Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath.

 

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Be loyal of hand and of mouth, seeking to serve every man as best ye may.
Seek ye the fellowship of good men, hearken unto their words and remember them.
Be humble and courteous wherever thou goest, not talking much, neither being dumb altogether.
Allow no women or child to suffer by thy default, so that if ye may lift thy hand to assist one, do so.  If thou must draw thy sword to defend them, do so unto thy own death.
If thou come into fellowship with boys or men who speak in a disrespectful manner of any women or maiden, let them know in gracious words that this displeases thou and thy Lord, then depart their company forthwith.
Thou art to defend and protect those who seek to worship in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and promote faith in Him throughout this earth He has made.

 

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I do solemnly swear by Almighty God and His Name, and in free and voluntary desire, to serve as a Knight of Malta of the most holy Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. I do swear by the Eternal Power of the Trinity, to be both a true and chivalric Knight, to obey my Commanders and to aid my bretheren. I also swear by all that is holy and dear unto me, to aid those less fortunate than I, to relieve the distress of the world and to fulfill my knightly obligations. This oath do I give of my own free and independent will, so help me God!

 

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"I, ___ ___, NOW IN THE PRESENCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD, THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, THE BLESSED ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE HOLY APOSTLES, ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL, AND ALL THE SAINTS, SACRED HOSTS OF HEAVEN AND TO YOU, MY GHOSTLY FATHER, THE SUPERIOR GENERAL OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS FOUNDED BY ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA, IN THE PONTIFICATION OF PAUL III, AND CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT, DO BY THE WOMB OF THE VIRGIN, THE MATRIX OF GOD, AND THE ROD OF JESUS CHRIST, DECLARE AND SWEAR THAT HIS HOLINESS, THE POPE, IS CHRIST'S VICEGERENT AND IS THE TRUE AND ONLY HEAD OF THE CATHOLIC OR UNIVERSAL CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE EARTH; AND THAT BY VIRTUE OF THE KEYS OF BINDING AND LOOSING GIVEN HIS HOLINESS BY MY SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, HE HATH POWER TO DEPOSE HERETICAL KINGS, PRINCES, STATES, COMMONWEALTHS AND GOVERNMENTS AND THEY MAY BE SAFELY DESTROYED. THEREFORE TO THE UTMOST OF MY POWER I WILL DEFEND THIS DOCTRINE AND HIS HOLINESS' RIGHT AND CUSTOM AGAINST ALL USURPERS OF THE HERETICAL OR PROTESTANT AUTHORITY WHATEVER, ESPECIALLY THE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF GERMANY, HOLLAND, DENMARK, SWEDEN, AND NORWAY AND THE NOW PRETENDED AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCHES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, OF THE CALVINISTS, OF SAME NOW ESTABLISHED IN IRELAND AND ON THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA AND ELSEWHERE, AND ALL ADHERENTS IN REGARD THAT THEY MAY BE USURPED AND HERETICAL, OPPOSING THE SACRED MOTHER CHURCH OF ROME.

"I DO NOW DENOUNCE AND DISOWN ANY ALLEGIANCE AS DUE TO ANY HERETICAL KING, PRINCE, OR STATE, NAMED PROTESTANT, OR LIBERALS, OR OBEDIENT TO ANY OF THEIR LAWS, MAGISTRATES OR OFFICERS. 

"I DO FURTHER DECLARE THAT THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCHES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, OF THE CALVINISTS, HUEGENOTS, AND OTHERS OF THE NAME OF PROTESTANTS OR MASONS TO BE DAMNABLE, AND THEY THEMSELVES TO BE
DAMNED WHO WILL NOT FORSAKE THE SAME.

"I DO FURTHER DECLARE THAT I WILL HELP, ASSIST AND ADVISE ALL OR ANY OF HIS HOLINESS' AGENTS, IN ANY PLACE WHERE I SHOULD BE, IN SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, HOLLAND, IRELAND, OR AMERICA OR IN ANY OTHER KINGDOM
OR TERRITORY I SHALL COME TO AND DO MY UTMOST TO EXTIRPATE THE HERETICAL PROTESTANT OR MASONIC DOCTRINES AND TO DESTROY ALL THEIR PRETENDED POWERS, LEGAL OR OTHERWISE.

"I DO FURTHER PROMISE AND DECLARE THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING I AM DISPENSED WITH TO ASSUME ANY RELIGION HERETICAL FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE MOTHER CHURCH'S INTERESTS, TO KEEP SECRET AND PRIVATE ALL HER AGENT'S COUNSELS FROM TIME TO TIME, AS THEY ENTRUST ME, AND NOT DIVULGE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY WORD, WRITING, OR CIRCUMSTANCES WHATEVER, BUT TO EXECUTE ALL THAT SHOULD BE PROPOSED, GIVEN IN CHARGE, OR DISCOVERED UNTO ME BY YOU, MY GHOSTLY FATHER, OR ANY OF THE SACRED ORDER.

