Understanding the primary connection between the Knights Templar and Freemasonry
by Collection Masonic ManufacturerIt is
important for the current Freemasons to have a knowledge of Knights Templar in
order to understand what their Knights Templar regalia truly stands for and
what it its significance. For fully understanding its importance, it is
necessary to know where the Knights Templar came from, what is their connection
with Freemasonry and what relevance its degrees hold?
Connection between
Knights Templar and Freemasonry:
Rosslyn
Chapel, a medieval building in Scotland is regarded as the main bridge or
connection between the ancient order of Knights Templar and Freemasonry.
The Knights
Templars were considered as the first true soldiers of the medieval times. They
were the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon. Knights Templar
order was formed around the middle ages and it became a powerful and rich
organization across the entire Europe. They were also referred to as the
warrior monks. Knights Templars were a fierce fighting army whose skills and
talent were of another level. Their tenet being based on the Cistercian
monastic order, they were given special privileges that allowed them to kill in
the name of God. Nowadays, people consider them as the Keepers of a great
secret.
These
soldiers were unchallenged for about two hundred years in Europe and throughout
the Holy Land. In the 14th century, they were arrested on multiple grounds.
This arrest was instigated by the French King, Philip IV who made sure that all
the Knights Templar was arrested in France. Also, these soldiers were arrested
in other countries of Europe as well and the Pope abolished the Order of
Templars in the year 1312. But after all this also, there is evidence of
Templars of being continuing as a secret. There has always been a speculation that
there is a direct link between the ancient order of Knights Templar and Freemasonry.
Pope Clement XII in the year 1738 declared Freemasonry as an extension of the
Knights Templar. There are many evidences in the form of books that reveals
that many rituals of Freemasonry are based on the Templars. Some other
evidences prove it even more and Rosslyn Chapel is a prominent part of this
theory. Nowadays, the Knights Templar order exists as a separate organization
or as an order of the York Rite.
Regalia
of Knight Templar
The
Knights Templar requires every member to be a professed Christian, and then
only they can wear the Knights Templar regalia pieces. Knights Templar regalia
usually are the Templar Rings and
classic Templar robes. The robes are long, white or sand colored robes with a
red cross on the left shoulder.
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