Were The Templars That Holy

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Were the templars really that holy? Throughout history there have been many elite squadrons in a country's Military, but few can match the Knights of the Templars. When you think of the Templar some may usually only think of the knights, not the other 90%, the Templar order was more than simply knights. The templar order was one of the strongest groups of people ever to be formed,to this day they are still kickin’ ( not the way some may probably think,mostly just a charity now). As powerful as they were they didn’t go without their faults, so basically like every other great thing they had to fall. The way they fell was do to King Philip IV, he hated them because he owed them money (Smallwood). Just as anyone else in power who had a problem …show more content…

Despite all the crazy conspiracies these warriors had been tied to they kept everything they did a secret. Which is why so many people always have some kind of wild opinion of these Knights Of Templar. It seems they understood that only some people in this world should hold all its truth and more. They sparked so much controversy that not very many of their epics and romantics are told in exact truth. The Templars Despite all the twisted stories they were involved in were individually dirt poor god fearing humans. Some say its really difficult to determine just how rich the Templar really were being that they owned most if not all of the Holy Land. In Fact,the Templars were also great bankers on top of being mythological Warriors. While they were protecting the Holy Lands they invented a quite introkit system for pilgrims to deposit most of their goods. Which seems to be very usually due to the fact of the constant attacks on them. The templar they would deposit with would issue the travelers a note in which they could later use to exchange the value of the items in exchange for the same equivalent of gold. The Templars formal banking system was quite amazing, a great way to protect the pilgrims and their precious items. …show more content…

Maybe these Men didn't do these things, maybe they did. There is so much we still need to learn about these great Warriors. The Holy grail. Possibly the most iconic thing about these Knights Templar. “ The Holy Grail is generally thought of as the chalice that Jesus Christ used at the supper , and which was also said to be used by Joseph of Arimathea to catch Christ’s blood when side was pierced on the cross” (Sorensen). It wasn't only the templars that had something to do with the Holy Grail,even King Arthur and the knights of the round table believed in this chalice of mythical powers. The Grail was first popularized during the middle ages,ann has ever since then been very romanized (Sorensen). Many movies in Todays time have been made over the Holy Grail,such as Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. (Sorensen) Its apparent that The Knights Templar had the biggest influence on this mythical artifact,you think of the Grail you think of the Templars. The Templar were told to have been carrying around the chalice in which Jesus Drank from in the last supper.(MansField) The Grail was also told to have been used to have captured the falling blood from, jesus when he was pierced in his side. Its claimed that the Templars transported the Grail back to Europe and kept it there under complete screcracy (Holloway). “Hidden from the Catholic Church, the description of the gospel as a Holy Grail due to fear of persecution.” (Holloway) The templars were hiding the

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