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Traces of the Masonic Knights-Templar rites were first found in England in the 1760s, and in many cases appear to have been worked in Royal Arch Chapters. Despite the insertion of the words "including the degrees of orders of chivalry" in the Act of Union of the two Grand Lodges in 1812, the Knights Templar ceremonies appeared to cease operations until the end of the eighteenth century when attempts to build a Convent General incorporation England Ireland and Scotland ceased. Each of the Sovereign bodies reverted to independence and as far as England is concerned, the order is controlled by the Grand Priory of England. The full title of the order is "The United Religious, Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple and of St.John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta, in England and Wales and Provinces Overseas".

The Ceremonies are (1) Knight of the Temple (Knight Templar), (2a) Knight of St.Paul or Mediterranean Pass, (2b) Knight of Malta. The Knights Templar Preceptory will also be allowed to hold a Priory of the Knights of Malta, which conducts the latter ceremonies. The entry requirements are: Craft Master Mason, Royal Arch Mason, and a belief in the Trinitarian faith. The St.Helier Preceptory was formed in 1936.

The Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests (usually referred to as KTP) was in its early days under the control of the Allied Masonic Degrees. The Grand College was formed in Newcastle in 1923 and the order has seen steady growth since that time. The St.Helier Tabernacle was formed in 1989.
Christian Chivalry and Freemasonry

Rarely does one connect Chivalry with Freemasonry, yet there is one branch of the fraternity which places great stress on Christian Chivalry and those virtues which go to make up chivalric character.

We refer to that great Order known as Knights of the Temple, or Knights Templar.

The original Knights of the Temple were Christian warriors; they were men of Faith, inspired with love of God and the Church. The story of their exploits, their adventures, their self-sacrifice, and their accomplishments, read as a page from a story book.

There is nothing so appealing in all history as the story of the great Crusades, sponsored by the Church, but actually carried on through the great chivalric orders of that day. The object of the Crusades was to wrest the Holy Land and the sacred places of Christian history from the Moslem.

The Crusade period marked a new era in the life of the world. It brought the Eastern and Western worlds together. The evils and virtues of the East were brought to the West and vice versa. But the greatest thing which emerged through these conflicts of Christian and Saracen was the virtue of Charity. The Knights of the Temple and the Knights Hospitaler were the Red Cross organization of that day. For the first time in the history of war; men began to think of aiding others. Many are the deeds of Charity recounted, not only between those of the faith, but extending from Christian to Moslem.

Thus did this era usher in those homely virtues of Charity, Hospitality and Universal Benevolence.

Today the warlike character of the Knights has disappeared; no more is it thought necessary to engage in useless struggle over holy sites and places; no more is it believed necessary to fight men of other nations in order to convert them to our way of thinking.

But the same feelings of Love, and Truth, and Charity, and Hospitality, and Universal Benevolence still remain in the human heart, and the world at large is benefited by any group which encourages such essential needs of mankind.

Thus has grown the modern Order of the Temple. Knights of today claim no direct legal descent from those ancient knights of old, yet they do claim to carry on the virtues for which they fought, bled and died. No longer is it necessary to fight with material weapons, for today "the pen is mightier than the sword", and the weapon of a knight is the influence of a good life carried out as set forth in the New Dispensation - that we love one another.
 
 
 


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Bryanston Freemasons Lodge was formed to bridge the gap for freemasonry between Johannesburg and Pretoria.
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Edenvale Freemasonry Lodge, in the 'fifties', was a fast growing suburb of Johannesburg and a strong demand arose for a 'local' lodge for freemasonry.
Doornfontein Freemasons Lodge The lodge took its name from the first suburb of Johannesburg and its founders included freemasons prominent on the Transvaal masonic scene.
Exsequi Freemasonry Lodge The Lodge was formed to provide a home for business managers who are masons, in particular freemasonry members of the South African Institute of Management.
Volkrust Freemasons Lodge owes much to a few stalwarts over the years, one mason of whom, W Bro B Nathan, was WM four times.
First Pride Freemasons Lodge it was natural that involvement in both Freemasonry and Lionism should give rise to the notion of forming a Lodge to be comprised of member masons of Lion Clubs.
Flame Lily Freemasonry Lodge In 1973 an officer from the District of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, approached all other expatriate masons from that District residing in the Transvaal to invite their help in forming a lodge.
Emulation, Freemasons Lodge In the middle of the 1970's candidates for freemasonry were coming forward in good numbers in Benoni.
Friendship Freemasons Lodge when, in 1984, this lodge was brought into the Transvaal District it became, at one and the same time, the oldest and youngest of our freemasonry lodges.
Germiston Freemasons Lodge One of the twelve lodges constituting the District in 1895. Germiston, founded in 1887.
Gaborone Freemasons Lodge Prior to 1977 there was only one freemasonry English Constitution lodge in Botswana.
Golden Harvest Freemasons Lodge Two masons living at the Golden Harvest retirement village hit on the idea of having a 'morning' lodge, mainly for retired freemasonry brethren.
Golden West Freemasons Lodge The request for the lodge came mainly from the developing mining centre of Carletonville.
Johannesburg Freemasonry Lodge - The lodge had a strong founder base of 28 past master masons and in earlier years met several times a month, resulting in a high membership within a very short time.
Kensington Freemasonry Lodge - In the early 1920s Kensington developed into one of the most popular residential suburbs of Johannesburg and the only delaying factor in forming a local lodge was the lack of suitable premises for the masons to gather.
Kosmos Freemasons Lodge - In 1896 a group of masons in Kimberley petitioned the Grand Lodge of Scotland for a new lodge, which was duly constituted as the Cosmopolitan Lodge No 838.
Highveld Freemasons Lodge - The Kinross, now known as the Evander gold field was opened up in the 1950s and attracted many masons to the area.
Hillbrow Freemasons Lodge - Hillbrow Lodge was one of several lodges formed in Johannesburg following the resumption of normal freemasonry activities after the South African War.
Ionic Freemasonry Lodge - The Lodge, formed to serve the Turffontein area, was consecrated at the Plein Street masonic hall but then held its regular meetings in Turffontein, first at the Presbyterian Church Hall
Isando Freemasons Lodge - The Lodge was the first English lodge to meet in Kempton Park, and as there was already a Scottish lodge bearing that name, the founders decided to use that of the industrial suburb, Isando
Jack Folly Freemasons Lodge - Jack Folly Lodge although not the first freemasonry dining lodge in the Transvaal introduced a variation by meeting at 17.30, members coming in lounge suits direct from their place of work
Jeppestown Freemasons Lodge - the Ford and Jeppe Estate Company offered the intending founder masons a stand and in the event the masonic hall was completed by June 1893.
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