My family and I have always felt that my grandfather was involved in the Freemasons, however in recent research we have discovered that our family may date back to the Knights Templar. If they are still around today, would there be any significance towards me. Would I be asked to be apart of the heritage? What does it all mean?
2006-11-02 14:31:56 · 16 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
it eans that you will never be asked to be in the knights templar and its not part of a heritage. you may be right about grandpa being in the free masons though. you and most everyone living on earth today dates back to the knight templar. now as for finding out what the knights templar is on the computer i don't think you gonna lear that. i know what it is and so do lotsof others but we not gonna tell anyone just because they want to know about it. i would like to add that george w bush does not belong to this order and he is not representing us either. he only wishes .i looked al the answers and not one of them even come close to what knights templar is
2006-11-02 14:40:39 · answer #1 · answered by roy40372 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no you would not be asked to be apart of it unless you want to be.If the are still around . Have a book on them in my library someplace (would most likely lose my connection before I could find it.). It means that at least one of your distant relatives was into the spiritual. The Knights Templar are/were a disgraced militarily arm of the Catholic Church.As they used a inverted pentagram with a goats head(Bohapmotete)inside of the pentagram on their shields and therefore were called SATAN worshipers . like other religions that didn't completely or convert at all to Christianity.
my Fathers Father was both a Odd Fellow and a 32nd degree Mason(maybe a 33rd degree we don't know if he took the test or passed it). The biggest thing it means is that if you wanted to join you have an extra in if you can prove it to their satisfaction and can pass the entrance exam.
Yes I found one of the books I was looking for. the Freemasons are are currently the Knights Templar.
You can find some of their hstory in a book called (Born In Blood,The lost secrets of Freemasonryby John J. Robinson ISBN 0-87131-602-1 Copyright 1989
or use the search bar under Freemasons. Lots of sites to choise from.
2006-11-02 23:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Templars were an unusual order in that they were both monks and soldiers, making them in effect some of the earliest "warrior monks" in the Western world. Members of the Order played a key part in many battles of the Crusades, and the Order's infrastructure innovated many financial techniques that could be considered the foundation of modern banking. The Order grew in membership and power throughout Europe, until it ran afoul of King Philip IV of France (Philip the Fair), who caused members in France to be tortured into confessions and burned at the stake. Under influence from King Philip, Pope Clement V then forcibly disbanded the order on Friday, October 13, 1312.
2006-11-02 22:42:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were a group of fully knights and fully friars that would assist people, mostly Jews, on pilgrimages to the Holy Land. They were supposed to live poor lives, but few did. If you want a great book about them read Ivanhoe. It's fictional, but factual. You may or may not want to be part of it, some people are still prejiduced about the Saxon Norman conflicts at that time. I guess you just have to decide who's side you're on and go from there. i hope you get it sorted out :)
2006-11-02 22:38:09 · answer #4 · answered by Sligo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Researching your Family Tree might help.
Library with the Resources to do that kind of Thing--Very Good.
Don't think it will bother you much though.
Those guys use to Guard something or another. Read something while back.
(Ain't got any Swords laying around do ya? Could be worth alot of Money!)
2006-11-02 22:36:54 · answer #5 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only thing I know about the Templar Knights is that their effigies are at the Knight's Church in London. They are big characters in the DaVinci Code book... not sure if it's a true account of what they stood for but you should read it. And don't just watch the movie, read the book, it's more interesting.
2006-11-02 22:35:31 · answer #6 · answered by Lauren 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You just might be a citizen of the world's smallest country: Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta. They are headquartered in Rome, and I believe that citizenship is by birth only.
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The Sovereign Order of Malta is a sovereign subject of international law. The Order - which is based in Rome, in via Condotti - has its own Government, an independent magistracy, bilateral diplomatic relations with 96 countries and is granted the status of Permanent Observer in many international organisations, such as the United Nations. Its operational activities are managed by the six Grand Priories, five Subpriories and 46 National Associations of Knights in the five continents.
The Order issues its own passports and stamps and creates public institutions, endowed with independent juridical personality. Order's life is governed by the Constitutional Charter and the Code, reformed in 1997.
2006-11-02 22:40:03 · answer #7 · answered by Randy G 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
How could your family go back to the Knights Templar, when they were celibate and murdered?
2006-11-02 22:36:49 · answer #8 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
History shows that no Templars lived after the crusades. They were killed off by the King of France. So, you couldn't be descended from them because they had no heirs.
2006-11-02 22:36:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It means that it would be amazing that you can trace your "heritage" to the early years of the 1300's.
2006-11-02 22:42:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