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On Symbols And Symbolism,
But however we should be disinclined to attribute this emblem to the Templars , there can be no doubt that , whether from misconception or otherwise , it was used by the Christian church ; from its particular form as a crutch , the friars wdio bore it in the order of Mercy , or Redemptorists , so-called from their principal aim being the relief of Christian captives from slavery
, were denominated Crouched or Crutched Friars , and have left their designation to the well-known locality in London . Munter , bishop of Copenhagen , the discoverer of the original statutes of the Templai-s in the Vatican , says , in his " Symbola Veteris Ecclesite : " " Paulinus Nolanus Episcopus XXIV . ad Leverum ( p . 165)—Christus—in sacramento cruris , cujus figura
per literam Grtecam Tau , numero tricentorum , exprimitur , adversaries principis debellavit : " and having surveyed Italy he continues ( p . 20 ) , adducing these two figures of old Danish
coins : " Sed relicta Italia alias Occidentis regiones perlustrabimus hujus litei-Ee . Antiquissimi erant numi inter tumultus civiles , Christophoro II . rege procul dubio cusi , quorum duos anecdotes lectori ob oculos sistemus , neglectis tarn obversis quse crucem simplicem atque quadratam , in numis nostris sa _ pe obviam habentet ne quis suspicetur hosce numos a Templariis
, signatos fuisse , unum hoc monemus , Templarios in septentrione nostro nunquam sedes tenuisse . " It may finally be aRoived to remark , that this truncated cross is borne as an heraldic emblem by the family of Entry or Drewry ( vide Gage , "Suffolk , " Tringhoe , hundred Hawstead : late of sealsNo . 607 p . 436 ; and No . 4 p . 476 ; ancl brasses
p , , , , p . 460 and 468 ) . Whether as an intimation of their origin , like their name , from the ancient Druids , or from whatever other cause I know not ; certain it is that this ancient priesthood has left still enduring marks of their possession in the territorial designations of numerous places in England : * Stanton Drew , in Somersetshire , has still a large Druidical circle pretty entire ;
* On the 19 th of last month ( June ) the Suffolk Institute of Archa _ ology and Natural History , intended to proceed from Bury St . Edmunds , under the direction of their Honorary Secretary , Samuel Tymms , Esq ., to the locality of Hawstead Church and Place , " the remains of the seat of the Drury ' s , " where Papers would be read , hut it was necessary to proceed to press before it could be ascertained ivhether any now light was thrown upon the history of this doubtless ancient family .
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On Symbols And Symbolism,
But however we should be disinclined to attribute this emblem to the Templars , there can be no doubt that , whether from misconception or otherwise , it was used by the Christian church ; from its particular form as a crutch , the friars wdio bore it in the order of Mercy , or Redemptorists , so-called from their principal aim being the relief of Christian captives from slavery
, were denominated Crouched or Crutched Friars , and have left their designation to the well-known locality in London . Munter , bishop of Copenhagen , the discoverer of the original statutes of the Templai-s in the Vatican , says , in his " Symbola Veteris Ecclesite : " " Paulinus Nolanus Episcopus XXIV . ad Leverum ( p . 165)—Christus—in sacramento cruris , cujus figura
per literam Grtecam Tau , numero tricentorum , exprimitur , adversaries principis debellavit : " and having surveyed Italy he continues ( p . 20 ) , adducing these two figures of old Danish
coins : " Sed relicta Italia alias Occidentis regiones perlustrabimus hujus litei-Ee . Antiquissimi erant numi inter tumultus civiles , Christophoro II . rege procul dubio cusi , quorum duos anecdotes lectori ob oculos sistemus , neglectis tarn obversis quse crucem simplicem atque quadratam , in numis nostris sa _ pe obviam habentet ne quis suspicetur hosce numos a Templariis
, signatos fuisse , unum hoc monemus , Templarios in septentrione nostro nunquam sedes tenuisse . " It may finally be aRoived to remark , that this truncated cross is borne as an heraldic emblem by the family of Entry or Drewry ( vide Gage , "Suffolk , " Tringhoe , hundred Hawstead : late of sealsNo . 607 p . 436 ; and No . 4 p . 476 ; ancl brasses
p , , , , p . 460 and 468 ) . Whether as an intimation of their origin , like their name , from the ancient Druids , or from whatever other cause I know not ; certain it is that this ancient priesthood has left still enduring marks of their possession in the territorial designations of numerous places in England : * Stanton Drew , in Somersetshire , has still a large Druidical circle pretty entire ;
* On the 19 th of last month ( June ) the Suffolk Institute of Archa _ ology and Natural History , intended to proceed from Bury St . Edmunds , under the direction of their Honorary Secretary , Samuel Tymms , Esq ., to the locality of Hawstead Church and Place , " the remains of the seat of the Drury ' s , " where Papers would be read , hut it was necessary to proceed to press before it could be ascertained ivhether any now light was thrown upon the history of this doubtless ancient family .