Chivalry Nobility Ministry
Malo Mori Quam Foedari - (Death before Disgrace)
On behalf of our Knights and Dames of the Knights Teutonic worldwide, we welcome you to the International Website of Chivalry - Nobility - Ministry. Our official name the Order of St. Maria of Jerusalem of the House of Antioch and Svevia. Our Order was founded on the principles first adopted by the original Teutonic Knights in Jerusalem 1118 and carried out in those early days from their home in the Temple of Solomon in the Holy City of Jerusalem, provided for them by then King of Jerusalem Baldwin, the Second. In these modern times, The Order of St. Maria (Teutonic Order) of Jerusalem is international in nature with members from over the World. Like the ancient Teutonic Knights, we operate as a modern-day worldwide network of educated professionals in such widely diverse protocols as senior government officials, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, senior clergy, military officers, physicians and surgeons, engineers, historians, and humanitarian aid caregivers. The Order of St. Maria of the House of Antioch and Svevia represents many of the most respected and credible senior officials in their home nations, providing both a highly respected body of expertise, an influential voice to support commitment to the less fortunate of the world, and to promote the time-tested chivalric ideals of honor, honesty, civility, tolerance, care for our fellow man, and support for ecumenical religious faith throughout our individual nations and throughout the world community. The Order of St. Maria of Jerusalem of the House of Antioch and Svevia was formed in 1993 as a type of chivalry organization to benefit various charities in needy places of the world. It is an International, ecumenical, non-profit organization with no affiliation with any current or ancient noble or royal house or any other order of chivalry. The Knights and members of The Order of St. Maria of Jerusalem (Teutonic Order) of the House of Antioch and Svevia raise funds in order to contribute to worthy causes around the world. The Order prefers to make contributions directly to small, grassroots charities that are otherwise overlooked and where The Order's donation will have the greatest impact on people's lives. These traditionally include charities that support the homeless, ex-servicemen, hospitals and children's charities.
The original Order of St. Mary of Jerusalem, whose aim were to fight the enemies of the church and the charitable duties towards the poor, also adopted in its constitution in AD 1198 the Rule of the Order of St. John, as far as the care for the poor and sick was concerned. The new institution was confirmed by one of the German leaders, Duke Frederick of Swabia (Hohenstaufen), on November 19, 1199 and with the capture of Acre, the founders of the hospital were given a permanent site in the city. Pope Clement III confirmed this body as the "fratrum Theutonicorum ecclesiae S. Mariae Hiersolymitanae" by the Bull Quotiens postulatur of February 6, 1191 and, within a few years, the Order had developed as a Religious Military institution.
The Teutonic Order
The Teutonic Order was created in 1143 when the Pope, Celestine II ordered the Knights Hospitaller to manage a German Hospital in Jerusalem which housed German pilgrims and crusaders. The Knights Hospitaller were commanded by the Pope that they should always be Germans themselves. This was done so as to develop a German religious institution in Palestine. Pope Innocent III stated in his bull "Sacrosancta Romana ecclesia" from February 19, 1199 his contentment, that the Teutonic Order really followed the Rule of the Order of St. John in his care for the Poor and sick. Pope Celestine III presents the Teutonic Order with the Black Cross 
Papal Privilege Document by Pope Honorius III from 9.1.1221 Pope Innocent III (Lotario di Segni; Lotario dei Conti) Italian nobility; his family were the counts of Segni, Italy. Related to Pope Gregory IX and Pope Alexander IV. Nephew of Pope Clement III. Received his basic education in Rome, Italy, theological education in Paris, France, legal training in Bologna, Italy. Cardinal in 1190. Innocent brought the doctrine that since the spirit take preeminence over the body, and since the Church rules the spirit and earthly monarchs rule the body, earthly monarchs must be subject to the pope. Immediately upon election, he set out to make the pope an ecclesiastical ruler of the world with secular political power. Innocent recognized the future Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II as king of Sicily after Frederick’s mother, Empress Constance, accepted papal authority over Sicily. On Constance’s death, Innocent took Frederick as his ward. He arbitrated the dispute between Philip of Swabia and Otto IV in Germany in favor of Otto in 1201, then in 1207 in favor of Philip, then after Philip’s murder he crowned Otto emperor in 1209, excommunicated him in 1210, and ordered the election of Frederick II (Hohenstaufen) as German king in 1212. 
Innocent III initiated the Albigensian mission, dispatching Blessed Peter of Castelnau and Saint Dominic de Guzman to evangelize them, and the Albigensian Crusade following Blessed Peter's martyrdom. He supported the Teutonic Knights in the incursions along the Baltic. He called the Fourth Lateran Council on 15 November 1215. He approved and supported the orders and missions founded by Saint Dominic and Saint Francis of Assisi. Approved the Hospitallers of the Holy Ghost on 23 April 1198. Approved the Trinitarians on 17 December 1198. Approved the Humiliati in June 1201. Sent missionaries to Prussia. Built the hospital Santo Spirito in Sassia, which still stands. Constantly held papal court, with a good name for impartiality. Wrote extensively, and his De contemptu mundi (On the Contempt of This World) was widely read in the Middle Ages. His theory of papal monarchy had a profound effect on the development of the papacy.
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How to Join Us:
Aspirants may apply by sending a "Letter of Application" which includes documentation of service.
You should include your Curriculum Vitae, letter of moral civil conduct (lawyer, court, friends, etc.), certificate of moral religious conduct from your church, copy of birth certificate. (We will send your application forms).
All Reverends and the Ministers of the Christian faith are admitted as Ecclesiastical members (Chaplains of the Order) and all religious must enclose in the application for admission, in addition to the documents provided in the application, a certificate of their superiors statng their ordination and their particular ecclesiastical title.
