Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat

Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat (29 May 1773[1] – 18 February 1838[2]), founded a neo-Templar imitation order[3] called
l'Ordre du Temple in 1804 and the Johannite Church in 1812,[4][5] and proclaimed himself Grand Master of the Templars and
Sovereign Pontiff of the Primitive Christian Catholic religion, opposing the Church ofSaint Peter.[6]

Contents
Early life
Order of the Temple
Johannite Church
Distinctions
Aftermath
Selected works
Further reading
External links
See also
References

Early life
Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat was the son of a surgeon and nephew of a priest in the diocese of Cahors.[7] He studied at the
diocesan seminary and was ordained a priest. Leaving the priesthood, he studied medicine in Montpellier and Caen, where he
received his medical degree on 12 April 1798.[1] Moving to Paris the same year, he obtained another medical degree on 16 September
1803,[1] and became the director general of theSociété médico-philantropique.[8]

Order of the Temple

On 4 November 1804 Fabré-Palaprat founded the Order of the Temple [9] and revealed the existence of the Larmenius Charter (or
"Charter of Transmission"). Knights of the Order were always addressed as "Sir Knights".[10] The Grand Master of the Order was
addressed as "Most Eminent Highness, V [11]
ery Great, Powerful, and Excellent Prince, and Most Serene Lord."

The Larmenius Charter, allegedly written in Latin in 1324, listed 22 successive Grand Masters of the Knights Templar from 1324 to
1804, Fabré-Palaprat's name appearing last on the list. The Charter is named after Johannes Marcus Larmenius, who allegedly wrote
the document and was allegedly appointed Grand Master by Jacques de Molay while imprisoned, also having the power to appoint
his successor (Thomas Theobaldus Alexandrinus in 1324; the first name on the list). The list of Grand Masters in the Larmenius
Charter differs from the list of 'Scottish' Grand Masters given by the German Strict Observance, and the Larmenius Charter also
anathematized the 'Scottish' Templars,[12] who were excommunicated by Johannes Marcus Larmenius in 1324, who declared them
"Deserters of The Temple".[13]

Fabré-Palaprat's Order of the Temple claimed to possess significant relics: the sword of Jacques de Molay, the helmet of Guy
Dauphin d'Auvergne, the Beausant, and four fragments of burnt bones taken from the funeral pyre where Jacques de Molay had been
executed.[14] These relics, described as "The Sacred Treasure of The Order of The Temple" in the Manual of the order (and described
within an Inventory in the Statutes of the order),[15] were displayed in March 1808 on the anniversary of Jacques de Molay's death,
[16]
when members of the Order celebrated a public requiem for the 'martyred' Grand Master in the Church of St. Paul in Paris.

Johannite Church
In 1812 Fabré-Palaprat formed the Johannite Church, introducing faith-based elements into his order. He later ordained Ferdinand-
François Châtel, a radical clergyman who left the priesthood following the July Revolution, as Primate of the Johannite church, on 4
May 1831.[17] Châtel established his new French Catholic Church (Eglise Catholique Française) in former shop premises in
Montmartre, decorating it with the bust of Louis Philippe I placed under the Tricolour flag. The Johannite church was located in a
former bottle shop in the Cour des miracles, dubbed the "Apostolic Court of the Temple". The Order dated its documents from
'Magistropolis', a mystical calendar commencing from the foundation of the Knightsemplar
T in 1118.[18]

In 1831, following the July Revolution, Fabré-Palaprat published the Evangelikon, a Gnostic version of the Gospel of John that omits
intra-textual commentary and the Resurrection narrative, preceded by an introduction and a commentary allegedly written by
Nicephorus, a Greek monk of Athens, that carries the name Lévitikon. The Lévitikon contains an esoteric lineage from Jesus to the
Knights Templar, and hints that Jesus was an initiate of the mysteries of Osiris, which were passed on to John the Beloved. Fabré-
Palaprat claimed to have bought this vellum manuscript (allegedly dating from the 15th century), from a Paris second-hand bookstall
on New Year's Day in 1814. It was translated into English for the first time in 2010.[19] Neo-Templar orders that claim descent from
the Larmenius Charter support the assertions of theLévitikon.[20]

Fabré-Palaprat introduced a Johannite Mass in 1834. The title "Christ" was reserved not just for Jesus but used for all leaders of the
Johannite tradition who had attainedGnosis.

