The Knights Templar, a legendary monastic military order ... the mounted knight and the pious monk. At the time, this made the Templars something of a puzzle. How could someone be both a pious ...

though they lived a monk-like existence, originally modelled on the rule of the Cistercians. Their full name was the Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon—Knights Templar ...

The Knights Templar existed for about 200 years, and answered only to the pope. Bernard of Clairvaux, the most powerful European monk at the time, spearheaded the campaign to recruit these warrior ...

Its members were effectively armed monk-like knights who were granted certain legal privileges ... The major non-Masonic, non-Catholic affiliated, ecumenical Templar organisation is the Ordo Supremus ...

A unique combination of knight and monk, the Knights Templar was made up of devout Christians tasked with providing safety to pilgrims to Jerusalem. In 1129, the Knights were officially ...

(The Conversation) — The Knights Templar, a legendary monastic military ... the mounted knight and the pious monk. At the time, this made the Templars something of a puzzle.

Did this seal symbolize the order's poverty, homosexuality or companionship with Christ? Hinterkappelen/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA ...