2006-07-02 15:15:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Was de Molay a heretic? Most probably.
Was he railroaded by a greedy and corrupt Church? Most definately!
Most of the charges against the Templars were pure invention, but the one that Templars consistently confessed to (and unlike the other charges their confessions were not later retracted) where the worshipping of the Baphomet.
2006-07-02 15:30:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Let's see. A man dedicated to protecting Pilgrims to the Holy land, doing battle with the Saracens and protecting Jesus would suddenly desecrate the body and blood of Christ and engage in anal intercource satanic rituals.
Philip the Fair (so called for his good looks, not his sense of justice) wanted to access the huge sums of money and treasures and lands that the Knights has acquired. They were a serious threat to Philip, which is why he installed the Avingnon Pope, one he could control.
2006-07-02 15:19:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I highly doubt it.
It had to do more with the ENVY, GREED and LUST FOR POWER of the then King of France and the Pope who wanted to have all the [untold but substantial] treasures that the Knights Templar had already accumulated since they started up to that point...
It was pure and simple black propaganda perpetrated by the RCChurch throughout the so-called Dark Ages of the history of mankind.
Peace be with you!
2006-07-02 15:28:47 · answer #3 · answered by Arf Bee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A favorite tool of the church to eliminate anyone is always heresey. The real motives behind the elimination of the order are well known.
2006-07-02 15:20:36 · answer #4 · answered by ALLEN F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