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Sketch of the History of the Knights Templars

Note 35 — CHAP. IV.

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Pro Deo et Patria. This is one of the present mottoes of the Order. The other, Ferro non auro se muniunt, is taken from the following striking expressions of St. Bernard,—"Equites Christi intus fide, foras ferro non auro se muniunt, non turbulenti aut impetuosi, et quasi ex levitate præcipites, sed consulte atque cum omni cautela et providentia se ipsos ordinentes, et disponentes in aciem, juxta quod de patribus scriptum est. Ita denique vero, quodam ac singulare modo, cernuntur et agnis mitiores et leonibus ferociores:"—Ex. Lib. Sanct. Bernard, Abbat Milit. Templ. cap. 4, No. 8.

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