"I DO FURTHER PROMISE AND DECLARE THAT I WILL HAVE NO OPINION OR WILL OF MY OWN OR ANY MENTAL RESERVATION WHATSOEVER, EVEN AS A CORPSE OR CADAVER (PERINDE AC CADAVER), BUT WILL UNHESITATINGLY OBEY EACH AND EVERY COMMAND THAT I MAY RECEIVE FROM MY SUPERIORS IN THE MILITIA OF THE POPE AND OF JESUS CHRIST.

"THAT I WILL GO TO ANY PART OF THE WORLD WITHERSOEVER I MAY BE SENT, TO THE FROZEN REGIONS NORTH, JUNGLES OF INDIA, TO THE CENTERS OF CIVILIZATION OF EUROPE, OR TO THE WILD HAUNTS OF THE BARBAROUS SAVAGES OF AMERICA WITHOUT MURMURING OR REPINING, AND WILL BE SUBMISSIVE IN ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER COMMUNICATED TO ME.

"I DO FURTHER PROMISE AND DECLARE THAT I WILL, WHEN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS, MAKE AND WAGE RELENTLESS WAR,
SECRETLY AND OPENLY, AGAINST ALL HERETICS, PROTESTANTS AND MASONS, AS I AM DIRECTED TO DO TO EXTIRPATE THEM FROM THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH; AND THAT I WILL SPARE NEITHER AGE, SEX, OR CONDITION, AND THAT I WILL HANG, BURN, WASTE, BOIL, FLAY, STRANGLE AND BURY ALIVE THESE INFAMOUS HERETICS; RIP UP THE STOMACHS AND WOMBS OF THEIR WOMEN AND CRUSH THEIR INFANT'S HEADS AGAINST THE WALLS IN ORDER TO ANNIHILATE THEIR EXECRABLY RACE. THAT WHEN THE SAME CANNOT BE DONE OPENLY, I WILL SECRETLY USE THE POISONOUS CUP, THE STRANGULATION CORD, THE STEEL PONIARD, OR THE LEADEN BULLET, REGARDLESS OF THE HONOR, RANK, DIGNITY, OR AUTHORITY OF THE PERSONS WHATEVER MAY BE THEIR CONDITION IN LIFE, EITHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, AS I AT ANY TIME MAY BE DIRECTED SO TO DO BY ANY AGENT OF THE POPE OR SUPERIOR OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE HOLY FATHER OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS.

"IN CONFIRMATION OF WHICH I HEREBY DEDICATE MY LIFE, SOUL, AND ALL CORPORAL POWERS, AND WITH THE DAGGER
WHICH I NOW RECEIVE I WILL SUBSCRIBE MY NAME WRITTEN IN MY BLOOD IN TESTIMONY THEREOF; AND SHOULD I PROVE FALSE OR WEAKEN IN MY DETERMINATION, MAY MY BRETHREN AND FELLOW SOLDIERS OF THE MILITIA OF THE POPE CUT OFF MY HANDS AND FEET AND MY THROAT FROM EAR TO EAR, MY BELLY OPENED AND SULFUR BURNED THEREIN WITH ALL THE PUNISHMENT THAT CAN BE INFLICTED UPON ME ON EARTH AND MY SOUL SHALL BE TORTURED BY DEMONS IN ETERNAL HELL FOREVER.

"THAT I WILL IN VOTING ALWAYS VOTE FOR A K. OF C. IN PREFERENCE TO A PROTESTANT, ESPECIALLY A MASON, AND
THAT I WILL LEAVE MY PARTY TO DO SO; THAT IF TWO CATHOLICS ARE ON THE TICKET I WILL SATISFY MYSELF WHICH IS THE BETTER SUPPORTER OF THE MOTHER CHURCH AND VOTE ACCORDINGLY.

"THAT I WILL NOT DEAL WITH OR EMPLOY A PROTESTANT IF IN MY POWER TO DEAL WITH AND EMPLOY A CATHOLIC. THAT I WILL PLACE CATHOLIC GIRLS IN PROTESTANT FAMILIES THAT A WEEKLY REPORT MAY BE MADE OF THE HERETICS.

"THAT I WILL PROVIDE MYSELF WITH ARMS AND AMMUNITION THAT I MAY BE IN READINESS WHEN THE WORD IS PASSED, OR I AM COMMANDED TO DEFEND THE CHURCH EITHER AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR WITH THE MILITIA OF THE POPE.

"ALL OF WHICH I, ____ ____, DO SWEAR BY THE BLESSED TRINITY AND BLESSED SACRAMENT WHICH I AM NOW TO
RECEIVE TO PERFORM AND ON MY PART TO KEEP MY OATH.

"IN TESTIMONY HEREOF, I TAKE THIS MOST HOLY AND BLESSED SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST AND WITNESS THE
SAME FURTHER WITH MY NAME WRITTEN WITH THE POINT OF THIS DAGGER DIPPED IN MY OWN BLOOD AND SEAL IN THE
FACE OF THIS HOLY SACRAMENT." (Slaves of the Godsmith, H. George Buss, 1913, The Revelation Publishing Co.)