Renewed Order of the Temple

Renewed Order of the Temple
Ordre rénové du Temple
Abbreviation	ORT
Classification	Neo-Templar Rosicrucian
Grand Master	Julien Origas
Language	French
Headquarters	Auty, Tarn-et-Garonne
Founder	Raymond Bernard
Origin	1970 (1970) France
Separations	Order of the Solar Temple

The Renewed Order of the Temple (French: Ordre rénové du Temple), abbreviated as ORT, sometimes called the Renovated Order of the Temple, was a neo-Templar revivalist order. The ORT was established in 1970 by Raymond Bernard at the suggestion of Julien Origas, both members of the Rosicrucian organization Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, which it initially had a relation to. It was also part of the Arginy movement of neo-Templar organizations, influenced by Jacques Breyer.

Bernard was the group's first president, but shortly after Origas succeeded Bernard, who stayed the secret Grand Master of the ORT. AMORC's leader grew worried about the ORT's increasing popularity threatening its international status, and Bernard left in 1972, leaving Origas the Grand Master. Origas, upon taking control, recreated the group's doctrine away from Rosicrucianism and incorporated aspects of the American religious organization "I AM" Activity. Origas was a former member of the Gestapo, and the affiliation of ORT with some far-right groups drew criticism.

Origas led the group until his death in 1983. Following Origas's death, Origas was succeeded by Luc Jouret, but was forced out by relatives of Origas in a dispute. The group then split in two, with one faction being led by Origas's widow and Gregorio Baccolini. This faction had 500 members as of 1997. The other, led by Jouret, became the Order of the Solar Temple; the Order of the Solar Temple would go on to commit several large scale mass murder-suicides throughout the 1990s.