KNIGHTS OF THE APOCALYPSE
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Originally appearing in Volume
V02,
Page 169
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
KNIGHTS OF THE See also:APOCALYPSE
, a See also:secret society founded in See also:Italy in 1693 to defend the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church against the expected See also:Antichrist
.
See also:Agostino Gabrino, the son of a See also:merchant of See also:Brescia, was its founder
.
On See also:Palm See also:Sunday 1693, when the See also:choir of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's was chanting Quis est iste Rex Gloriae
?
Gabrino, See also:sword in See also:hand, rushed to the See also:altar crying Ego sum Rex Gloriae
.
Though Gabrino was treated as a madman, the society flourished, until a member denounced it to the See also:Inquisition, who arrested the knights
.
Though chiefly See also:mechanics they always carried swords even when at See also:work, and wore on their breasts astar with seven rays
.
Gabrino styled himself monarch of the See also:Holy Trinity
.
He was credited by his enemies with a See also:desire to introduce See also:polygamy
.
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