More and more Scholars Agree the Glastonbury St Joseph history is valid, and not just a "grail legend"

More and more scholars are beginning to agree that the church history about Joseph of Arimathea founding the church at Glastonbury, was correct. It was not just some "grail legend. Some articles that may help in this area are found below, as from the Priory of Salem, Institute of History:

The Jerusalem Church Moved To Britain, and the Apostolic See of Glastonbury, later called the “Second Rome”. Many 1st-2nd Century British Saints attest to this, see attached PDF of Saints

Numerous Ancient Manuscripts Confirming St. Joseph (of the Sanhedrin) Founded the British Hebrew Priesthood at Glastonbury in 36AD – St. Andrew's and St. Joseph's O.C.C.. Home of Watchman News, the Priory of Salem and TCAWW (orthodoxchurch.nl)

Numerous University Professors are interested in this topic of the true Celtic church and the Anglo Saxon Israel message of Christendom. So many have realized the truth is important, however the information has been very hard to find. 

 

 https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/show_user.php?userid=1380128 

https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_user.php?userid=10935707

https://gitlab.rc.uab.edu/GaryBalderas

Orthodox Benedictine Order served the First Templar, the Culdee Chaplains to the Templar

Another major reason to join our Orthodox order of Templar. Our first Clerics were Western Orthodox Benedictine Culdees. Yes at the court of the Frankish Kings which spearheaded the First Crusades were the Celtic church order known as the Culdees in several jurisdictions or as Benedictines in others.

At a time so near to the great schism, it can be easily shown that the founding knights of Templar were Western Orthodox, still in full communion with the Eastern church. Benedictines were a pan-Orthodox order from well before the schism, and continued. The jurisdiction in France known as Gothia(Visigothia/Langudoc continued as an (Western)Orthodox realm and people.

Most have just browsed over one of the greatest Templar clerical founders of the West, known as "Robert the Monk", Abbot of the Benedictine Monestary of Reims (Reims being the Lyons Gallic-Celtic French institution aligned in a long tradition of coordinating with the Celtic church (or Culdees). The Bishops of this jurisdiction held a co-apostolic succession from the Holy Apostle St John, a jurisdiction of Celts that was so well known to be an order not subject to Rome, and continued in the established traditions in the examples of the earlier Bishops, Polycrates and Polycarp. These early Bishops were all "excommunicated" from Rome for their primary theology held by the Culdees, like the dating of Easter, usage of the Hebrew Passover etc). (So it was clear not only as being in Pre-Schism order of Benedictines, of which were primarily consisting of Culdees of the time, but in the traditions of his home Monestary, they were indeed in line with the Eastern Orthodox. Numerous disputes came out of Lyons against the popes as well, for example the Waldensians, and later the larger Reformative wars. Many of our Celtic Culdees of France and Germany, not only Ireland and Great Britain, were Benedictine. Robert the Monk is recorded as being one of the most important Western Orthodox Clerics assisting at Jerusalem together with the founding Knights who took the oath together under the hands of the Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Patriarch of Constantinople. It is widely known and recorded these Orthodox Patriarchs founded the Knights Templar, totally outside of the Western Papal structure of Rome.

The Orthodox Templar order was founded by the Angevin Nobility between the hands of the Patriarchs of Jerusalem and Constantinople. For the first generations of the Templar there was no collaboration or endorsement from the pope of Rome. The order itself was formed very near to the time of the great schism at Jerusalem. The Clerical support was mostly within the pre-Schism Orthodox institutions (like the pre-schism Orthodox Order of St Benedict and their Culdee Chaplains) that continued it's full relations with the Eastern church. These Eastern and Western Orthodox Clerics worked with the Angevin Knights and Royals. The Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Patriarch of Constantinople together co-consecrated the start of the Knights Templar. They launched the Templar as an Orthodox institution decades before the Roman Latin pope became involved or endorsed the Templar as tax free within Western papal ecclesiastical jurisdictions. However, as time went on, the Templar would worship in any Christian Orthodox institution wherever they were serving. It amounted to about half Western Orthodox and half Eastern Orthodox institutions where they would worship. Even in the West several ecclesiastical jurisdictions never fully submitted to the pope, and whenever they did, there was more power in the local secular government to appoint bishops, rather than the foreign popes. Brunswick itself kept their Apostolic claim primarily to Saint Andrew as do most Orthodox, rather than Rome who makes claim to Saint Peter. The most prominent and tallest buildings in Brunswick, and most picturesque part of the city was dominated by the views of Saint Andrew's Cathedral.

