Who Were The Knights Templar?
Within two decades of the victory of the First Crusade (1095-1099) a group of knights led by Hugues (Hugh) de Payens offered themselves to the Patriarch of Jerusalem to serve as a military force. This...
View ArticleThe Battle of the Springs of Cresson
A year before the Christian loss of Jerusalem in 1187, there was a difference of opinion between the Knights Templar and Hospitallers over who should rule the kingdom after the death of King Baldwin V....
View ArticleThe Siege of Ascalon
On 25 January 1153 the Commander of the City of Jerusalem, along with the ten knights under his command, was guarding the True Cross as an army of Templars, Hospitallers, seculars and ecclesiastics...
View ArticleBrethren Persecuted Part 2
Part Two: Revenge Destroys Everything By Stephen Dafoe They spit on the Holy Cross, these Knights Templar. Not only do they deny the divinity of Christ during their reception, they do not even worship...
View ArticleBrethren Persecuted – Part 3
Part Three: The Curse of Jacques de Molay By Stephen Dafoe The following article was originally written for Knight Templar Magazine, the official publication of the Grand Encampment of knights Templar...
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