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SUPREMUS
MILITARIS
TEMPLI
HIEROSOLYMITANI®
The
Magistral Grand Priory
of The Holy
Lands
(Notre Dame, Saint Mary of Magdalene)
Original Knights Templar
Laws and Punishments
from the archives of The
Most Revd. Gary Beaver KGCTJ
EXPULSION
FROM THE ORDER
This was the highest punishment a Templar Knight could expect. Upon expulsion
from the order he had an obligation to join the Cistercian order and it was
believed that by joining this monastic order, the expelled Templar would save
his wretched soul. Below are the infractions of the Templar laws which could
give rise to expulsion:
- Murdering a
Christian
- Divulging the
Chapter's meetings
- Committing
acts of sodomy
- Committing an
act of heresy or denouncing the Christian faith
- Conspiring or
making false charges against a brother
- Leaving the
Temple house for more than two days without permission
- Fleeing the
enemy during battle while the Beauseant was flying or without permission of
the Marshall
LOSING
YOUR COAT (Rank)
Losing the coat of the order was a penance of shame. Taken from guilty brother
were his coat, weapons and horse. He would also be forced to eat off the floor,
do menial tasks and be generally separated from his brethren. This penance
befell any that committed these infractions:
- Fought with
another brother
- Lost or
murdered a slave
- Killed a pack
animal or lost their horse due to their own neglect
- Told untruths
about themselves
- Injured any
Christian person out of anger (not by accident)
- Had sex with
a woman
*Sexual intercourse with a man was a much
more serious Templar infraction see above
- Threatened to
join the Saracens (usually out of madness or anger)
- Leaving the
Commandary at night in anger
- Throwing
their Templar coat to the ground in anger
- Loaned any
Temple assets without permission of the order
It is important to note that all the above crimes could be forgiven in very
special circumstances. If a brother repented with sincerity of his bad actions
and providing the brethren agreed he would be restored with his coat and
weapons.
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