United Religious, Military,
and Masonic Orders of the Temple, and of St.John of
Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes, and Malta, of England, and the
Provinces
overseas.
In
1969 was the
first preceptory of this order founded in the Netherlands.
This order is in
England, Scotland and the United States active since the
second part of the 18th
century. It upholds the 'Templar tradition' of freemasonry in
a special way.
The order consist of three degrees: ‘Knight
of the Temple and the Holy Sepulchre
(Knight Templar), 'Knight of St. Paul' en ‘Knight Hospitaller of St. John of
Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta (Knight of
Malta). The degree Knight of St.
Paul is not worked in, this degree is communicated at the
initiation of a Knight of Malta.
The Knight Templars have a Preceptor
as chairman, the Knights of Malta a Prior.
Membership of
this order is
open for freemasons who profess the Christian faith and are
willing to make an
obligation on the Tri-Unity, and are Royal Arch Masons.
Candidates must be
proposed by two members of the Order. The longest sitting
members of this order
can be invited to join the Holy Order of
Knights
Beneficent of the Holy City.For Husbands and widows of
members the Social
Order of the Beauceant is open in the U.S.
Late
2013 there
were twelve preceptories with approximately 270 members active
in the Netherlands:
-
Preceptory Oliver de la Marche (417), Leiden;
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Preceptory St. George's (486), Eindhoven;
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Preceptory St. Bernard de Clairvaux (503),
Terneuzen;
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Preceptory St. Pieter's (504), Leiden;
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Preceptory St. Maarten's (505), Groningen;
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Preceptory Toison d'Or (533), Zaandam;
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Preceptory St. Michael (540), Bilthoven;
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Preceptroy Taciturnus (548), Rotterdam;
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Preceptory The Netherlands Body Guard (593),
Leiden;
-
Saint Roman Preceptory of Installed Preceptors
(599),
Bilthoven.
-
Preceptory Graaf Otto van Gelre (659), Velp
-
Preceptory Gertog Walram van Limburg (687),
Herkenbosch
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