In 1836 a schism, led by the Duc de Choiseul resulted out of dissatisfaction with the new Johannite church that had replaced the
previous chivalric-style order. Fabré-Palaprat responded by admitting Sir Sidney Smith to the Johannite church.[21] The Duc de
Choiseul was later elected Grand Master of the Order of the eTmple in 1838, dying the same year.[22][23]

Sir Sidney Smith was invited to take over as Grand Master of the Order, an offer he declined, but consented to preside over as Regent
[24]
until a successor to Fabré-Palaprat had been chosen (which did not happen during his lifetime).

Distinctions
Fabré-Palaprat was awarded the Legion of Honour for his defence of Paris in 1814, and received the July Medal for his actions
during the Three Glorious Days of the Revolution of 1830.[25]

"Memoir of the Late M. Bernard Raymond Fabré-Palaprat, Grand Master of the Order of the Temple" was published by Robert
Bigsby the Younger, in The Miscellaneous Poems and Essays of Robert Bigsby(London: Whittaker And Co., 1842).

Aftermath
The Regency of the Order of the Temple was at one stage passed on to Joséphin Péladan, later becoming amalgamated among other
occult groups headed by Papus, finally becoming legally incorporated by a Belgian group known as the Sovereign Military Order of
the Temple of Jerusalem (SMOTJ),[26] as well as the Sovereign Order of the Initiatory Temple (OSTI), and its outer order known as
International Circle for Cultural and Scientific Research (CIRCES International), with CIRCES being created by Raymond Bernard
in 1988. Raymond Bernard describes his initiation into the OSTI in 1955, and the mission he was charged with for bringing OSTI
public, in his 1966 book entitled A Secret Meeting In Rome. Raymond Bernard created CIRCES International as an outward Templar
vehicle to eventually prepare people for initiation into the inner Order of the OSTI. CIRCES International also continues to protect
[27][28]
and perpetuate L'Ordre Martiniste of Papus, which Joseph Péladan had been initiated into.

Selected works
 Lévitikon: ou Exposé des principes fondamentaux de la doctrine des chrétiens-catholiques-primitifs: suivi de leurs
évangiles, d'un extrait de la Table d'or... et précédé du statut sur le gouvernement de l'Eglise et la hiérarchie lévitique
(Paris: Librairie des Chrétiens-primitifs: J. Machault, 1831).
Épître du souverain pontife et patriarche de la religion chrétienne catholique primitive(Paris: Ladvocat, 1831).
De l'Église chrétienne-primitive et du catholicisme romain de nos jours, par une réunion d'ecclésiastiques (Paris:
Houdaille, 1833).
Jérusalem et Rome, débats entre les journalistes protecteurs du catholicisme romain de nos jours et les
conservateurs du christianisme de l'Église primitive, pour faire suite au livre "De l'Église chrétienne-primitive"
(Paris:
Bureau central d'imprimerie et de librairie, 1834).
Recherches historiques sur les Templiers et sur leurs croyances religieuses(Paris: Dentu, 1835).

Further reading
Manual of The Knights of the Order of The T
emple, Translated by Henry Lucas (Liverpool: David Marples, 1830)
Alec Mellor, Les Mythes Maçonniques(Paris: Payot, 1974). ISBN 2-228-17190-5
Manuel des Chevaliers de l'Ordre du T
emple (Paris: J.-B. Poulet et Ch.-A. Poulet, 1817-1818), French language
version available from Google books[1]

External links
Manual of The Knights of the Order of the T
emple, English translation available from Google books
Lévitikon on Gallica website
Ordre Chevaliere du Temple from Google books
Bernard-Raymond Fabrè-Palaprat + 18 February 1838

