The Knights Templar

As many of you know a knight has always been used as the heroic and chivalrous character in Fantasy and storytelling. There is a incredible emotion of romanticism towards the character and how he wins our hearts with his courage and occasionaly we become inspired by their actions, decisions, and judgement.

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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14493a.htm

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........Please explain the title? Why call it the Knights Templar if you don't even talk about the Knights Templar?

Or are you unaware that the Knights Templar and knights are two different things?

One being a powerful medieval organisation the other being the name given to medieval soldiers?

Every time I see Knights Templar I have a flashback from playing Deus Ex 2.

Originally posted by Grand_Moff_Gav
........Please explain the title? Why call it the Knights Templar if you don't even talk about the Knights Templar?

Or are you unaware that the Knights Templar and knights are two different things?

One being a powerful medieval organisation the other being the name given to medieval soldiers?

I started the thread to discuss The Knights Templar and provided a link giving an insight into christian knights. If I was going to give full description and detail for the Templars then this wouldn't be a discussion....rather, it would be a Lecture. You're more than welcome for discussion.

WD, is there anything in particular you find intriguing or remarkable about them? I have to admit, my knowledge on the Knights is pretty basic, but I seem to recall them being just one of a dozen other Orders borne out of the crusades, such as the Knights of Malta, the Teutonic Knights, etc.

Originally posted by Janus Marius
Every time I see Knights Templar I have a flashback from playing Deus Ex 2.

Every time I hear of Knights Templar, I think of Disney's National Treasure. 😖

Originally posted by Janus Marius
WD, is there anything in particular you find intriguing or remarkable about them? I have to admit, my knowledge on the Knights is pretty basic, but I seem to recall them being just one of a dozen other Orders borne out of the crusades, such as the Knights of Malta, the Teutonic Knights, etc.

All I know about them is that they supposedly stayed on the Temple of Solomon ruins for years....Possible took/stole the pieces of the true cross, the arc of the covenant, the holy grail, and other historic artifacts...And they were all burned at the stake on October 13 (Friday the 13th) 1307.

My entire knowledge of the Knights Templar is forged from a Broken Sword game. 😄

Good old "Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars" must dig that game out again.

Im the founder of the Knights Templar 😱 . . . . but they kicked me out into the Winding Path 😮 , so i asked the Pope and Philip to disband and BURN them all 🙄 .

Oh sweet revenge 😈

😆 😆 😆

Hmm, indeed....
*throws on cardinal outfit and burns Templarers*

Templars supposedly found ancient documents proving Jesus' decent from King David, his marriage to Mary Magdalene and his daughter rose.

The are also rumored to have taken part in ceremonies involving trampling the cross and defiling the bible.

It was upon these charges that the Pope had them arrested, although some argue it was because they where blackmailing the church with the artifacts the found at Solomons temple, others say it was because they had become to powerful and rich.

Personally, I believe the latter.

The reason they were charged with Heresy is due to them worshipping a head....Historians believe it was either the shroud of Turin....Or the skull of John the Baptist.

Originally posted by Darth Macabre
All I know about them is that they supposedly stayed on the Temple of Solomon ruins for years....Possible took/stole the pieces of the true cross, the arc of the covenant, the holy grail, and other historic artifacts...And they were all burned at the stake on October 13 (Friday the 13th) 1307.

Solomon worhsiped old pagan gods, he converted his religion to that of a pagan so to say that they took artifacts holy to the jewish/catholic/christian tradition from his temple basically means that they took artifacts corrupted by what they would consider profane practices and hid them. This either implies that they were not aware of solomons intentions (unlikely), that the relics were never their, or that they took the relics to sheild man from the corruption solomon would have inflictied upon them

Originally posted by Janus Marius
Every time I see Knights Templar I have a flashback from playing Deus Ex 2.

Originally posted by Janus Marius
Every time I see Knights Templar I have a flashback from playing Deus Ex 2.

...And I get a super terrible urge to stab Dan Brown in the eye...

Originally posted by DarkC
And every time I see the name I think back to National Treasure, starring Nicholas Cage. 😊

*points to my post earlier in the thread*

OWNED. 😛

Correct me if i'm wrong, but didnt a piece of the true cross get captured be Saladin during the 3rd crusade? (Saladin was the best-known Muslim Warrior during the 1100's by the way)

Thats what i thought as well. Saladin (or probably some obscure Muslim ruler) has the main portion of the True Cross. The Templars only have bits and pieces of the real thing.

Reading more into the history of the Templars and it gets more fascinating. According to historians the Knight templars not only provided protection for pilgrims to Jerusalem...but they were also monks! These guys were pretty cool! 😄

Originally posted by WrathfulDwarf
These guys were pretty cool! 😄

They also slaughtered jews and muslims. How cool is that...not very in my book.

Not many Knights lived by what we romantacise as the knight's code. Many stole from others, took advantage of the weak for profit, and conducted themselves in a less than honourable manner.

Originally posted by WrathfulDwarf
As many of you know a knight has always been used as the heroic and chivalrous character in Fantasy and storytelling. There is a incredible emotion of romanticism towards the character and how he wins our hearts with his courage and occasionaly we become inspired by their actions, decisions, and judgement.

This is why I always loathed the chivalric code and all that is mideval war. 😆