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Understanding the primary connection between the Knights Templar and Freemasonry

by Collection Masonic Manufacturer

It 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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