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that they knew the knights were godless villains, heinous plunderers,
murderers, perjurers and adulterers.
Bernard became their guardian and in time, he became a very rich
man. He built and paid for 90 monasteries and 80 cathedrals. He was
very enthusiastic about the Knights Templar and wrote a handbook
for the order in 1135.
In 1134, work on the largest Gothic cathedral in the world was
begun in Chartres on Bernard's orders. Gothic architecture seemed to
appear from nowhere and took the world by surprise. It was sus-
pected that the original Knights Templar had found documents
concerning the architecture upon which the temple of Solomon was
based. The freemasons are constantly referring to the building of the
temple and the mythical architect Hiram Abiff.
The Church had earlier excommunicated many of those who were
recruited. The grand master called the Knights Templar the legal
executors of Christ and the Church gave them the right to bear arms.
The pope exempted the temple brothers from the sin of killing. The
order punished a member very severely if he broke even the smallest
of the temple rules.
The emblem of the Knights Templar was a horse with two riders on
its back, a symbol of poverty and brotherhood. But one of the sym-
bols of the Knights Templar was a skull and crossbones. Was this
really a testimony to their harmlessness?
The Knights Templar worshipped the cult of Mitras and attempted
to take power in Europe. Secret signs were used as a part of their
conspiracy.
The Vast Influence of the Knights Templar
In 1139, Pope Innocent II made the Knights Templar completely
independent of all kings, princes and prelates. They answered to the
pope alone. Bernard de Tromelai became the order's fourth grand
master in 1149.
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