THE SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER
OF THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM
Autonomous Grand Priory
of the United States of America
Priory of Saint Michael & Saint George
of New York City

Non Nobis Domine Non Nobis ™

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR - A CHRONOLOGY

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR - A BRIEF OVERVIEW

• The Order does not restrict membership to any single Christian church.
• The Order is not part of the Free Masons.
• The Order does not engage in politics.
• The Order does not allow members to act contrary to their obligations to their country.

The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem is patriotic, being committed to the betterment of our country. The order is devoted to the preservation of Liberty, which is essential to freedom of conscience and religion for all and to the efficient performance of good works. The principal mission of the Order is Charity. The Order approaches this mainly through charitable works (both locally and in the Holy Land) which try to help people to help themselves, thereby enhancing Hope.

The virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity are the guiding lights of the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, which members aspire to serve faithfully as Knights of God's Temple. The motto of the Order, "Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed Nomini Tuo da gloriam" is from Psalm 115, verse 1 -- "Not for us, Lord, not for us, but to Thy Name give glory."

The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, incorporated in the United States, is autonomous and independent. It recognizes the constitution and statutes of the United States and of the several States as sovereign and temporally supreme public law. The Order, in an age of democratic materialism and secular humanism, seeks, by reconstituting an ancient chivalric order, to adopt an organization of proven effectiveness in capturing the allegiance and spirit of dedicated leaders, and to show that spiritual idealism is most certainly relevant and not inconsistent with a sensibility for tradition, nor inconsistent with patriotism or civic duty -- thus the Order's purpose to assist and facilitate the growth of the Virtues of Christian gentlemen and ladies, by endeavor with God's Grace. The members of this Order believe that they have an obligation to preserve in the coalescing of a force similar to that which created knighthood and chivalry. This spirit of the paladin found noble expression in the twentieth century in the words of Thomas MacDonagh, a martyred leader of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, "There is always a chance of success for brave men who challenge fortune."

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR - A MORE DETAILED OVERVIEW

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE MODERN ORDER

• To seek God in our lives and to promote love and respect for our community.
• To increase understanding between religions, to help pilgrims visit holy places, and to maintain a Christian presence in the Holy Land.
• To support the poor, sick, an unjustly accused; and to stand against oppression and to protect freedom of speech.
• To encourage the noble ideas of Chivalry. To maintain the monuments, archives and history of the Knights Templar.

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR - RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR - APPLICATION FORM FOR THIS PRIORY

PRIORIES AND COMMANDERIES OF THE AUTONOMOUS GRAND PRIORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

• Autonomous Grand Priory of the United States of America
  • Sanctuary Priory of Ballantradoc, Scotland

• Honorary Priory of Nieuw Amsterdam, New York, NY
• Priory of Our Lady of Sorrows of the West, Minneapolis, MN
• Priory of St. Andrew, Nashville, TN
  • Commandery of St. Vincent, Beaufort, SC
  • Commandery of Jacques de Molay, Atlanta, GA
• Priory of St. Bernard de Clairvaux of New Orleans, LA
• Priory of St. Francis, San Francisco, CA
• Priory of St. Michael and St. George, New York, NY
  • Commandery of Princeton, NJ
  • Commandery of Connecticutt
• Priory of St. John the Baptist, Milwaukee, IL
  • Commandery of St. Simon, Chicago, IL
  • Commandery of the Holy Sepulchre, Milwaukee, WI
• Priory of St. King Charles the Martyr, Washington, DC
  • Commandery of Baltimore, MD
• Priory of St. Norbert, Chicago IL
  • Commandery of Antioch, St. Louis, MO
• Priory of St. Patrick, Hudson Valley, NY
• Priory of St. Thomas a Becket, NC
• Priory of The Delaware, Wilmington, DE
• Priory of The Monitor and The Merrimac, Norfolk, VA
• Priory of Philadelphia, Phildelphia, PA

RELATED LINKS
The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem - United States Grand Priory (the bulk of the information on this page relating to the Autonomous Grand Priory of the United States of America is contained at this site, along with further information)
Military Orders - In Praise of the New Knighthood (Liber ad milites Templi: De laude novae militae) St. Bernard of Clairvaux [trans. Conrad Greenia]

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