does anyone know what the knights templar is?
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the masons are a part of the knights templar.\n\nthey formed to protect the 8th gospel which was bannished from the christian bible, the book was seperated and sent to all corners of the globe, it described that jesus christ was married to mary madaline, they had children, and also jesus had mistresses. that it why it had to go , or the god book would not have been so good. \nthe davinchi code is all about this fact.\n\njesus will have ancestors all over the globe , yes and even in good old god fearing yank land.....most of the answers on this thread are in fact correct, they wee the first bank.
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Following the victory of the First Crusade a group of knights, led by Hugues de Payens, offered themselves to the Patriarch of Jerusalem as a military force.\n\n\nThis proposed military force had the mandate of protecting Christian pilgrims who were en route to the Holy Land In the year 1118 AD King Baldwin II granted the Templars quarters on the Temple Mount.\n\n\nFor the first nine years of their existence, the order consisted of nine knights. Speculations of treasure hunting aside, one of the reasons for the limited number of members may have been the reluctance to take Templar vows. Chastity, poverty and obedience were hardly a lifestyle greatly sought after.\n\n\nIn the year 1127 the Cistercian abbot, Bernard of Clairvaux, wrote a rule of order for the Templars that was based on his own Cistercian order's rule of conduct. Additionally, Bernard did a great deal to promote the Templars.\n\n\nPerhaps Bernard's greatest contribution to the order was a letter that he wrote to Hugues de Payens, entitled De laude novae militae (In praise of the new knighthood.)\n\n\nThis letter swept throughout Christendom with the result being that many men, of noble birth, joined the ranks of the Templar Order. Those who were unable to join often gifted the Templars with land and other valuables. \n\n\nWhile it is true that the Templars were not permitted, by their rule, to own much of anything personally, there was no such restriction on the order as a whole. As such the gifts of land were accepted and put to immediate use by the order.\n\n\nFrom humble beginnings of poverty in 118, when the order relied on alms from traveling pilgrims, the Order quickly grew to have the backing of the Holy See and the collective European monarchies. \n\n\nIn the process, the order became wealthy. Aside form the gifts showered upon them, they were experts in commerce and free from the taxation and tithes imposed on other orders.\n\n\nHowever, in less than two centuries, the Templars would meet their demise perhaps because of their wealth or fear of their seemingly limitless powers. It is generally agreed that Philip IV was envious of the Templar's wealth and sought to secure it for himself.\n\n\nRegardless of the motivation, the order was taken down at the hands of the Pope and the King of France in 1307.\n\n\nOn October 13, 1307 Philip had the Templars arrested on grounds of heresy; since this was the only charge that would allow the seizing of their money and assets. \n\n\nThe Templars were tortured and confessions were given. These confessions included: \n\n\nTrampling and spitting on the cross \nHomosexuality and Sodomy \nWorshipping of an idol named Baphomet \nPhilip was successful in ridding the Templars of their power and wealth and urged all fellow Christian leaders to do the same thing.\n\n\nOn March 19th, 1314 the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay, was burned at the stake. \n\n\nDe Molay is said to have cursed King Philip and Pope Clement as he burned, asking both men to join him in death within a year. \n\n\nWhether the story is an apocryphal legend or a matter of historical fact depends largely on one's point of view. \n\n\nHowever, Pope Clement V died only one month later and Philip IV seven months after that.
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Friday the 13th was the day that the Knights of the Templar where killed.  There is a whole story about how the King sent out a missive to be opened at a certain time by his commanders and it was to capture and kill any knights.
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Its about the theory that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene & their blood line still exists protected by a secret society called Priority of Sion. \n\nThough this is the main theme od Da Vinci Code, there are also many controversial facts such as Jesus was a mortal just like any of us, the church has been putting down the role of women in the society & many such things.\n\nIts worth a read, very intresting.
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I really doubt you are going to find your answers here.  There really WAS a Kinghts Templar, but answers about the Vatical's 30 miles of secret shelves will not be disclosed on the pages of yahoo answers.  If that could happen, it would be general knowledge, and you wouldn't be asking the question.\n\nAs for the Freemasons, if you want to learn about our history, read the book "American Freemasons".  It deals mostly with Masonry in America, but explains a bit about our history, as well as the history of other fraternal organizations.
