The Code of Chivalry

1. A True Knight must be a gentleman yet fails not in duty.         2. A True Knight must uphold the Dignity of Man and Woman, remembering that all are born free and equal in Dignity and Rights.         3. A True Knight’s manner of living is an example to the young.         4. A True Knight shall at no time act outrageously nor do murder or be cruel in any way to man or beast.         5. A True Knight respects and defends the rights of all men and women to hold and practice religious beliefs other than his own.         6. A True Knight takes no part in wrongful quarrel but at all times supports the Lawful rights of all men and women.         7. A True Knight’s word is his bond.         8. A True Knight must be honourable in all things and know good from evil.         9. A True Knight must be of modest demeanour and not seek worship unto himself.         10. A True Knight must seek out such Quests as lead to the protection of the oppressed and never fail in Charity, Fidelity and the Truth.         11. A True Knight speaks evil of no man. A slanderous tongue brings shame and disgrace to an Honourable Knight.         12. A True Knight never betrays a trust or confidence given to him by a brother Knight.         13. A True Knight must so order his life that by his contributions the people of the world may hope to live together in greater peace and tolerance.

Martinism

"...The Order, as a whole, is especially a school of moral knighthood, endeavouring to develop the spirituality of its members by the study of the invisible world and its laws, by the exercise of devotion and the intellectual assistance and by the creation in each spirit of an all the more solid faith as it is based on observation and science..."                                                                                                                                                                 - PAPUS

The Rosicrucian and Military Order of the Sacred Grail