The Knights Templar Are Hiding In Plain Sight

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  • @ryeofthebeholder
    @ryeofthebeholder Před 2 lety +11496

    I think one of the main reasons the Knights Templar are still well known is because the name is cool as hell.

    • @fradi5683
      @fradi5683 Před 2 lety +1066

      And Assassins creed is also another reason

    • @midgetman4206
      @midgetman4206 Před 2 lety +753

      cool as heaven*

    • @markrace4707
      @markrace4707 Před 2 lety +70

      How bout a friggin cartel in mexico's was named

    • @unwnme
      @unwnme Před 2 lety +33

      Maybe you should stick to your first nickname, and change your last nickname. Peace.

    • @christineparis5607
      @christineparis5607 Před 2 lety +11

      I know! I wish I had named my dog that, it would bring her more respect...

  • @ruicorreia6373
    @ruicorreia6373 Před 2 lety +3447

    Fun fact:
    As the video says, the templars fled to Portugal to form a new order, members of that order where present in pretty much every big moment of Portugal's age of exploration.
    The Order of Christ, still exists today as one of the honorary commendations the portuguese republic can give. The president is seen many times with a red and green ribbon in formal events, people think these colors represent the national colors, but they are actually representing the Order of Christ (red) and the Order of Avis (green) of which the president of Portugal is the grandmaster, as soon as he/she takes office.
    So Ubisoft, if you ever want a really cool Assassin's Creed, you know where to do it.

    • @andrewlillis3209
      @andrewlillis3209 Před 2 lety +74

      see the real trick is how do you spin it. the disbanding of the templars was an assassin ploy and they have come to finish them off? or had the assassins' infiltrated the templars and the pope expunged them as a result. Desmond was descended from a templar and an assassin mayhap that was enough for another descendant of his to infiltrate and subsume the templars overt order or did the assassins' blackmail the french king and the pope to oust the templars before killing them to hide the evidence or in punishment for the brutal way they went about it. could be interesting setting a game in that post templar age when the assassin order is at its height and you attempt to eliminate their last stronghold but somehow fail to eliminate them bc of either a greater threat or the need to secure a relic of some sort.

    • @messianic_scam
      @messianic_scam Před 2 lety

      it has nothing to do with exploration it was immigration waves after reconquest

    • @AnonymousanonymousA
      @AnonymousanonymousA Před 2 lety +48

      They say Portugal or Scotland to throw people off tge trail, they founded a country with a similar premise ... I will not say the country

    • @benjamintherogue2421
      @benjamintherogue2421 Před 2 lety +45

      Assassin's Creed will just make Portugal all villains then.

    • @ruicorreia6373
      @ruicorreia6373 Před 2 lety +48

      @@benjamintherogue2421 i'm portuguese and i'm ok with that xD but no, since when did a villains nationality made a entire population evil?

  • @JamesRDavenport
    @JamesRDavenport Před 5 měsíci +389

    The best conspiracy theory about the Templars IMO is this one: Before they were disbanded, what was item 1 on the agenda? Having their own Templar state in Europe. What was their biggest job by their end? International banking. Is there a country today with a red and white cross flag known for international banking and unique to all other European nations in its foriegn policy? Yeaaap. It's of course a more complicated story, but the Templars used that land in the middle of Europe all the time and had strong connections with the local cantons who were fighting their overlords in France and HRE for independence.

    • @jimmywilde2033
      @jimmywilde2033 Před 5 měsíci +82

      I agree with you Switzerland came from nothing to have the best army in Europe and money

    • @davidfaulkner7456
      @davidfaulkner7456 Před 5 měsíci +27

      They where not disbanded they are the kings men of the kings of Denmark the keeper of the faith

    • @jaimemassa4085
      @jaimemassa4085 Před 5 měsíci +10

      I guess then that Ginebra was named after king Arthur’s wife

    • @Sammyli99
      @Sammyli99 Před 5 měsíci +15

      Of course, explains everything. Even the flip of the "church"

    • @chrisbarrett8817
      @chrisbarrett8817 Před 5 měsíci +7

      Definitely my favorite theory…

  • @bikster7032
    @bikster7032 Před 6 měsíci +176

    we need them now more than ever 🙏🙏

    • @fuzzylogic33
      @fuzzylogic33 Před 4 měsíci

      How much more do you need their thumbs-up your ass, just like the other 99% of people.

