James Abron's Prince Hall Masonic Page

The York Rite Bodies of Freemasonry

The Knights Templar

Above: The Grand Commandery officers of the Pacific Prince Hall Grand Commandery - State of California and Jurisdiction

A Commandery of Knights Templar confers the three Chivalric Orders

The Order of the Red Cross deals with the rebuilding of King Solomon's Temple and teaches the benefit of truth.

The Order of Malta traces the history of the Knights Templar during the Crusades, and the effort to provide and maintain protection for the pilgrims en route to the Holy Shrine at Jerusalem.

The Order of the Temple is Christian in nature and it contains some of the most beautiful ritual work in Freemasonry. The Order is set in the period when those Knights of the Temple were banded together to protect and support pilgrims en route to the Holy Land.

The principal officers of the commandery are:

• Eminent Commander

• Generalissimo

• Captain General

• Senior Warden

• Junior Warden

• Prelate

• Treasurer

• Recorder

• Standard Bearer

• Sword Bearer

• Warder

• Sentinel

• 3-Guards