Comments on: Who Were The Knights Templar?

By: shaun698

shaun698 — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:00:23 +0000

I find your site insightful. I am trying to get deeper into the story/legend of the Knights Templar, I believe there is a lot more to the Knights Templar than what I have read. I find the order very interesting and just like the Freemasons I believe that their maybe/must be remnants of the order, and if so how close is the order following the original doctorate that was laid down in the beginning with the original 9 members and the ensuing formation of the rules and vows set down by the Cistercian abbot, Bernard of Clarivaux. So can you help me find more information or be able to put me in contact with an organization that can help me more.
regards,
shaun698

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:27:27 +0000

Thanks for the help. Needed the info for a history assignment.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:50:50 +0000

There are many groups that have taken the Templar name, including the temperance society I mentioned. I know next to nothing about them.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:38:15 +0000

It does help and I thank you. The reason is that from what I understand, my grandfather was a bootlegger. Could it be that because it was known that he was a bootlegger during the depression era, that someone in the Templar Society took issue with his endeavors resulting in an altercation? It is possible that my grandfather belonged to this organization as a relative mentioned that he had a Templer Pin in his lapel. Even though he was a member, it is possible to have conflict of values within.

Can you give me a little more detail on the Anti-Alcohol Templars and is it possible there was a Templar Parade in Buffalo, New York in June of 1936? Where would I be able to find out this information?
Vincent

By: admin

admin — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:42:34 +0000

Sounds like the Templar society your anscestor belonged to were the anti-alcohol Templars. Likely the Independent Order of Good Templars. They were a temperance movement and had nought to do with the Medieval Templars or neo-Templar groups. Hope this helps.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:37:03 +0000

I am doing a genealogy on my father’s side of the family and my grandfather’s untimely death. The only information that I received from a cousin that lived in the same household of my grandmother was that there was a conflict between my grandfather and someone [unknown] over the fact that my grandfather was wearing a lapel pin indicative of the Templer society.

A little background, my grandfather was from Sicily [born 1877] and migrated to the USA in 1910. He was a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. The while at a church function, the story goes that someone must have took issue with the indication of him being a Templar or something specific to the meaning of the society in the 1930’s. Whether or not his aggressor just saw the lapel insignia or they had a discussion of beliefs, which caused the confrontation which ended in the death of my grandfather, I don’t know.

My question is what in your opinion do you think the Templar association would have meant to an Italian Immigrant in relation to the Catholic Church and why would it offend someone to the point of confrontation?

I did read some information on the Internet, but it is all jumbled to me and like you said, the original organization is certainly not indicative of the doctrine all through the years.

I’d appreciate if you would send your comments direct to my e-mail address or if you wish, you can post this question. But just in case I may mess up on the computer, could you please send your response to my e-mail address and when you post this, you can delete this last paragraph
Vincent

By: BAM

BAM — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:54:09 +0000

I was curious as to the validity of the claim that “much of” the Templars wealth was taken and given to the Hospitallers because of the amassed power and influence gained by the Templars. Was it not the Pope who distributed the wealth to the Hospitallers because of their backing of the Church and the Monarchy, as opposed to the Templars who took the side of the Landowners?
Or is that incorrect as well?..

So many people try to present “shocking evidence” regarding these subjects it’s hard to decipher sometimes..

Thanks for your response..

By: alain

alain — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:01:05 +0000

The whole story of the templars and books about the templars make for excellent reading. Every time i go to the library or used books store, i take the time to dig specifically for those books. I can’t get enough of them.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:19:15 +0000

The Chinon parchment is an actual document, the event actually occurred. It was made public and is well known to historians. The parchment’s contents was published int he 17th century in a book called Live of the Popes of Avignon. The media buzz a few years ago about this being some long lost secret was a bit sensational.

By: Gods warrior

Gods warrior — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:36:26 +0000

I found your site to be extremly intresting and will defo be visiting again, I have just read a book by Michael Haag about Templar history and was intrested in any opinion u might have about the meeting at chinon with James de Molay and papal emissaries.Did this happen did the pope absolved the senior heads of the Templars and if so why wasn’t it made public?