Main > The Round Table
Christian Chivalry: Reviving The Knightly Virtues
Sir Edward:
I found this on another forum, and apparently that was found on a facebook page entitled "Christian Chivalry: Reviving The Knightly Virtues":
Knighthood is not something won on the battelfield and awarded the accolade of the broadsword’s dubbing the armored shoulder. It is not a matter of gold spurs and splendid trapping.
A knight may wear coveralls and ride an ancient coupe. Knighthood may be as modern as the evening’s newspaper, as prosaic as a paycheck handed to a wife by her husband, as far from battle as the teller’s window in an uptown bank, as unknown to history or poetry as a single rose placed at the bedside of a new mother.
Every Knight, whatever his age occupation, or costume, has certain easily distinguishable characteristics:
A knight is dedicated to the slaying of the dragon of evil.
A knight is an individualist fighting, not in the serried ranks of a disciplined army, but alone.
A knight hates injustice and battles the unjust, loves innocence and protects human needs.
A knight may be harsh with the strong; he is gentle with the weak.
A knight knows that he is on a level with those who are better armed and with those who need the arms he carries.
A knight’s honor is high; he would rather lose a battle than win it by trickery, dishonesty or lies.
Above all a knight respects and honors women for their virginity, their motherhood, their meaning to the human race, their purpose for life today and in the future.
A knight has high courage that never admits that a cause is lost.
A knight’s ideal is to do all thing well.
Sir William:
All the things a knight should aspire to be...none of which we did not already know implicitly, but it is nicely worded, is it not?
Sir Brian:
I like it for the most part. :)
This line:
--- Quote ---A knight’s honor is high; he would rather lose a battle than win it by trickery, dishonesty or lies.
--- End quote ---
Is my favorite. :)
Sir Patrick:
--- Quote ---A knight hates injustice and battles the unjust, loves innocence and protects human needs.
--- End quote ---
I'm partial to this one. :)
Sir Wolf:
i like it 8)
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
Go to full version