    • @fuzzylogic33
      @fuzzylogic33 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@user-jk1jg4fw9sholy lands belfast

    • @user-py2ht9gg4u
      @user-py2ht9gg4u Před 3 měsíci +1

      they worshipped satan

    • @candysubstance1633
      @candysubstance1633 Před 3 měsíci

      My family.. yah they were infultrated after families that have been in war with satan for thousands of years.. I can attest our bloodlines are nearly entirely handicap. We have been infultrated and no one is truely helping, just playing online. Everyone wants their a$$es wiped. Now there are a bunch of know it all internet nerds, a$$hole cops and perverts. It doesnt work like that.

    • @YSFBrazy
      @YSFBrazy Před 3 měsíci

      the assassin brotherhood will stop your order@@1banana2bananas

  • @tobins6800
    @tobins6800 Před 2 lety +1446

    One thing that was left out. The order to disband the Templars was issued on Friday the 13th. Thus making that day unlucky forever.

    • @arealassassin
      @arealassassin Před 2 lety +130

      Why is this comment not at the very top? It's literally the biggest fact of the whole story!

    • @ilarious5729
      @ilarious5729 Před 2 lety +17

      Isn't this a myth?

    • @DonGorgen
      @DonGorgen Před 2 lety +91

      @@ilarious5729 Only sure thing about friday the 13th is that nobody knows for sure how it originated.
      There are lots of diffrent theories and myths about it.

    • @andrezescamilla4107
      @andrezescamilla4107 Před 2 lety +23

      Can confirm. I was born on Friday the 13th😬

    • @georgeharrison2795
      @georgeharrison2795 Před 2 lety +25

      In the Uk Friday the 13th being unlucky was thought to originate from ship building, when a new ship sank on a Friday 13th. When Henry the 8th wanted to launch a ship he scoffed at this tale, and had a ship launched on a Friday 13th with a full crew of sailors and army on board. The boat sank, most died and its been unlucky since then

  • @drewskij2175
    @drewskij2175 Před rokem +2121

    There's more interesting aspects of the Temple Knights, eating habits, their daily routines and their absolute love for their horses. You'd be hard pressed to find a military order that took better care of their mind, bodies, weaponry, armor and the horses they took into battle throughout history. Were they perfect no but extremely interesting to say the least.

    • @reniapalacio9761
      @reniapalacio9761 Před rokem +60

      Many good ones, but there were also bad eggs. Such is the nature of humanity...

    • @MrMr-ws3tv
      @MrMr-ws3tv Před rokem +33

      The fanatical way of fighting is like early SS divisions. Dudes not giving ground to tank's due to amphetamines but isn't Jesus a harder drug?

    • @cognitivedisability9864
      @cognitivedisability9864 Před rokem

      @@MrMr-ws3tv you dont fight down a tank because of amphetamines, and american and british troops also used amphetamines, you can still find the pills in old squad based ration packs. The nazis on meth thing is such fucking rubbish, everyone was doing it 😂

    • @killtheZOG
      @killtheZOG Před rokem +6

      What about their worship of baphomits

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX Před rokem +64

      @@MrMr-ws3tv might be biased since am a ‘converting’ Christian
      But religion seems like a better motivator than literal drugs