The first several Templar Grand Commanders and supportive Princes were all solely of the French Angevin House of who also reigned over England and Jerusalem. As heads of the Crusader states, the Angevin House were the first 11 Kings of Jerusalem (or 13 indirectly). All were of the House of Angevin. The Angevin Empire lawfully set to be inherited by sons of the Brunswick line of the original Duchy of German Saxony.

However this Angevin Empire ownership portion of the Brunswick inheritance was unlawfully kept from the house by de facto usurpation and occupations. These have been protested by Brunswick and are in present protest and inheritance claim documents, as kept in full effect during the last two centuries. These have been kept alive via four international treaties by present reigning governments, as well as the unanimous Dynastic and Public law regarded therein. 

So not only the Noble founders of the Templar were most likely Orthodox, but also the Clerics themselves, and lower Knights and members were most likely all Orthodox. Nearly all the Knights under the command of the Prince of Gothia (Raymond IV), of which all of the peoples of his realm of ancient Visigothia (now a region called Langudoc) were long called "Orthodox". Although clearly the Patriarchs of Jerusalem and Constantinople had plenty of priests available at their local churches the Templar served, also there were supportive priests attending from the Benedictine Abbot of Reims, all "Orthodox". Therefore the original (or true Templar) may arguably be moreso considered Western Orthodox than Roman Catholic. For sure they are not a papal order itself, although were later endorsed by them, and by force of arms nearly entirely destroyed by them. There has recently been some recent news of reconciliation however. Finally after 700 years the Vatican has admitted the Templar were innocent of their crimes. This does not automatically place Templar into any unnatural alliance with Rome.

In 2013 several Western Rite Orthodox Benedictines and Eastern Rite Goths gathered together to anoint Stephen and consecrated our order restoration. His rank in Brunswick was also recognized as being an Imperial Elector for Gothian descended state territories and peoples (of which many of their church institutions were founded by his church, where he is head of the Culdees). This is the firm re-establishment in the true Original Orthodox Templar. The Brunswick House inheritance in Angevin is one of several points, including the Dynastic branches of the Goths princely houses as other additional rights as successors of the Templar founders. These rights have been exerted and re-exerted throughout the whole period of the overal Templar dormancy and stoppage of the Crusader Kingdom. As we have a vision for restoring the Crusader and Templar states in Jerusalem, this is why we will succeed. God wrote it in His word that our city will be there and thriving once again before Christ returns. This is why all sincere Christians should join our rank to protect our Christian Culture, and our holy sites throughout the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia_Hierosolymitana_(Robert_the_Monk)

Write to marshalofsalem@yahoo.com for more information about joining the Templar of Gothia.

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Ostrogoth and Visigoth United Royal Successor House, Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel, alloidial heirs of the Amali and Balti Dynasties

Successor of the Imperial and Royal Houses of Gothia TABLE OF CONTENTS SUCCESSORS OF THE BILLUNGS, AS THE DUKES AND EMPERORS OF SAXONY GERMANY(ROYAL HOUSE OF THE OSTROGOTHS) TITLE OF PRINCE OF GUTINGI (GOTTINGEN) BECAME A HOUSE TITLE OF THE HOUSE OF ESTE-GUELPH BRUNSWICK DESCENDANT OF THE ROYALTY OF GOTHIA IN THE TOULOUSE

On several lines of succession (Apostolic Succession) to the Ecclesastical, Chivralic, and House Orders

APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION LINES

of

The Prince-Archbishop Dr. Stephen d'Guelph Nott-Brunswick (von Wolfenbüttel), PRIMACE OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE CULDEES, and Protector of Ecclesiastical and House Orders.

Heraldry of the new House of Nott-Brunswick (von Wolfenbüttel), proposed in 1929 and adopted from 1935 during the House of Wolfenbüttel-Brunswick succession crisis.

The purpose of demonstrating these lines are as obliged as an international Minister visiting other jurisdictions and officiating in the administration of Sacraments. To gain access to the church of Jerusalem was a primary concern. As we know the Elect will be regathered. The Jerusalem based orders of Chivalry are also referenced. So we are covered for all venues, whether they be of Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, or of other Christian backgrounds. It is also often customary to consecrate a Minister anew in foreign(or local) jurisdictions, to further confirm the valid accepted succession, or preferred succession via the lines of their regional Saints.

• Archbishop Parker, the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the reign of Queen Elizabeth promised in his letter to Calvin, concerning the proposal of a union among all Protestants, reminding him that the Church of England would “retain her Episcopacy; but not as from Pope Gregory, who sent Augustine the monk hither, but from Joseph of Arimathea.” ("The Life and Acts of Archbishop Parker " By John Strype, Published in 1711.)

