Knights Templar

The First Crusade was called in 1095 by Pope Urban II in November. It was here that the Pope made a proposal: “Whoever for devotion alone, but not to gain honour or money, goes to Jerusalem to liberate the Church of God can substitute this journey for all penane” (Phillips, 21). Pope Urban II saw the first crusade as a chance for knights to direct their energy towards a spiritually rewarding experience, namely the recovery of the Holy City of Jerusalem from Islam. Knights were told that in return for their efforts their sins

With total autonomy to kill and plunder as they please alongside a godly, miracle-like victory in their first ever attempt in a series of holy wars, the Crusades stand out as a key point in the history of both Christianity and the medieval world as a whole. It is undeniable that religious devotion played a factor in the Crusades; in an era where Europe was a land of chaotic violence, a quick chance to absolve oneself from any sin was immensely appealing. Yet from the wars' very origin to their ways of recruiting and actions on the battlefield, this apparent devotion that is the heart of the Crusades is repetitively contradicted. The holy wars would never have reached the height they did – or

“The exact origin of Freemasonry is not known but the beginning of organized Freemasonry began with the founding of the Grand Lodge of England on June 24, 1717, the first Grand Lodge in the world”. There is not an exact known origin of Freemasonry but two main theories are evolved from this secret society. One begins with stonemasons, who built cathedrals and castles, in England that had secret lodges in which they discussed trade affairs, initiation ceremonies, trade union membership cards, and had secret signs and words to know if one were a “trained” mason moving from site to site. These lodges, in the 1600’s, soon

I’ve chosen Vader’s Fist: 501st Legion as my non-profit organization. The 501st Legion is a worldwide costuming organization that helps charity’s raise money through Star Wars cosplay. I’ve been a member for 5 years now and a member of the Florida Garrison charity team for 4 of those years. Members pay no dues and are only required troop one event a year to stay active in the system. In 2014, the Florida Garrison (aka Florida area) alone has helped raise over $12 million dollars for charities in our local community. In 2014, we also helped raise over $30,000 that was a direct result to membership doing anything from donating toys or money to charitable causes.

The startup of the fall of the Templars started when acre fell to Muslims in 1219. In result put up red flag to question of usefulness of military order like the Templars and removed all thought for need for them anymore. So when you have that much money, land holdings, and political power it’s going cause some great resentment and jealousy towards you and someone might want to size you up and take it from you.

Knights live in inaction and despair: after the failure of the quest, the Round Table has no more reason to exist. The absence of the Grail that symbolizes the Faith leads to degradation and vengeance. “The Grail conveys both the absence or unattainability of God”(Pipolo, Robert Bresson, A

The knights of the temple of soloman, more commonly known as the knights templar or just templars, were founded by hugues de payens after the first crusade. After the pope retook the forgotten holy land, new pilgrims from all around christendom wished to travel the new promised land. However, many found that the newfound holy land is more dangerous than they thought, even though it was now controlled by the catholic church. In 1120, hugues de payens approached king baldwin II of jerusalem and proposed a monastic order for the protection of the pilgrims. King baldwin agreedand gave hugues a headquarters in a wing of the royal palace at the temple mount in the captured al-aqsa mosque. The temple was also believed to be above the ruins of the temple of solomon. Fittingly, the crusaders named they’re new headquarters as solomons temple. From this location, the knights named themselves “the porr nights of christ and the temple of solomon”. However, the nine original knights had few financial resources and reliedon donations to survive. The knights made they’re emblem two knights riding a single horse, to emphasize they’re poverty.

One example would be Philip IV (Philip IV), who owed them money and could very well have owed them his life because of the knights protection during the Paris riots. The knights had lost some of their luster and public support due to battles lost during the Holy Wars. People were beginning to think that the knights held too much power and sought to control the group or even disband them. Philip IV was one such person as jealousy seemed to be his motive, along with not having to pay back a great financial debt owed that he owned to the Templar’s. He wanted to control the knights and had dreams of becoming the Grand Master. A dream that never came to fruition. Philip would use his power as king of France to issue an order that on Friday the 13th of October 1307 the knights were to be arrested. This is the reason that Friday the 13th is seen as day of bad luck and ill fortune even to this day. He would do this as a way to control the knights and take their influence from them by sullying their reputation, and also to gain access to their wealth with the added intent to make sure they were never a

The journal article written by William Urban provided a different perspective in role played by the Teutonic Knights during the crusades. Within historical analysis, the Teutonic Knights are often reputed as being brutal during their participation in the holy wars. However, Urban’s article does not dwell on the brutality of the Knights.

The main characters of the Byzantine Empire were Diocletian, Constantine, Jerome, Ambrose, Gregory, Augustine and Justinian. It achieved influence on the whole world through the Christian faith and collections of laws that are used and believed in even to this day. Moreover I do not think it impacted the Christian world, it literally made it. Iconography influenced Christians and later other groups as well, including secret societies. The major start of the Byzantine Empires influence on solidifying Christianity begins with Diocletian.

In the Arthurian Legend, Sir Lancelot is viewed as the powerful and skilled “White Knight”, however, he is also considered as the “Sinful Adulterer” for his disobeyment to the knights’ code of chivalry. Despite his innocence, these corrupt sins led to his unsuccessful quest for the Holy Grail. Instead, Galahad, the illegitimate son of Sir Lancelot, is destined to achieve the Holy Grail, his devotional purity making him a greater warrior than even his prominent father.

In the Middle Ages the Freemasons were just a group traveling masons. The masons usually built cathedrals. Within this group of travelers were certain types of masons; hard hewers, rough masons,

Interestingly, outside of the Hiramic legend proper, these events form the basis for more Masonic degrees than any other. Why is this story so important that it has become the core of the Knights Templar Order of the Red Cross, the degree of Knight of the East and West in the Knight Masons,

The Order of the Illuminati originating in eighteenth-century Bavaria was a product of its times. At that time, Europe was stuck in what is known today as the Age of Enlightenment. Late in the seventeenth century many of Europe’s elite became part of a cultural movement that sought to challenge the status in society by using their knowledge over superstition and tradition. In much the same way, the Order of the Illuminati was made up of freethinking leaders who wanted to build a departure from the political and cultural norms of that time through an arrange of web of influence, authority, and action. “Weishaupt’s Illuminati became very popular very quickly, exploding from its original five members in Bavaria to some 2,000 active followers across Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Sweden by the time it was forced to disband just nine years later” (Miller). Each member of the newly founded group (many of whom are said to have been recruited from practicing freemason groups) were required to take a vow of secrecy and pledged obedience to higher up members of the organization.

The Illuminati, otherwise called Bavarian Illuminati is an enlightenment-era society first established in May 1st of 1776 by Adam Weishaupt. The fundamental cause of the foundation of this cult is to oppose superstition, obscurantism, religious impact over the public, misuse of state power and to establish new world order. The Illuminati is a combined cult society with the Freemasonry. The illuminati, including other secret societies were outlawed by the Bavarian leader Charles Theodore and the Roman Catholic Church throughout 1784 - 1790. Several years later, the secret society was prohibited by traditional and religious critics who claimed that the society was still running secretly underground and were supposedly the cause of the French