  • @johnhall8596
    @johnhall8596 Před 4 měsíci +107

    I really appreciated this account of the Knights Templar. The narrative follows precisely what I found when I researched the subject. But I can add more information that helps to open up a subsequent story that the video clip had not intended to address. Before I started researching the Templars, I developed a fascination with everything Portuguese. I even devoted six years towards learning the language. What interested me was why did the Portuguese push out into the Atlantic Ocean at the start of the 1400s? Compared to other European countries, how did the Portuguese gain the incentives (and knowledge) to venture out into the big waters. As I sought to answer my research questions, I visited Sagres, a small town at the southwest corner of Europe's continent and also of Portugal. From the town one can walk out to what is claimed as the location of a school led by Prince Henry the Navigator. Out on a large outcropping, with the sky above and the churning sea down below, it is assumed that it was here that Henry educated the next generation in navigation, cartography, and everything related to serous seafaring. Speaking with a Portuguese friend late one night, he related to me that members of the Portuguese intelligencia think that Henry's school was not near Sagres. This late night point got to my curiosities and I used my annual visits to Portugal to also explore the Knights Templar. While in Paris I had learned of the fate of Jacque de Molay, and the ending of the good days for the Templars. Researching a bit, I found out about a town known as Thomar or Tomar that is located on the Rio Tejo, upriver from Lisbon, upriver from Santarem. Upon visiting Tomar, I found a statue in the town square commemorating a Templar who founded the town. I do have precise research notes in front of me, but I'll use my pretty good memory. Dom Gualdim Pais (1118-1195) was a member of the Templars and he founded Tomar. When the King of France ruined the Templars and burned Jacques de Molay in 1314, the story I put together is that the rank and file of the Templars quietly marched out of Paris and France and headed to already founded Tomar. As was noted in the video, the fleeing Templars were welcomed by King Denis I. The Templars changed their name to the ""Order of our Lord Jesus Christ,"(Ordem de Cristo) or (a ordem dos cavaleiros de Cristo) : and are still going strong today, at least in Portugal. If one looks up prominent members of Portuguese society, essentially every one is a member of this brotherhood. As but one example, the currently head of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, was also a prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002. My research into the Knights of Christ listed him as a member, as is every other prominent male member of Portuguese society. But this is only the start of the story that could follow the video. Yes, the Templars continue to this day, in this modified form in Portugal.
    Getting back to what was my research question, why did the Portuguese push out into the Atlantic and essentially open up an era of global commercial trade that is still defines our world today? . The answer to this question takes us back to Tomar where the Templars had settled. I think this is where Prince Henry had his school. In prior years the Templars were integrated into the Holy Land and once at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, one is close to the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Arab world. The Arabs had a fully developed trade with India, especially a trade in spices, which were so important for the preservation of proteins in meats, fish, dairy. And these spices as preservatives of foods is what the Europeans needed to raise their nutritional standards. My understanding is that the Templars had gained this knowledge regarding Arab trade with India (and later Ottoman trade) and also had the charts of the seas to India. Another dimension to this story is that as we get into the 1400s there are going to be hostilities developing towards non-christians in Al-Andalus (today's southern Spain), and the Jews feeling this pressure that would lead to the Inquisition in the 1490s, started to migrate out of Al-Andalus and over to Portugal where the anti-semitism would remain less pronounced. When I visited Tomar I understood that there had stood a synagogue of importance. So the understanding that I formulated is that there was a synergy forming in the location of Tomar: of Templars, with their wealth and knowledge of the eastern Mediterranean and the cartography of the Arabian seas and Indian Ocean. Then you have the Sephardic Jews with their background in and orientation towards taking risk and going forward with merchant activity. Add to this Prince Henry, who was royalty, but without responsibilities associated with ruling Portugal. My understanding is that in Tomar, Prince Henry would lead the way for ultimately getting to India by developing seafaring capacities that would carry their modest ships around the Cape of Good Hope and on to Kerala, India. They came up with designs for the "caravel" with its extra thick hull made of oak and a triangular, lateen sail that allowed the boats to beat into the wind. We could think of Tomar as where astronauts of the 1400s learned what they needed to know to undertake the great seafaring adventures. The future captains got their schooling in navigation, learned of the sextant (from the Arab realm) for plotting latitude, and all of the other essentials for pushing out into and traversing the great Oceans on the way to India and beyond.
    Based upon my research, intuition, and carefully speculation, we need to think of the Templars as evolving and seeking out new challenges and creating new opportunities. In this sense, the Templars helped to define the "Age of Exploration and Discovery," and changed the course of world history. If one visits Tomar today, on the edge of town and up on a hilltop, one finds a convent that was transformed to accommodate the Templars. Integrated into the convent I found a replica of parts of the Solomon's Temple, complete with symbols that suggest a secret society rooted in the mysticism of the Holy Land. I was hoping for a museum in order to gain better background, but my sense is that the Portuguese have not fully researched this story that I have tried my best to put together. Maybe others contributing to the comments can offer their insights into what I have laid out in the lines above, JH