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originally it is theorized but not proven that they intended to as noted by the Sub Prefecture of St Julien-en-Genevois. Article VII says that its members are expected, “to carry out good deeds, to help the Catholic Church, teach the truth, defend the weak and the oppressed”. \n\nthe founder, Plantard, originally hoped that the Priory of Sion would become an influential cryptopolitical lodge (similar to the P2 cabal) dedicated to the restoration of chivalry and monarchy, which would promote Plantard's own megalomaniacal claim to being a legitimate pretender to the abolished throne of France.\n\nOver time however associatin with the priory became perverted and steeped in mystisism.  No one probably has even discussed it till popularity of Dan Brown.  But please remember that Dan Brown writes fiction.
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Do a Google search to find out more about the Masons, because there's just too much tell you in such a small space.\nAs to whether or not they have anything to do with JFK's assassination and the black helicopters (whatever the heck they are!!!!!!!), I have no idea, but it's doubtful.
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Hope this helps....Not sure what kinda of knighting you are talking about...medieval or modern?
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no.\nthere was a priory. but it was just a religious sect that eventaully died off within a few hundred years, by the 1300's.\nthe papers the book talks about are forgeries.
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The Order of the Fraternity of the Illuminati, also known as Brotherhood of the Light, was a highly secretive society back in the 17th-century at the hight of the occultism.  If, and only "IF", this very society still exists into the modern age, its secrecy should not be any less as it was centuries ago.  However, since people do know little pieces of this society via the historical records (whose authenticities are yet very questionable), you are NOT without hopes in ATTEMPTING to locate this society.\n\nNow, there ARE over a dozen societies out there all claiming to be the Illuminati or related to the Illuminati (and let the X-File's theme-music play with that logo dispalyed: "The Truth is Out There").  My suggestion?  Try the Rosicrucians because, the Rosicrucians and the Illuminati shared a long history that goes way back (even to claim as far back as to the Era of Atlantis).\n\nSo, the Illuminati cannot be found but, we still can find their former "sister society" -- The Rosicrucians.  Now, the Rosicrucians were NOT that secretive then nor are they very secretive now-a-days...only if you know where too look (A Hint: Type "Rosicrucian AMORC" into YahooSearch).
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The "Da Vinci Code" is basically a mixture of distorted facts and fiction. I think the book is composed of about 90% fiction.\n\nThe author, Dan Brown, claims in his fact page that all his depictions of artworks, secret societies, and rituals are true. However, his main sources for the his 'facts'--"Holy Blood, Holy Grail" and "Templar Revelation"--are only pseudo-histories. Even the authors of "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" accept that Jesus MIGHT have been married, but it is UNLIKELY.\n\nThe Da Vinci Code supports the claim that Jesus might have been married by mentioning the Gnostic gospels. In reality, the Gnostic gospels don't mention much about Jesus's life. The only Gnostic gospel that suggests that Jesus was married was the Dead Sea Scrolls--but it is impossible to know whether the word "companion" meant "wife," because the words are in Coptic and they can't be translated the way Dan Brown says.\n\nOne more thing Brown claims to be true is that a secret organization, the Priory of Sion, exists to protect the "secrets" of Jesus's real life. The Priory of Sion was NOT created by Godfrey of Bouillon in the 11th century, it was only actually created in the 70s by an anti-semitic supporter of the Vichy government, Pierre Plantard, fir personal gain. He wrote a family tree of the Merovingian royal family and included himself on the list. He also made a list of the "Grand Masters" of the Priory of Sion. A great Renaissance painter, Leonardo Da Vinci, was included in the list. After writing all those documents, Pierre Plantard deposited them in the Bibliotheque Nationale and claimed to have "found" them years later. So the Priory of Sion was actually only a fake organization created by Plantard.\n\nBrown also says that the Church "demonized" Mary Magdalene. But she is actually a saint in both the Catholic and Orthodox churches. The only thing close to "demonizing" Magdalene that the Church did was sometime during the 6th century when Pope Gregory merged three women named "Mary" in the Bible into one person.\n\nOne more thing, Brown says that Jesus's divinity was created by the Council of Nicaea. The Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325 was actually a response to the threat of the Arian heresy, which claimed that Jesus was a semi-divine creature, not of the same being as God. This was quickly becoming a popular belief and threatening the unity of Christianity. \n\nThere are more facts that I can write, but I hope what I did write is enough. Read the books below in the sources.
