Who are the Knights Templar? Many unrelated groups

[knightstemplar]

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has claimed allegiance to the Knights Templar, which he described as a secret society created to carry out a crusade against Islam in Europe. Several unrelated organizations claim the name but not the goal that Breivik has described.

The original Knights Templar was a Christian military order founded in the early 12th century whose members, wearing white mantles with a red cross, became one of the most formidable fighting forces of the Crusades. It was dissolved in 1312.

The group’s mythology has been boosted by books like Dan Brown’s best-selling novel “The Da Vinci Code,” which depicted the knights as a cultish society linked to the Vatican and concealing church secrets, including the location of the Holy Grail.

Other groups claiming ties to the Knights Templar include:

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[pi3141]

The first, church syndicated, protection racketeers?

[knightstemplar]

Originally Posted by pi3141

The first, church syndicated, protection racketeers?

They existed before the church as Poor Knights of the Temple and later became militarized "branch" in the 11th and 12th centuries. If you don't recall, the church burned them at the stake so I would call that far from being church syndicated, protection racketeers. It was actually the other way around if anything

[sofa king]

You might want to read some Stephen Dafoe books on the Templars.

[tnt1]

After the death of Jesus and the split of orthodox Judaism that branched off to become Christianity the Ark of the Covenant became the focus of several groups and individuals. The Knights Templar were among those assigned at some point to guard and transport this object which is recorded on stone and in writings on parchment and books. As I recall the Templars became very, no scratch that, extremely wealthy for the times. In fact most people don't know it but a lot of the big money power in the world is stemming from this source of ancient wealth. When I tell you that members of the chosen as in, members of the tribe of Levi, occupy and carried the Ark on several occasions employed by the Templars to do so it is no lie. These very people, this line of those in the chosen is involved in much to do with the control of currency and money to this very day manipulating things on markets all over the world using the same old money from those days when the Templars sailed all over the world. Those behind the real money powers in the world, not just the J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of London, and Goldman Sachs but those behind the creation of this money out of thin air all trace their ancestry to these of the chosen. That big money and further, their ability to control it made the world their slaves. It is still that way now as I type these words.

[vooei]

Originally Posted by knightstemplar

They existed before the church as Poor Knights of the Temple and later became militarized "branch" in the 11th and 12th centuries. If you don't recall, the church burned them at the stake so I would call that far from being church syndicated, protection racketeers. It was actually the other way around if anything

The Templars existed before the church ? That's quite interesting I wasn't aware of that, can you supply any links or suggest books etc ?

I've always thought the Templars were done away with because they knew the truth about 'Jesus', recent research of mine points to Egypt and a certain initiation ceremony known as the crucifixion . . . .

[ksigmason]

Stephen Dafoe wrote a good couple books on the Templars.

Originally Posted by pi3141

The first, church syndicated, protection racketeers?

They weren't racketeers. They were incredibly efficient as an organization which drew the ire of one of the French monarchy. If you're ever really interested, research their abilities to erect a mill which was extremely costly in the day.

Originally Posted by knightstemplar

If you don't recall, the church burned them at the stake so I would call that far from being church syndicated, protection racketeers. It was actually the other way around if anything

While I am not trying to vindicate the Pope, I am saying that it wasn't necessarily the Pope's decision to burn DeMolay at the stake. Most of the inquisition stems from greedy French monarch. The Pope was just his stooge, his puppet. The Pope did have his moments though which caused some arguments between the two. The Chinon Parchment shows that the Pontiff absolved the Templars of their charges.

There is also no evidence to support that the Templars existed before the Church. They existed before getting official church sanction, but after the help of St. Bernard they received unprecedented support of the Popes.

Originally Posted by sofa king

You might want to read some Stephen Dafoe books on the Templars.

He does do a great job.