Antonia Climent Solsona The Order of the Temple was intended to safeguard the Holy...

26 Janvier 2013

The Order of the Temple was intended to safeguard the Holy Places. This made the legend asociase to search and custody of the sacred relics. In fact, in one of his first pitches, in what is now the Al-Aqsa mosque, in the courtyard of the former ancient temple of Solomon, the Holy of Holies was being stored in the Ark of the Covenant. His syncretic beliefs, learned even from other traditions, rituals, secret societies themselves, on which disclose its meaning, being especially explanatory to those that motivated his conviction ... or, to quote one of its greatest enigmas, the image of Baphomet, made them stand out from Catholic orthodoxy. All this, coupled with the fragility theological originally drew its foundation-given nature of monks and warriors, in contradiction with both peacemaker and loving message of Christ would certainly be the source of his downfall. Once lost the confidence of the Church in 1307, Clement V in collusion with the greedy King Philip the Fair decided to end their two centuries of history.