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http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/medknight.html\n\nhttp://www.britainexpress.com/History/Knights_and_Fights.htm\n\nhttp://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle35.htm\n\nJust do a search on google.  You'll find tons of sites.  What a fun topic for study.\n\nGood luck, and enjoy summer break!
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You would have better results with answers if you posted this in a History or Spirituality category.  "Special Education" is for discussion of educating and parenting children with disabilities.\n\nThat is the Russian pronounciation... do you mean Knights Templar?\n\nThere is a gaming system out there that uses the Tamplier spelling...see this website: http://www.tampliers.getsoft.ru/\n\nIf you mean the Knights Templar, I'd suggest you go to a library, and read in the HISTORY section for a basic overview of Templar history and known rituals and purposes. There's too much to put here. Avoid the web sites...there are too many conspiracy theorists ranting away...\n\nThe modern Freemasons pull some of their ritual, and history, from the Knights Templar. You could also go join them, with open heart, prepared to do good works for community and mankind.
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s4.invisionfree.com/Knights_Rule_All/ar/t571.htm
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The Order of the Fraternity of the Illuminati, also known as the Brotherhood of the Light which also yet possess another name as the Occult Society of the Luminaries, was an occultic secret society founded in the 17th-century Europe.  Contradictory to what the media's stereo-typings, this society has absolutely nothing to do with political powers in either the Old or the New Worlds.\n\nThe Illuminati were highly occultic and secretive centuries ago; thus, if, and only IF, they still exist into this modern-age, the secrecy will not be any less.  The society was based upon the occultism which was very popular during the 17th-18th centuries.  The core of the Illuminati's occultism would be based around Qabbalistc Christianity which was the most popular occultic mysticism in Europe of that era.\n\nNow, there ARE over a dozen of societies out there who claim to be the Illuminati or descented from the Illuminati; in my own personal opinion, none of those claims are true, no-matter how secretive their societies pretends to be.  The Illuminati were a spiritual occultic society, not some political power-hungary shadow government.\n\nThere are hints in the European history which can lead one to some informations on the Illuminati but, those are to be researched and studied from the occultism and mysticism.  Any attempt to find the fact from the media's stereo-typings and those political power-hungary societies will take the reseacher further away from the truth.  In general, to answer your question:\n\n"Yes, they DID once exist, BUT are they still in existence is of another question"...and there WILL be people jump-out and claim they are the Illuminati...my suggestion?  Best NOT to take them seriously.
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The book claims that Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the Grand Masters of the organization called Priory of Sion that protects the bloodline of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.  His involvement on the book was more of his famous paintings which the author has shown much ignorance in his interpretation of Leonardo Da Vinci's work of art.  \n\nThe book is just a fiction.  And it has no evidences to support its claims.\n\nTo understand more about Leonardo Da Vinci and how he was associated in the book, allow me to refer you to this site: http://www.jesusdecoded.com/leonardo1.ph...
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I doubt it, but it does make a great story.\n\nThe true freemasons rose during the time of the cathedral building era (perhaps 1150 to 1300) in Europe.  They were professionals with the ability to not only erect, but to design and engineer very tall structures, many of which still exist today.  Most of their “secrets” were based upon how to work with stone.\n\nThe fraternal order “Freemasons” is a much newer organization (perhaps the early 1700’s) and attempted to gain status by promoting a “secret society” status.  Much of what the members do is more “mumbo jumbo” than any hidden knowledge.  Their rituals are often borrowed from organizations like the “Golden Dawn” and the “Rosicrucians.”\n\nThe Knights Templar were basically a group of Crusaders who gained great wealth and power in the Middle East and then retired back to Europe.  The official demise of this organization was on Friday, October 13, 1307 when the church hunted down the members and destroyed the organization for their wealth.