Following Orders

[Sir William Marcus]

It has arrived!

[Sir William Marcus]

TEMPLAR CASTLE FOR SALE IN ITALY.

http://www.castles-for-sale.com/sale/Perugia/index.htm

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

[Sir William Marcus]

I am enjoying Barbara Frale's book on the Order currently! 

Absolutely, I'm a little more than half way through it and I'm liking it very much.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Barbara Frale: Vatican historian, shatterer of Templar myths

[Richard de Graeme]

Hear ye learned gentlemen and noble knights. What, in thy opinion, is the single most propagated and damaging myth about the Templars? Keep in mind, thy humble servant is a simple pagan and tends to drift into dream. So, I beseech thee to summarize, keeping thy response to a mere...several hundred words.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

That of the Masonic connections, especially with Contemporary organizations that are numerically non-"mason"!
That group of fellows started long after the disolution of the Order.

[Femme Falchion]

Saved by a woman.

Again.

Love it.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Saved by a woman.

Again.

Sister Hatchet,

They were never saved by a woman.... ....their activities although questioned, were proved to be irreproachable! The only thing Ms Frale did was help bring that fact back to the forefront of public Templar knowledge, thus sweeping away the "historical" quagmire that Dan Brown helped to build with his "best selling" tripe called the Davinci Code.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

BTW, Welcome back, your absence was quite noticeable. 

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

I have been remiss in getting into attire as of late, and Brother William has been posting some great new shots lately, so in between bouts of bad weather, I decided to dust off some of the attire and take some shots. (Note: there is a shot out there that has the Order of the Temple linked with the Clone Army of Episode II of Star Wars, it was done at the request of a young jedi *these are not the pictures you should be taking....ones with Star Wars memorabilia is what you want to take*) [she has also linked Grand Master de Beaumanoir and Count Dooku together: Grand Master -> Jedi -> Jedi Master -> Sith Lord is her equation]




And a Sergeant of the Temple:



These photos will be removed in three days' time.

[Lady Christina de Pond]

not an oppentent for the faint of heart

[Femme Falchion]

Saved by a woman.

Warrior Monk,

My point is.....this period of truth and charity would not have come had it not been for Dr. Frale's discovery of the incorrectly catalogued Chinon document and subsequent study of the prayer (addressed to "Holy Mary", the "consolation of those who hope", and "humbly implores" her to obtain freedom for the order) that proved the dissolved order was not heretical. 

*how can I pass up an opportunity to score one for the girls  *

Great images posted...any new goodies from your draper over the holidays?  Having difficulty identifying the Star Wars link except that the sword appears to be glowing green in the last photo.  Is that correct? 

and of course, great hatchet! 

Divine to be back.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Point ceeded, score one for the women:

Warrior Monks                          Sisters
      1000                                    1


As for the Star Wars reference, that representation hasn't been posted yet.......yet. 


* I did get a belt pouch.....finally!

[Femme Falchion]

Gosh, for a Templar you don't know how to count very well.....


*thought the pouch looked new...nice*