See also
Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani
Jules Doinel

References
1. Chantin, Jean-Pierre (2001). Dictionnaire du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine
. Paris: Beauchesne.
pp. 90–91. ISBN 0701014180.
2. Bigsby, Robert (1842). The miscellaneous poems and essays of Robert Bigsby(https://books.google.com/books?id=
89rQRZ8KFqUC&pg=PA311). London: Whittaker and co. p. 311. Retrieved 11 December 2012. "Memoir of the late
M. Bernard Raymond Fabré-Palaprat, Grand Master of the Order of theemple....The
T decease of this eminent
personage took place at Pau, in the department of Lower Pyrenees, on the 18th of February
, 1839, in the 64th year
of his age, and in the 34th of his grand-mastership
"
3. Lewis, edited by James R. (2006).The Order of the Solar Temple : the temple of death ([Online-Ausg.] ed.).
Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate. p. 22.ISBN 9780754652854.
4. "Archived copy" (https://web.archive.org/web/20080512142102/http://www .ritmanlibrary.nl/c/p/res/art/art_06.html#_ft
n27). Archived from the original (http://www.ritmanlibrary.nl/c/p/res/art/art_06.html#_ftn27)on 12 May 2008.
Retrieved 2008-11-10.
5. http://weblog.bergersen.net/terje/archives/000815.html
6. Eugen Weber, My France: Politics, Culture, Myth, page 124 (Harvard University Press, 1991).ISBN 0-674-59575-0
7. Le Conservateur belge: recueil ecclésiastique et littéraire, o
Vl. 10 (in French). Louvain, Belgium: Vanlinthout et
Vandenzande. 1834. p. 501.
8. Sarrut, Germain (1836).Biographie des hommes du jour, industriels,--conseillers-d'Etat,--artistes,--chambellans,--
députés,--prêtres,--militaires,--écrivains,--rois,--diplomates,--pairs,--gens de justice,--princes,--espions fameux,--
savans, vol. 2 (https://books.google.com/books?id=ZP4aAAAA YAAJ&pg=PA335). Paris: Henri Krabe. pp. 335–342.
Retrieved 11 December 2012.
 9. Emmanuel Rebold, A General History of Free-masonry In Europe: Based upon The Ancient Documents relating to,
and the Monuments erected by this Fraternity from its foundation in the ear
Y 715 B.C. to the present time, page 225
(Cincinnati: American Masonic Publishing Association, 1869).
10. Charles William Heckethorn,The Secret Societies of All Ages & Countries, Volume 2, pages 48-50 (Cosimo Inc.,
2005; originally published in 1875).ISBN 1-59605-381-X
11. E. R. Johnston, Masonry Defined: A Liberal Masonic Education that Every Mason Should Have. Compiled from the
Writings of Albert G. Mackey and Many Other Eminent Authorities, Part 2, page 842 (Kessinger Publishing, LLC,
2010, originally published in 1930).ISBN 1-162-57649-9
12. Peter Partner, The Murdered Magicians: The Templars and Their Myth, page 135 (Barnes & Noble books, 1993).
ISBN 1-56619-494-6
13. Manual of The Knights of the Order of The T
emple, page 11, Translated by Henry Lucas (Liverpool: David Marples,
1830)
14. George Kenning, Kenning's Masonic Encyclopedia and Handbook of Masonic Archeology , History and Biography,
pages 108-109 (Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2003; originally published in 1878).
ISBN 0-7661-6526-4
15. Manual of The Knights of the Order of The T
emple, page 34, and pages 45-47. Translated by Henry Lucas
(Liverpool: David Marples, 1830)
16. Partner, page 136.
17. José Orval, Une Histoire Humaine de la Franc-Maçonnerie Spéculative
, page 192 (Liége: Céfal, 2006).ISBN 2-
87130-220-0
18. Partner, page 148.
19. Rev. Donald Donato, The Lévitikon: The Gospels According T
o The Primitive Church (Apostolic Johannite Church,
2010). ISBN 1-894981-99-5
20. Chevalier Emerys, Revelation of The Holy Grail, page 175 (Timothy W. Hogan, 2007). ISBN 0-615-15878-1
21. Partner, page 149.
22. Nicolaus C. Heutger, Die Tempelherren einst und heute: Zum 50. Jubiläum der Reaktivierung des Tempelherren-
Ordens in Deutschland, page 174 (Berlin: Lukas Verlag, 2007). ISBN 3-86732-017-9
23. List of Grand Masters of the Order of the T
emple (http://templariosymas.blogspot.com/2011/05/lista-larmenius-de-pre
suntos-maestres.html)
24. William White, Notes and Queries: Second Series, Volume First, January - June, 1856, page 461 (London: Bell &
Daldy, 1856).
25. Anna Klumpke, Rosa Bonheur: The Artist's (Auto)biography, page 108 (University of Michigan Press, 2003).ISBN 0-
472-08842-4
26. Massimo Introvigne, "Ordeal by Fire: The Tragedy of the Solar Temple", pages 22-23 inJames R. Lewis, The Order
of The Solar Temple: The Temple of Death (Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2006).ISBN 978-0-7546-5285-4
27. Carlson Anyangwe, Imperialistic Politics In Cameroun: Resistance & The Inception of The Restoration of the
Statehood of Southern Cameroons, page 122 (Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group, 2008).
ISBN 9956-558-50-8
28. Massimo Introvigne claimed Raymond Bernard asked Julien Origas (1920-1983) to establish an OSTI chapter in
1971, that remained largely dormant until it was revived by Bernard in 1988. In Massimo Introvigne, "The Magic of
Death: The Suicides of the Solar Temple" in, Catherine Lowman Wessinger (editor), Millennialism, Persecution, and
Violence: Historical Cases, page 142 (New York: Syracuse University Press, 2000).

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