    • @carlodecarli5394
      @carlodecarli5394 Před 4 měsíci +9

      Muy interesante su investigación

    • @tumbletoes909
      @tumbletoes909 Před 4 měsíci +13

      Most interesting! Thanks for sharing!
      Tomar is now firmly on my bucket-list.

    • @leoSaunders
      @leoSaunders Před 4 měsíci +12

      you used indentations, but for the love of god, use paragraphs next time too

    • @Leontemplar-yt6ff
      @Leontemplar-yt6ff Před 4 měsíci +6

      Good findings, just to add it has less to do with Jews as the Inquisition and the Reconquista was mainly against the middle eastern influences. they fled to countries like Netherlands, England (William of Orange invasion) & Ottoman Empire , 2 of 3 Nations tried to destroy Portugal. Henry the Navigator was the Kings Son so he’d have been a Templar. The Templar and the Portuguese became one interchangeable goals. They changed history, as Europe would have surely been conquered had they not found an alternate route.

    • @Leontemplar-yt6ff
      @Leontemplar-yt6ff Před 4 měsíci +8

      I’d say The inquisition from the Catholic Church views to Judaism went from ‘protected brotherly religion’ to sour grapes when they discovered the Mystery Babylonian Talmud’s extreme takes on Christ. And by Inquisition I’m referring to the latter Iberian ones not the earlier ones to the indigenous Pagans.

  • @VadersFirst
    @VadersFirst Před 5 měsíci +37

    I have personally met and spoken with a Templar.
    I spent two years abroad in Brazil as a missionary. During my time there, I met a lot of different people, including a lot of Freemasons. Their presence is pretty strong at least in southern Brazil.
    In one city I lived in for a while, called Rio do Sul in Santa Catarina, there was a particularly interesting experience. I was going around home to home trying to find anyone who would talk to me and there was this one elderly man who seemed interested. He had a decent house from the outside but nothing to tell stories about. I went inside his home to talk and he took me to what seemed to be a study/den. Think about the classic rich boomer studies you see in movies where everything is kind of dark, elaborate wood ornamenting, etc.
    One detail that I noticed was his ring. I asked him about it and he told me something that I had never heard before. He told me that he was a Templar. Obviously I asked him to clarify and he mentioned the order of the Knights Templar. Part of the story he told was that of the Freemasons. According to his story, the Freemasons took many aspects of the Templars but the remaining Templars had moved over to the Freemasons. With this group, they started a diverging branch of Freemasonry called the Templars.
    What that actually does and what it comes down to as far as I understand, it’s the exact same thing and there’s nothing particularly special about the Templars vs Freemasons, except the Templars are very specifically Christian Freemasons. That’s it.
    Anyway, thanks for listening to my TED Talk.

    • @LuxEtOrigoXP
      @LuxEtOrigoXP Před 5 měsíci

      The Knights Templar was a Catholic military order. Freemasonry is explicitly forbidden by the Catholic Church, so forbidden it results in excommunication.. With that said, the REAL Knights Templar (if they truly exist anymore) would absolutely not be Freemasons, despite the claims that Freemasonry makes, as they're the same group of individuals who have made borderline blasphemous claims in the past.

    • @werpu12
      @werpu12 Před 4 měsíci +2

      I would not count on that, the as the video states the Freemasons say that they were built out of the templar order, but only because it was cool to say so, there is a 250-300 years interruption between the disbanding of the templar order and the first lodge of the freemasons the templars by that time had been fully dissolved into other orders which did the same as the templars but in different areas of the world!
      It was basically fashion to surround yourself with mysterious mumbo jumbo in the 18th century and thats why for instance the Freemasons are how they are! The guy might have believed it because his lodge told him so, but I doubt that there are any historic connections!

