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		<title>Chivalric Orders</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chivalric Orders
The Chivalric Orders are a set of three Orders culminating in the grade of Knight Templar, and controlled by that body. This body is markedly different from its foreign counterparts, in that it exhibits a paramilitary structure and outlook on Masonry, being the only branch of Masonry in the world that is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cryptic Degrees</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cryptic Degrees
The Cryptic Degrees are a set of three degrees controlled by the Select Masters Council. The degrees get their name from the reference to a hidden or secret vault in the degrees, hence the term Cryptic. Only the first two degrees are regularly worked, the third degree, that of Super Excellent Master, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Royal Arch Capitular Degrees</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Capitular Degrees
 
The Capitular Degrees are a set of four degrees controlled by the Royal Arch Chapter. They center on the construction phases of Solomon&#8217;s Temple, with the exception of the degree of Past Master, hence the title of Capitular. 
The degree of Past Master is the vestigial remnant of the former custom that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Origin of York Rite Masonry</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Origin of York Rite Masonry
The York Rite, or more correctly, the American Rite, is based on the early remnants of Craft Masonry that were practiced in the early 1700&#8217;s. The formation of the first Grand Lodge of England in 1717 specified that the lodges were to confer only the degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Origin of the Knights Templar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Origin of the Knights Templar
There are many historical accounts of the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Jesus Christ, or Knights of the Temple, more commonly referred to as Knights Templar. They were formed as a result of the Crusades doing battle with the Moslems and the capture of Jerusalem around 1099. Jerusalem fell and the Holy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knights Templar Holy Land Pilgrimage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Knights Templar Holy Land Pilgrimage
In addition to the many religious observances throughout the year, The Grand Encampment of Knights Templar sponsors an annual &#8220;Holy Land Pilgrimage&#8221;. The purpose of the pilgrimage is to send a Christian Minister to The Holy Land. Masonic membership is not required and the Minister can be male or female.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knights Templar Educational Foundation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Knights Templar Educational Foundation
The Knights Templar Educational Foundation, the first program of its kind, was organized in 1922. Since then, more than $38 million dollars has been loaned to 80,000 students to complete their last two years of college. This financial assistance is given without regard to race, color, creed, age or Masonic affiliation. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knights Templar Eye Foundation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Knights Templar Eye Foundation 
As a Knight Templar, one has many opportunities to help others who are less fortunate. One way is through the Knights Templar Eye Foundation. The Eye Foundation is a Great Humanitarian Charity whose purpose is to provide research, surgical treatment and hospitalization to those who suffer from diseases or injury [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Purpose and Activities of the Knights Templar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Purpose and Activities of the Knights Templar Organization


Integrity, Obedience, Courage
The Knights Templar is a Christian-oriented fraternal organization that was founded in the 11th century. Originally, the Knights Templar were laymen who protected and defended Christians traveling to Jerusalem. These men took vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, and were renowned for their fierceness and [...]]]></description>
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