These are a few of the lines. Certificates, Diplomas and references are available.

Our English Liturgy (BCP) is not only used in Anglican Celtic and Protestant circles. It is also canonically established in several Orthodox, Catholic, and Lutheran communions.

Personal Arms of Stephen Michael awarded for the Office Archbishop Elect from 2009.

Download pdf: Lines of Apostolic Succession Dr. Stephen M. d’Guelph Brunswick

The Original Orthodox Foundations of the Order of Templar Knights

GOTHIAN TEMPLAR
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Photo below. Seals of the princes of Gothia (equal peers of the King of France).

The oath that is regarded as forming the original Knights Templar order was conducted beneath the hands of the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople and the Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1118AD.

The Patriarch of Rome(aka Pope) did not participate for about another twenty years. As the order was so blessed and prosperous, finally the pope did offer a papal bull of protection.
However, this did not mean submission to Rome any more than to the support of other Apostolic sees. While this all was very recent to the great schism, still the reasons of the Crusades had remained to "assist the Orthodox Emperor of Constantinople" against the heathen.
The Latin church never had denounced the Apostolic validity or authority of the other Sees, such as Constantinople.
The other non-Roman Apostolic Sees of the world (including Glastonbury, which was four times greater in size than Constantinople) contributed vastly to the success of the Templar order.
It is from Glastonbury England that the coat of Arms of Joseph of Arimathea gave rise to the red cross on the white shield (as having been the original lord in possession of the holy cross).
Long before Rome was onboard the Templar had the support of numerous Princes, Kings and Queens of Germanic and English origin (Gothian Nobles being some of the most resistant, while also being Orthodox).
It is recorded that the Templar order since 1096, had been sanctioned by Royal Knights of the most powerful leader of the Crusades "Prince Raymond of Gothia and Toulouse". After he had won the holy land, it is recorded, a great number of his Royal Knights stayed at Jerusalem to form the "order of the Temple", that same year. That is in the official Templar historical record by Simon de St. Bertin, as written in circa 1135-7. From this date of 1096 till 1118 numerous trips are recorded by these successor Royal Knights of Gothia.
The main international protections of the Templar were as Royal Knights of Gothia, which later were called Frankish Germanic Knights and Princes.
The Metropolitanate of Gothia (Caffa and Crimea) was also long established as a Diocese under the Patriarch of Constantinople.
Today's Gothian Templar maintains the correct roots of the original order.
The true order being founded on reverence for God's Temple, (all the churches of Christendom followed suit, as facing Eastward towards Jerusalem, as David also prayed towards Jerusalem).
We also hold the foundational Jerusalem traditions of the true cross as was re-instituted by the British mother of Constantine at Jerusalem. After the Persians sacked Jerusalem, the cross was won back after major campaigns of war by the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. This included the true Chivalry of protecting Christian possessions for God's Kingdom on earth.

Our Germanic name and roots remain across the same original provinces, royal titles, and tribes all known as Gothic(or Gothian). The greatest resisters against the pope's condemnation of the Templar have also borne the name of Gothia and Goths. Princes of Gottingen (Gutingi) for example continued to be protectors, keeping the actual Templar preceptories as sovereign lordships under the Ducal Monarchs of Brunswick. This continued as protections for the Brunswick Templar family. This Gottingen Princely family has continued perpetually functioning as Templar in these titles in Supplingenburg and at Brunswick Castle till the Templehof demolition by the Brunswick city reforms of 1960. This castle land is under protest against the socialist progressive city of Brunswick to be reclaimed back for usage as the rightful perpetual Templar holy site. Supplingenburg however remains an authentic Templar Lordship under the de jure Sovereign Dukes of Brunswick, princes of Gottingen. In addition to the secular protections of our order, the spiritual protections of Primace Stephen, of the Culdees at Glastonbury and Heirarch Ambrose of the Goths at Crimea have given a full endorsement of the Gothian Templar in their joint declaration on the 20th of February, 2015. The main statutes of the order being to protect Christian pilgrims of the holy sites of the Muslim besieged Europe and of the dangerous zones for Christians at Jerusalem. Therefore Gothian Templar are of the substance of Templar, uniting all the old European (Gothic) descended Royal Knights to their consecrated duties for the safety of a family friendly environment for Christian pilgrims, without heathen interference in our establishments of faith.

