimulating. Their enthusiasm and zeal is to be admired. Whether or not the Grail exists, being a modern day Templar assists one to find one's inner self, one's path in life in one's search for God. </p> <p> </p> </h2></font><font style="font-size: 13pt; font-weight: 700" color="#990000">Nobility and the Templar Knights</b></font><b><font size="2"><br> <BR> The Order respects and recognises the tradition of nobility, but one of the great values and merits which has always stood out in The Order is its readiness and ability to recognise in the human race the merits and qualities that distinguish certain people and set them apart. Proof of nobility is not a requirement to enter The Order. Nobility is acquired within The Order and by the noble deeds of each member of chivalry. In other </font> </b> </SPAN> <SPAN style= "font-family:Bookman Old Style; font-size:10pt"> <b>words, it is The Order, which ennobles its Brothers and Sisters. <!-List_of_pages_within_the_priory_of_knights_templar_website--> <p><a href="annual_general_assembly_knights_templar_2004.htm">The Annual General Assembly in Brecon 2004</a></p> <p><a href="annual_general_assembly_knights_templar_2005.htm">The Annual General Assembly in Nottingham 2005</a></p> <p><a href="annual_general_assembly_knights_templar_2006.htm">The Annual General Assembly in Tewkesbury 2006</a></p> <p><a href="knights_templar_banner.htm">The Banner for England and Wales</a></p> <p><a href="Book_of_the_Month.htm">The Book of the Month</a></p> <p><a href="knights_templar_chivalry.htm">Chivalry</a></p> <p><a href="templar_knight_chronology.htm">Chronology of the Order</a></p> <p><a href="history_of_the_knights_templar.htm">History</a></p> <p><a href="members/how_I_became_a_templar_knight.htm">How I Joined the OSMTH</a></p> <p><a href="the_new_temple_of_the_knights_templar.htm">The New Temple</a></p> <p><a href="the_modern_order_of_knights_templar.htm">The Modern Order</a></p> <p><a href="holy_grail_and_knights_templar.htm">The Holy Grail</a></p> <p><a href="ceremony_prior_general_italy.htm">Ceremony Prior General Italy</a></p> <p><a href="crusader_by_tim_severin.htm">Crusader</a></p> <p><a href="gerald_of_wales.htm">Gerald of Wales</a></p> <p><a href="Joining_the_Priory_of_Templar_Knights.htm">Joining the Priory of Templar Knights</a></p> <p><a href="New_Croation_Priory_2006.htm">New Croatian Priory</a></p> <p><a href="non_nobis_domine.htm">Non Nobis Domine</a></p> <p><a href="recent_events_in_the_priory.htm">Recent Events in the Priory</a></p> <p><a href="the_rule_of_the_templar_knights.htm">The Rule</a></p> <p><a href="contact.htm">Contact Us</a></p> <p><a href="copyright.htm">Copyright Information</a></p> <img border="0" src="images/knight4.jpg" width="160" height="223" alt="Templar Knight"> <img border="0" src="images/1300.jpg" width="132" height="201" alt="Templar Knight Mantle"> <img border="0" src="images/TEMPLAR.gif" width="129" height="141" alt="Old Knight"> <img border="0" src="images/templar3.jpg" width="132" height="185" alt="Armoured Knight Priory"> <p>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them .</p> <!-All_Rights_reserved_by_the_Templar_Knights_of_England_and_Wales--> </body>