    • @VadersFirst
      @VadersFirst Před 4 měsíci

      @@werpu12 Sure, he definitely showed me no historical documentation of any of this because 1, I didn't ask because I didn't know much about the historical discrepancies at the time, and 2, he probably didn't have them anyway.

    • @janzizka9992
      @janzizka9992 Před 26 dny +1

      Solomon's Temple in Sao Paolo is an exact replica of the demon sealers temple.

    • @barbaralockwood2115
      @barbaralockwood2115 Před 16 dny +1

      My late father was a Freemason, a member of the Scottish Rite, and a Shriner.

  • @martiuscastle
    @martiuscastle Před 2 lety +1500

    That cross was on the sails of the first ships to arrive in Brazil, and gave the later its first name: Land of the Holy Cross. The cross is to this day engraved in the founding stone the portuguese left at that occasion. One of the reasons we (Brazilians) call our country "The last crusade".

    • @sagaramskp
      @sagaramskp Před 2 lety +44

      At last a crusade that didn't fail

    • @martiuscastle
      @martiuscastle Před 2 lety +148

      @@sagaramskp The Iberian "Reconquista" was a crusade that did not fail. The spanish and portuguese took the peninsula back from the muslims. Took over a century, but they did. The Templars, many of them english, were the key, the elite force of the Portuguese, and that is why king Denis of Portugal granted them safe conduct.

    • @AdakStillStands
      @AdakStillStands Před 2 lety +1

      After the south fell in the US Civil War, didn't a bunch of Confederates move south to Brazil? Brazil welcomed them, even paying some moving costs and speedy citizenship? Americana correct? Are their ancestors still celebrating everything "Rebel Americana" including once painting the Rebel flag on the town square and dancing in time period fulffy dresses and men's Confederate uniforms?

    • @CesarLuisAfonsoDias
      @CesarLuisAfonsoDias Před 2 lety +50

      The greatest sponsor of the age of exploration, the Prince Henry the Navigator was the head of the Order at the time. He used the money of the order to fund universities, naval schools and the voyages themselfs. Thats why up until today every portuguese ship still has the order symbol on its flags.

    • @anna_25
      @anna_25 Před 2 lety +18

      Where is this stone? Never heard of it, great story! Now that you've pointed out, I just realized that this is also the name of the fortress the Portuguese built to guard the Guanabara Bay (Fortaleza de Santa Cruz da Barra). One of the key aspects in defending the city/country throughout it's history. It's still up and well preserved today, worth the visit.

  • @rivalstemplar1142
    @rivalstemplar1142 Před rokem +1559

    The Templars didnt just go to Portugul . The Pope had already excomunicated Robert The Bruce. When a King is excommunicated so are all of his subjects. Meaning Scotland was a huge hiding place for former Templars to flee to. Those Templars fought for Robert the Bruce in the Battle of Bannakburn. Robert was so grateful he gave permission for them to use his name to knight others into their order......The Scottish Rite....

  • @MKahn84
    @MKahn84 Před 5 měsíci +40

    I've long said that the Knights Templar still exist, and that their treasure isn't buried anywhere. Except for some relics they consider very important, I believe their treasure is all in normal investments - real estate, stocks & bonds, banks, etc. They've been investing and using their vast wealth to support their organization and ideals for centuries.

    • @ethanweeter2732
      @ethanweeter2732 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Freemasons have the order called the Knight’s Templar, it is a direct descendant.

    • @namanhlehoang9999
      @namanhlehoang9999 Před 2 měsíci

      Considered the fact they were way ahead of time that they came up with the idea of international banking. Instead of having big vault to store all the money (mostly coins), they should have been storing papers that prove their legal right to these properties.

