about them? I don't know anything about them & have across it a few times & am a total novice about this topic.
Thank you.
serious answer only please thank you.
PS. Also, can you please explain the Holy Grail to me as well? I feel totally stupid but I come from a Middle Eastern culture so these things are a bit of a mystery for me!
2007-10-16 08:56:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thanks guys, that is great...I will look at the sites also.
2007-10-16 09:06:53 · update #1
http://itrs.scu.edu/students/Winter04/French/knights/history.htm
2007-10-16 09:02:05 · answer #1 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Arthurian legend is the fictional origin of England. The Knights Templar lost the Holy Land to Saladin
of Egypt in a series of battles, and were burned on crosses by the pope. A contemporary equivalent of the
Knights Templar is the Haliburton corporation. A contemporary equivalent of the Knights of Malta,
(Knights Hospitaller), is the Blackwater security agency.
2007-10-20 09:19:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Officially endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church in 1129, the Order became a favored charity across Europe and grew rapidly in membership and power. Templar knights in their distinctive white mantles with red cross were among the best fighting units of the Crusades.
According to Christian mythology, the Holy Grail was the dish, plate, or cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper, said to possess miraculous powers.
2007-10-16 16:02:53 · answer #3 · answered by kelomale 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were knights who protected pilgrims on their journey to Jerusalem, but many of them became greedy and warmongering. Documents recently released by the Catholic Church says they were very sinful and listed some of their sins, but they were not "heretics" in the strictest sense. A heretic is one who holds religious beliefs contrary to the Catholic Church, but the Knights Templar did not really do this, instead they were just sinful and instigating war.
They searched for the Holy Grail, but from 33AD to really 1200 the Holy Grail was really nothing in Christian teachings, but then toward the medieval era stories and legends began to emerge. Things like the Holy Grail catching the blood of Christ is totally made up since there are no references to it in scripture or any of the early Christian teachers. Its just a treasure hunt.
2007-10-16 16:08:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Templar knights have been paving the way for the return of one amongst us to guide us to the passage of rightness and enlightenment" Don't take that as Gospel mind....
2007-10-16 16:04:39 · answer #5 · answered by El Diablo King Of Kings 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like the Druids, this is one of those groups where the bottom line is we don't have too much solid evidence about them, and people have made up stuff to suit their own conspiracy theories. But here's one place to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Knights_Templar
2007-10-16 16:02:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia gives it a good article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar
About the only thing else is a strange clam that the Freemasons are the remnants of the order.
2007-10-16 16:08:03 · answer #7 · answered by Y!A-FOOL 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gigi, you are so sweet :-) Wish I had an exhaustive reply to your question... but don't - am totally ignorant on the subject too! Daisy
2007-10-16 17:50:34 · answer #8 · answered by Daisy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basically they were the knights/protectors of the Catholic Church
http://www.templarhistory.com/
2007-10-16 16:07:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the Vatican is releasing files on this
so you should be able to find something about it in thenews or on the web
best of luck in your research
2007-10-16 16:43:33 · answer #10 · answered by itsa o 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