THE Κ NIGHTS TBMPLARB. 217 jAMitH UH " 16. That they did these things in contempt of Christ and the χ _„ " orthodox faith. " 16. That they did not believe the sacrament of the altar. " 17. That some of them did not. " 18. That the greater part did not. " 19. That they believed not the other sacramente of the church. " 20. That the priests of the order did not utter the words by which the body of Christ is consecrated in the canon of the mass. " 21. That some of them did not. " 22. That the greater part did not. " 23. That those who received them enjoined the same. " 24. That they believed, and so it was told them, that the Grand Master of the order could absolve them from their sins. " 25. That the visitor could do so. " 26, That the preceptors, of whom many were laymen, could do it. " 27. That they in fact did do so. " 28. That some of them did. " 29. That the Grand Master confessed these things of him self, even before he was taken, in the presence of great persons. " 30. That in receiving brothers into the order, or when about to receive them, or some time after having received them, the re ceivers and the persons received kissed one another on the mouth, the navel 11 " 36. That the receptions of the brethren were made clandes tinely. *' 37. That none were present but the brothers of the said order.