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Apocalypse Knights of the

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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an association founded in 1692 at Rome by Agostino Gobrino, for the purpose of defending the Catholic Church against the pope, whom it considered to be the Antichrist. The members always went out armed, and their chief was called Monarch of the Most Holy Trinity. The Inquisition suppressed the association in 1697.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Apocalypse Knights of the'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/apocalypse-knights-of-the.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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