    • @MKahn84
      @MKahn84 Před 2 měsíci +7

      @@namanhlehoang9999 That would have done them no good back when King Philip IV of France arrested them and took all their property that he could find. If my theory is correct, you can bet that they have the documentation to back up their ownership of the properties and other assets that are their treasure today, but realize that such documentation doesn't do any good in some cases. A former co-worker of mine is from Lebanon. His family owned land and a factory and had all the documentation to prove it. The Lebanese Civil War rendered those documents are worthless.
      Secrecy and diversification of their assets is their best protection.

  • @microgreenssuperfood5124

    Mysteries of the Knights Templar - full free 1st episode from Gaia; new updates czcams.com/video/wLjdgOe-LpA/video.htmlsi=S-Z2EsdUeelmnZGS

  • @Pastel_of_Nate
    @Pastel_of_Nate Před 2 lety +548

    King Dinis, the Portuguese king at the time. When force to destroy the templars order in Portugal, literally just changed their name because the order was very lucrative and useful to him.

    • @bored_grape
      @bored_grape Před 2 lety +33

      Yes, we have watched this video too.

    • @kathryncarter6143
      @kathryncarter6143 Před 2 lety +19

      Probably. Money is often the largest factor in most of the world doings.

    • @martiuscastle
      @martiuscastle Před 2 lety +39

      If it was about money, he could have just killed them, just like every other king in Europe. As for being useful, Portugal has had the most stable and, in fact, the oldest borders in the whole Europe. No other incursions were made. I think it really was about Portugal's historical heritage against a French puppet pope from the Avignon Papacy.

    • @NuLiForm
      @NuLiForm Před 2 lety +3

      Yes.

    • @Lilianjade
      @Lilianjade Před 2 lety +20

      @@martiuscastle correct . Exactly as you said , and I would venture further and include integrity . Something that was very lacking in Europe at the time amongst the monarchy apparently.

  • @ruipac22
    @ruipac22 Před rokem +716

    I’m portuguese and I can assure you that the mysticism is still alive here. I’ve always been fascinated by the Knights’ history and I’m quite sure they’re still around.
    Anyways, great video!

    • @LUC1FER_R1S1NG
      @LUC1FER_R1S1NG Před 11 měsíci +4

      good for you

    • @johnbooth1110
      @johnbooth1110 Před 11 měsíci +9

      recently they moved the head quarters from Malta to Rome. I heard.

    • @kellygears8514
      @kellygears8514 Před 10 měsíci +26

      I agree with you! The knights are still around. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the pope hadn't told them to move their headquarters to Switzerland and became their military. It's awfully funny that the Catholic church gets its protection from Switzerland and not Italy!

    • @trazermoon5997
      @trazermoon5997 Před 10 měsíci +4

      ​@@kellygears8514what proof do u have that they still exist, cause the templars are gone they disbanded years ago but again members of them may have survived and had kids which went on to have there own kids and so forth and so on.

    • @kellygears8514
      @kellygears8514 Před 10 měsíci +8

      @trazermoon5997 NO proof but a lot of suspicions! Why would the church go to Switzerland's military for the protection of the Pope and the Vatican City. Wouldn't it have been easier to use Italy's military guard?

  • @luispinheiro2567
    @luispinheiro2567 Před 5 měsíci +37

    As a Portuguese, i´m proud of our Templar Legacy. Portugal was raised as a Templar country and ouir first King, Afonso Henriques was brother of the Knights Templars. The Reconquista, our own crusade against the muslims, was aided by the Templars and other Orders. When the Templars ended, the wise King Dinis renew the Templars Order in the Order of Christ (Ordem de Cristo) transforming the red cross, putting a white cross in the center, meaning that the previous Templar Order was purified. This new Order of Christ (Ordem de Cristo) funded the Age of Discoveries (the sails of the Portuguese ships were displaying the new red and white cross, and not the royal portuguese coat of arms). Thus, many of the countries of the many viewers of this video, owe, in fact, the discovery of the World by the Portuguese (renewed) Knights Templars.