Living Visigothic Nobility

The Visigothic Name, Territory, and Dynasty remains in the titles of the Nobility of France. The peerage of France (highest ranking equal princes) have several hereditary princes of this realm, using the claim as the larger Province called "Languedoc". Read the booklet by Jean Lafitte and article entitled "Languedoc, déformation de *Land Goth ?". Dynastically it is also demonstratably preserved (as I give a taste below). The Visigothic family succession was preserved from the original Balti Dynasty via the Visigothic Princess Brunhilda, Grandmother of Pepin (and other Visigothic Nobles), thus transferring the rights to the Franks, later to the Dynastic descendants known as Counts of Toulouse and Princes of Gothia for an additional 800 years. The original Gothia (Visigoth) land realm remains in the name "Langeudoc" (Land of the Goths / Langue de Goth), according to numerous authentic records, encyclopedias, etc. Today you also can look it up on any map. Whether they call their territory Langeudoc or Gothia makes no difference, as all agree it is the same place, same tribe, and just a different spelling. It was continued legally through the female Visigoth Genealogy, also as a title "Gothia", and later the same region colloquially as Languedoc. For most of the generations it remained within the government of the Toulouse Nobility. It then passed to their heir Philip III who was of the earlier Capetian Dynasty, and down through all the French Kings till today. We know the House of Bourbon, Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty has held the original grants with the name "Gothia" as per the general history books (one as attached in the graphic). The original territory reached the French Kings by first passing from the Visigothic Princess Brunhilda. She passed it to her heirs, and to the Merovingian King Pepin, see: https://gw.geneanet.org/belfast8?lang=en&p=brunhilda+of+toledo&n=germany . As in the attached image, the whole of Gothia passed rightfully(legally) Dynastically down from Bernard I to his heirs, down to this present day all concretely. Not only the Kings protected all such titles of the province, the dukes and counts also never not ever renounced this legal entity known as Languedoc nor disbanded it in any way. Their claims of this illustrious decent or renounce any rights to this entity. This was all long settled. Things only became a little shaky with the Napoleanic usurpation during the French Revolution. The Brunswick Manifesto was to restore the French King to all his rightful titles, of which Napoleon refused. Therefore Brunswick made good on all promises, as commander-in-chief over all Prussia, commander-in-chief over all Austria and commander-in-chief (in war time) of de jure France(as granted by the rightful King of France giving Brunswick the additional authority in France). Note that Brunswick also has the living title Prince of Gottingen (Gothia) as a Dynastic inheritance, which remains a sub-principality under the duchy of Brunswick and Lunenburg, with this same Prince ranking higher (during war time) than all three Emperors. This begun the war for the French King to be restored under all original rightful titles.

Proof the Sovereign Prince of Gothia Founded the Templar Order. The First Templars Were Recorded a Generation Before First GrandMaster, under the Princely Titles of Gothia

The first two Templar Grandmasters were of the house of Anjou which we have demonstrated were kin of the Royal House of Gothia. Although not directly Knights of Gothia, they clearly were in league with their cousin, the "Prince of Gothia". The title of Gothia was held prominently by Raymond IV the more ancient title of the Visigoths, which he used alongside his title of Count of Toulouse (highest rank of a Monarch in France). His family long intermarried with the Nobility of Aquitaine and Anjou, of which there were competing lines of succession. Raymond VII of Gothia is well regarded as the most senior leader of the First Crusade, bringing the most Knights to the holy land than any other (more than 100,000). This was at the time the order was founded at Jerusalem. In this article we will get into the historical records which specify more on the founding of the Templar a whole generation before the popular version of the first two Grandmasters Hugh de Payens and Robert de Craon. 

Coincidentally several other Goths' states with the title of Gothia were the bloodrights of Otto IV of Brunswick who was endowed with the Duchy of Aquitaine and Anjou by his Uncle King Richard. Not many followed it, and he was too busy ruling Germany as the Holy Roman Emperor, which had a civil war where he was unable to go and collect the complete titles of Angevin Emperor. However, it's worth to point out he (and his descendants) are the blood relatives of the Angevin Dynastic throne of Jerusalem, and have rights to the throne. Then by this bestowment he and his descendants are also the legitimate Chiefs of the House of Angevin, which was usurped by the Capetian House. However Brunswick to this day still uses the coat of Arms of Aquitaine, and during the French Revolution the Duke of Brunswick was made Commander-in-Chief of France by the de jure King of France before he was beheaded. 

The evidence points however, that a Prince of Gothia founded the earliest known Templar Knights. It was in 1096 the highest and eldest Prince to lead the First Crusade, bearing the title  "Marqis of Gothia" (translated princeps Gothiæ).

