From the Knights Templar to the Freemasons to Skull and Bones, here's what we know (and don't know) about secret societies through history. It had grown to became a backbone of the Crusaders in the next decades, with the Knights Hospitaller and the Teutonic Order who later followed their suit. After a propaganda campaign painting these knights as Christian warriors protecting the holy land, the powerful and secretive order began to collect donations from all over Europe and every stratum of society. They built massive cathedrals and castles. London merchants have a monopoly on gold and silver which they use as leverage over the markets and monetary system. Heres what that means for our lives. A replica of the minutes of trials in which Pope Clement V absolved the Knights of Templar of heresy in 1308. The Knights of the Temple of Solomon of Jerusalem ( Order of the Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ) were established as a religious Order of the Latin Church in 1129, when they were officially accepted at the Council of Troyes in Champagne. But its important to separate fact from fiction. I find that all too often we either fantasize about the Knights Templar being Medieval special forces and Lords of the battlefield, or we portray them out to be the hidden villain of the crusades as people who broke faith in pursuit of personal gain. The Knights Templars: New Advent. Because, technically speaking, charging interest was against canon law, the Templars instead billed for administrative fees and expenses, or manipulated the currency exchange. The Knights Templar had become one of the richest entities in the world over just a few years, and with well established banks within their monasteries, and arguably the best security in the world for those assets, the brother knights found themselves serving in yet another capacity. I believe that our modern Illuminati came from the banished and disgraced religious order of the Knight's Templar: Swiss Flag 1. We don't actually know how the Templars made this system work and protected themselves against fraud. You can find more information about the programme's sources and listen online or subscribe to the programme podcast. The Catholic Church has acknowledged that the persecution of the Knights Templar was unjustified. His co-founder was Alphonso Taft, future Secretary of War under President Grant and father of president William Howard Taft who would also be a member of Skull and Bones. During initiation, soon-to-be Templars took an oath of poverty, chastity, and obedience, just as the Catholic monks must.
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