page_title: Christian Rosenkreuz
hierarchical_section_title: Christian Rosenkreuz
caption_attribution_description: English: Raising of Lazarus by Jesus
context_page_description: Christian Rosenkreuz is the legendary, possibly allegorical, founder of the Rosicrucian Order. He is presented in three manifestos that were published early in the 17th century. These were:
  Fama Fraternitatis This manifesto introduced the founder, "Frater C.R.C."
  Confessio Fraternitatis
  The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz.
context_section_description: Christian Rosenkreuz (also spelled Rosenkreutz and Christian Rose Cross) is the legendary, possibly allegorical, founder of the Rosicrucian Order (Order of the Rose Cross). He is presented in three manifestos that were published early in the 17th century. These were:
  Fama Fraternitatis (published 1614 in Kassel, Germany) This manifesto introduced the founder, "Frater C.R.C."
  Confessio Fraternitatis (published 1615 in Kassel, Germany)
  The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (published 1616 in Strasbourg, Germany).
caption: Christian Rosenkreuz is seen to have been Lazarus/St. John in his previous life, the Beloved Disciple whom the Christ had "raised from the dead" and who would remain active until the Lord's return.[1][2][3]
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