This is about his role in founding the Templar Order while fighting for the Byzantine Emperor.

The evidence is quite conclusive on the early founding of the order being at least the fruit of, if not the direct advice of this Gothian Prince. Gothia being the main hereditary title of his family. He was accredited in the earlier writings as founding the original Order of Knights Templar.

Most French Knights were long known to be the subjects of Gothian Nobility, whether by the main Septimanian/Toulouse Branch or the many other Noble families who married into this Gothian/Visigothic House.
Even the Frankish King Pepin had a claim to the Gothian title. This Germanic tribal foundation was well understood then, though little understood now.

The main realms of France were all led by equal Princes as "peers of France". Therefore all the Knights who joined the original Templar are pretty well guaranteed to have had Gothian allegiances and blood ties. Historians and experts agree to use the term prince for all such ranking "peers of France" as there was no differentiation of rank.

The early order of Templar didn't grant "knighthoods" as we know them today although they were of an elevated status with multiple charters of Royal houses. Sovereign Knights themselves means they are under a Monarch firstly (whether the monarch of Jerusalem) or during a vacancy of a Monarch in Jerusalem or in other states, this may be a Regent. 

The Templar of the first generations who joined the Templar were under absolute authority of their Monarchs who all fought for Christ. One of these Chiefly was the Royalty of Gothia. 

According to the below record, we also find that the Templar order was founded no later than 1099 by multiple Gothian princes.

This was more than 30 years before the pope endorsed the Templar order of Knights.

This was a full generation before the First "so-called" Grandmaster Hugh de Paynes had even reached puberty. Therefore he could not have been the first Grandmaster as we all have been told. Although he too was a Knight that was under Gothian Nobility.

The Gothian Prince Raymond was then the oldest fighting Monarch in the Holy Land. He had fought the Muslims for much of his life, kicking them out of Europe. He was the main Royal who was accredited with the capture of Jerusalem in the First Crusade. He was a Peer of France (an equal rank of highest King), and was the Count of Toulouse among many other high Noble titles.

Upon conquering Jerusalem, he was offered to be crowned "King of Jerusalem", however he wanted to remain fighting and so nominated his peer, Godfrey de Boullion, to be the first Crusader King.

As we read in this authentic historical record of Simon de St. Bertin. This text was written, Circa 1135-7. The following is part of the entry for the year 1099, after the capture of Jerusalem and the crowning of Godfrey de Bouillon as King of Jerusalem.

"While he [Godfrey] was reigning magnificently, some had decided not to return to the shadows of the world after suffering such dangers for God's sake. On the advice of the princes of God's army they vowed themselves to God's Temple under this rule: they would renounce the world, give up personal goods, free themselves to pursue purity, and lead a communal life wearing a poor habit, only using arms to defend the land against the attacks of the insurgent pagans when necessity demanded."

There are many other authentic writings from early in the 12th Century but none allude to the actual founding of the order.

Raymond was the only one of the leading Crusaders who refused to do homage to the emperor Alexius for their expected conquests. Therefore it seems more fitting one of the other Nobles would have finally accepted the crown which would only have been legally placed by the Emperor Alexius Commenus, the one whom they were fighting for.

In the time when Godfrey was "reigning magnificently" would have been when he was busy liberating the Orthodox areas, in a great assistance to the Byzantine Empire against the Muslims. This would have been between 1096 and no later than the time of his death in 1100. As he only was King of Jerusalem for less than one year before his death. While Raymond IV, prince of Gothia lived another six years.

As we read it was these Gothian Knights, "After suffering such dangers for God's sake" it is really pointing to the much longer campaigns carried out by the elder Gothian Prince Raymond who had fought the Muslims in longer campaigns. This all dates to near the time of the original capture of Jerusalem, making it 1099 the latest date for the founding of the original Gothian Templar Knights.

Image from Volume 13, page 321 "The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ...,"

Successors of the Imperial and Royal House of Gothia

LEGAL SUCCESSORS OF THE BILLUNG ROYAL DYNASTIC HOUSE OF THE GOTHS IN SAXONY, AS THE DUKES AND EMPERORS OF GERMANY (OF THE OSTROGOTHS)

AND

SUCCESSORS OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF GOTHIA IN TOULOUSE LANDS OF SPAIN AND FRANCE (OF THE VISIGOTHS)

AND

THESE TWO LINES, VISIGOTH AND OSTROGOTH WERE UNITED IN OTTO IV, THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK, WHO WAS CROWNED EMPEROR OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

AND

THE CONTINUAL PROTECTIONS OF CRIMEAN GOTHIA

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