The Knights Templar

The name and reputation of the Knights Templars speedily spread throughout Europe, and various illustrious pilgrims from the far west aspired to become members of the holy fraternity.

Many illustrious knights of the best families in Europe aspired to the habit and the vows, but however exalted their rank, they were not received within the bosom of the fraternity until they had proved themselves by their conduct worthy of such a fellowship.

An astonishing enthusiasm was developed throughout Christendom on behalf of the Templars.Princes,nobles, sovereigns and their subjects, vied with each other in the gifts and benefits they bestowed upon them.

Many illustrious persons on their deathbeds took the vows, that they might be buried in the habit of the order ; and sovereigns, quitting the government of their kingdoms, enrolled themselves amongst the holy fraternity, and bequeathed even their dominions to the Master and the brethren of the Temple.

Branches were frequently formed, and houses, many of them as well fortified as castles, were built in the Holy Land and in nearly all the countries of Europe.

The Order's efforts were helped substantially by the patronage of Bernard of Clairvaux, the leading churchman of the time, and a nephew of one of the original nine knights.

He championed their mission and defended the idea of a military religious order by appealing to the long-held Christian theory of just war, which legitimated "taking up the sword" to defend the innocent and the Church from violent attack. By so doing, Bernard legitimised the Templars, who became the first "warrior monks" of the Western world.

By the direction of Pope Honorius, the council appointed them a white mantle as their peculiar dress, to which Pope Eugenius some years
afterwards added a red cross on the breast-the symbol of martyrdom.Their banner was of the black and white stripe, called, in old French, Bauseant the word became their war-cry.

The chivalry of St. John vied with them, it is true, in prowess and valour, but they do not occupy the same space in the History of the Crusades.

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