Had it not been for the fact that it was so unreal and that no one in his right mind would be taken in by it, I would have included this group in my paper on the Proliferation of Orders of St. I was, it seems, somewhat na ve.
Some background is in order.
In late July 1989 an advertisement meant to arouse susceptible Americans appeared in an expensive glossy magazine. This statement makes no sense. If it shares an historical lineage with the Hospitallers of St. John but if each adheres to a divergent succession it is hard to understand the first half of the sentence unless you substitute origin for lineage. Further, this would indicate that this gathering saw the light of day in 1982.