Johannite Christians
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| "The members of this group (Johannites) claimed that they alone were in possession of the inner mysteries of Christ. The supreme pontiffs of the Johannites assumed the title of "Christ" and claimed an uninterrupted transmission of power from the days of St. John." -Orders of the Quest, The Holy Grail (Adept Series) by Manly P. Hall pg 30 |
"The Johannites claimed to possess ancient records to the effect that when Jesus was a small child he was adopted by a Rabbi named Joseph, who carried him into Egypt where he was initiated into the occult sciences. The priests of Osiris, regarding him as the long-promised incarnation of Horus expected by the adepts, finally consecrated him Sovereign-Pontiff of the universal religion." -Orders of the Quest, The Holy Grail (Adept Series) by Manly P. Hall pg 31
"At the time of the foundation of the Order of the Temple(A. D. 1118), the Grand Pontiff (Johannite Order) was named Theocletes; he was acquainted with Hugo de Payens, and initiated him into the mysteries and privileges of his Church, promising him the Sovereign Priesthood and supreme government, and finally designating him as his successor." - Rosicrucian Brotherhood V.1 N.4 October 1907
"Eliphas Levi and several other authors and historians advance the belief that Hugh de Payees had been initiated into a strange sect of Christian Johannites then flourishing in the East." -Orders of the Quest, The Holy Grail (Adept Series) by Manly P. Hall pg 28-30
"At the time of Hugh de Payers, Theocletes was the living "Christ" of the Johannites. He communicated to the founders of the Temple the ideas of a sovereign priesthood of dedicated and initiated men united for the purpose of overthrowing the bishops of Rome and the establishment of universal civil liberty. The secret object of the Johannites was the restoration of the esoteric tradition and the gathering of mankind under the one eternal religion of the world. " -Orders of the Quest, The Holy Grail (Adept Series) by Manly P. Hall pg 31
“The Templars, like all other Secret Orders and Associations, had two doctrines, one concealed and reserved for the Masters, which was Johannism; the other public, which was the Roman Catholic. ” morals and dogma p817 by Albert Pike
"Thus, from the beginning, the knights of the Temple served two doctrines. One was concealed from all except the leaders and certain trusted members; the other, publicly stated and practiced for the sake of appearances, conformed with the regulations of the Church. “- Orders of the Quest, The Holy Grail (Adept Series) by Manly P. Hall pg 32
"It is well to add here a few details about the Knights Templars, since they are so intimately connected with the Masonic Order; details which will serve to show the inner aspect of their traditions. Much has been written about them and their history from one aspect — is better known than that of almost any other Mystic organization, but the fact of a secret teaching is not sufficiently clear. That there was a secret doctrine amongst the Templars is shown by 'Becker ches sur les Opinions religieuses des Templliers.' He points out that the Knights considered that the Roman Church had failed in its ideal, and that when the terrible persecutions fell upon them that they divided and joined two different associations, one the body of Freemasons and the other a body named the Johannites." - Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry By R. Swinburne Clymer pg. 101-102
"The Epic of Dante is Johannite and Gnostic, an audacious application, like that of the Apocalypse, of the figures and numbers of the Kabalah to the Christian dogmas, and a secret negation of every thing absolute in these dogmas." - Morals and Dogma p822 Albert Pike