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The Alliance of the Orders of Saint John of Jerusalem is a federation of European Protestant religious orders that share inheritance of the tradition of the mediaeval military Knights Hospitaller (''Order of Saint John of the Hospital of Jerusalem''). ==History== Formed in 1961 to encourage closer collaboration between its member orders in matters of common concern, the Alliance Orders of Saint John comprise: *The ''Johanniterorden'' (''Balley Brandenburg des Ritterlichen Ordens Sankt Johannis vom Spital zu Jerusalem'', or the "Bailiwick of Brandenburg of the Chivalric Order of Saint John of the Hospital of Jerusalem"), based in Germany, as well as the non-German commanderies affiliated with the Bailiwick of Brandenburg: * * the ''Johanniter Ridderskapet i Finland'', based in Finland, * * the ''Association des Chevaliers de St. Jean'', based in France, * * the ''Kommende der Johanniterritter in der Schweiz'', based in Switzerland, and * * the ''Johannita Rend Magyar Tagozata'', based in Hungary. * The ''Johanniter Orde in Nederland'', based in The Netherlands. * The Order of Saint John in Sweden, based in Stockholm, Sweden. * The Order of Saint John (chartered 1888), based in the United Kingdom. The Johanniter Orde in Nederland and the Johanniterorden i Sverige were formerly commanderies of the Bailiwick of Brandenburg and became independent orders in 1946. As John Brooke-Little (when Norroy and Ulster King of Arms) later put into writing, the principal impetus for the Concordat of 1961 was not ecumenism or brotherhood: it was signed because none of the few remaining legitimate orders of Saint John could effectively shield themselves from the claims of the self-styled orders while the legitimate orders themselves continuously debated among themselves which of them was legitimate. This concordat led to establishment of the Alliance Orders.〔(Convention signed in Niederweisel, Germany, on the 13th of June, 1961. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alliance of the Orders of Saint John of Jerusalem」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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