Mystery of Knights Templar Solved
2. Their true Mission (Divine Mission, in fact) was to be the keepers and protectors of Ark of the Covenant which they found out below The Temple in Jerusalem sometime in 1119
3. By extension, their Divine Mission was to protect the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the Holy Land
4. The real founder of Knights Templar was Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
5. From his very first days at Clairvaux Abbey (and possibly earlier), Saint Bernard was obsessed with acquiring all of the most valuable Christian relics
6. Saint Bernard wanted the Ark of the Covenant to become the crown jewel in his collection of Christian relics
7. Somehow, Saint Bernard zeroed in on the location of Ark of the Covenant hidden in a cave below the remains of The Temple for over 500 years
8. In 1118 or so, Saint Bernard tasked his friend and sponsor (well-acquainted with Jerusalem) Hugh of Champagne with finding the Ark of the Covenant
9. Using his already formidable influence, Saint Bernard provided Hugh and his hand-picked team with all resources and support they needed to find the Ark
10. Initially, military order was but a cover for their digging activities
11. Hugh and his team found the Ark sometime in 1119
12. All unwanted witnesses were most likely ruthlessly murdered
13. After the Ark was found, Saint Bernard decided that public announcement of the find would do more harm than good – and that it should remain a well-protected secret
14. So, Saint Bernard tasked the team with keeping and protecting the Ark and, by extension, the whole Kingdom of Jerusalem
15. To make it possible, he arranged for the fledgling order to be officially recognized at Council of Nablus by local ecclesiastic and secular lords and then by the Church at Council of Troyes – and for a powerful financial and other backing from the Church and secular lords in Christian Europe
16. So, a ragtag team of amateur treasure hunters and relic diggers became a mighty regular professional standing army – one of the best there was
17. For 67 years, Ark was kept in Jerusalem with only a few knowing about it
18. In about 1120, newly minted leaders of brand-new order of Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon created a new religion centered around the Ark of the Covenant
19. For all practical purposes, it was a return to Old Testament with Knights Templar replacing the Jews as the new God’s Chosen People (New Israelites)
20. Hence, Knights Templar from its very first year became a secret society… a secret religious society, to be more precise. A religious sect – Ark Templar
21. At any time, there were most likely 12 members in the Ark Templar – all other members of Knights Templar were blissfully unaware about the existence of heretical unitarian sect right in their midst
22. To practice their religion, Knights Templar built a secret underground chapel under the Temple… or simply converted the room where the Ark was found
23. Hence their semi-official (and generally used) names: Order of Solomon's Temple and Knights Templar which announced to the world their divine connection to the Temple of Solomon and Ark of the Covenant
24. In their religious practices, Knights Templar most likely used Jewish rituals of the Old Testament
25. With the return to the Old Testament, Jesus Christ was out of the picture; consequently, Knights Templar did reject Christ (treating Him more like Muslims than like Catholics whom they officially were)
26. Ark of the Covenant was – for all practical purposes – the Unitarian heresy as Knights Templar dealt directly with God the father and de-facto rejected Trinity
27. To become a member of Ark of the Covenant, the knight had to perform certain rituals, essentially rejecting Christ and Holy Trinity and establishing a direct connection/relationship with God the Father
28. Rumors about these rituals – there are always rumors – became the basis for the charges invented by French inquisitors
29. Right before the fall of Jerusalem to Saladin in 1187, Knights Templar shipped the Ark of the Covenant to their European headquarters in Paris – and possibly created the exact replica to be used locally
30. They used this replica in their religious ceremonies until 1291 when they were finally forced out of the Holy Land for good by the Muslims
31. However, Knights Templar refused to give up – they were very serious about getting Holy Land back and bringing the Ark to its home
32. However, to make it happen, they needed enormous financial and military resources
33. To accumulate the former, Knights Templar created the first pan-European multinational corporation, including the first global bank
34. They intended to use their enormous financial and economic resources to force European kings to assemble the army large enough for a successful mega-crusade (“crusade to end all crusades”)
35. Neither the secular kings nor the Pope had the stomach for such a colossal, expensive and risky endeavor… nor other military orders (Teutonic and Hospitallers)
36. French king Philip IV the Fair felt especially threatened due to his weak finances – to put it mildly – and heavy financial dependence on Templars
37. To make things worse for the Templars – much worse - Philip IV was genuine “French Stalin of XIV century” as he wanted total control over his realm
38. Consequently, he could not tolerate the existence on his territory of mighty financial and military power independent of him – and answering to his arch-rival (the Pope)
39. Hence, his firm commitment to annihilation of Knights Templar was inevitable
40. Philip did want to write off his debts to Knight Templar and to grab their liquid assets – but it was a secondary consideration to the ones listed above
41. Pope Clement V was far too weak to protect the Templars; besides, he was French (and thus had some serious conflicts of interest) and had no desire to call for a “final mega-crusade” as he did not believe in its success
42. Charges of heresy were the only way to annihilate Knights Templar
43. Charges were bogus; however, they were based on rumors about very real heretical activities – and thus capital religious crimes – in the order
44. Baphomet was pure invention; figment of imagination of creative inquisitors; however, this idea was based of the fact that Templars used (but not worshipped) a material object in their rituals – Ark of the Covenant
45. Arrests of Templars in France were so swift, sudden and unexpected that just about all their liquid assets were seized by King’s men; consequently, the legendary Templars’ lost treasure does not exist
46. Ark of Templars was pure Old Testament religion (with Templars replacing the Jews); consequently, Templars had nothing to do with Islam, Holy Grail or with any kind of esoteric knowledge, objects or religions
47. Templars were totally focused on Ark of the Covenant and their religion was pure Old Testament – so that they had nothing to do with Shroud of Turin either – even if (and it’s a big IF) – it is authentic
48. No subsequent secular organization – not even Freemasons – that claimed to have its roots in the order of Templars had anything to do with the latter
49. The only religious organization that was the heir/successor to Templars was their Portuguese chapter - Military Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Order of Christ). It was founded in 1318 by the original Templars (they were not prosecuted in Portugal)
50. Order of Christ was secularized in 1789, and dissolved in 1910. It was revived in 1917 as mere Order of Merit within the Portuguese Republic
51. In Paris, Ark of the Covenant was kept in a specifically constructed underground chapel below the “official” Templar Church in Paris
52. Templars performed their religious rituals in that chapel in 1307 – right until all Templars were arrested on October 13th
53. That chapel was not discovered by King’s men and no one of the twelve members of Ark Templar survived; so, the Ark is still there (it was built to last 5,000 years at least)
54. A similar chapel was built in Cyprus where Templars performed their rituals using the replica of the Ark – most likely, it is still hidden there
55. Templars NEVER disclosed the location of the Ark – or its replica – to anyone outside the Circle of Twelve
56. It is possible that Philip IV, Clement V or Guillaume de Nogaret (or even all of them) were murdered by Templars who escaped the arrests
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