    • @BlueSquatchproductions
      @BlueSquatchproductions Před 3 měsíci +3

      I'm sure the Native people of all those newly discovered lands appreciate the contribution

    • @URKCEHinoSuu
      @URKCEHinoSuu Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@BlueSquatchproductions I'm sure the rest of Europe, Africa and Asia appreciated it even more

    • @lamortexotique
      @lamortexotique Před 3 měsíci

      Why are YOU proud? You haven’t done shit.

    • @luispinheiro2567
      @luispinheiro2567 Před měsícem +4

      Consequences of the world development. Before Portugal, we were Lusitania, and the Roman Empire conquered us. In spite of the killings,etc, we did not weep or get sad. In fact, we apreciated nowadays. Rome did bring civilization to us. Today s countries and their nowadays people, in spite of all the problems of the past, must be thankful to us.

    • @riccardozorn1822
      @riccardozorn1822 Před měsícem

      🇧🇷🇵🇹🤝🏼🤝🏼

  • @CaptApril123
    @CaptApril123 Před 5 měsíci +15

    I was not aware of the Templers basically becoming a banking system. I knew they were wealthy but had no idea of their financial dealings. Excellent video.

    • @arielalarde6788
      @arielalarde6788 Před 5 měsíci +2

      They are the first to do banking system like u have gold,money deposit it in templar station in in your place and they gave you papers with there sign and you can withdraw that same amount in other place where they station 😄

    • @pameladowe2492
      @pameladowe2492 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Yes, it is the equivalent of a cheque. Before, you had to take your money and valuables with you on long and dangerous routes - open to thieves and robbers. Now you could collect a promissory note from the Templars and exchange it for its worth at another town. The Templars had good coverage. You would pay a fee for transactions for the safety and convenience of not being exposed to risks

    • @MarkJones-ji8fd
      @MarkJones-ji8fd Před 5 měsíci

      Usury wasn't allowed in Christianity, nor Islam. Only one parasitic group practiced usury. Think Rothschilds oy!

    • @diamondjim7560
      @diamondjim7560 Před 3 měsíci

      They were the original Wells Fargo. Or maybe they really became Wells Fargo here in the US and just used Henry Wells and William Fargo. Considering the similarities in the concept used by W-F with the way the KT operated, either inspired or pawns.

  • @olivermwallace
    @olivermwallace Před rokem +255

    There is a documentary that talks about how they found a false wall in the Templars treasury that led down into a cave, that led to the ocean. Pretty much meaning the king was coming after their money so they took as much of it as they could, put it on a boat and built a false wall so no one would know how they got it out.

    • @jackgunn1480
      @jackgunn1480 Před 7 měsíci +25

      I guess they knew the kings would eventually come for them. They planned ahead.

    • @patrickkavanagh6958
      @patrickkavanagh6958 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Look at Freddy Silva's research with references to everything. This video is far off

    • @EpicFantasyRPGOfficial2
      @EpicFantasyRPGOfficial2 Před 3 měsíci +7

      the Templars used two symbols, crusader red cross on white, or skull and crossbones on black.
      When the Templar fleet "disappeared" "pirate ships" first appeared, with the skull and crossbones on their sails.

    • @brosettastone7520
      @brosettastone7520 Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@EpicFantasyRPGOfficial2interesting connection there! First generation pirates could have very well been knights that went awol and were forced to steal from other ships in order to eat and survive

    • @rondesantis7017
      @rondesantis7017 Před 2 měsíci

      Their A Bunch of Thieves - Church, Mendez, Cummins, Ochoa, Perry, Abbott, Villegas, Richards, Garza, Beckencourt, Denney, Bush, Obama, Medrano, Holsbeke, Huddleston, Oliver, Trump, Biden, Garza, Dominguez, Creekmore, Kennedy, Carter, Santiso, Suisse, And Watson, & Warman. Such a Pack of Theft ! 2-24-24

  • @tommywilliams9414
    @tommywilliams9414 Před 2 lety +658

    Amazing that despite them being disbanded it’s still a household name even in the 21st century.
    Interesting though the Papal Inquisition, Hospitaller Knights and Knights of Malta still exist.

    • @sandvichbros1659
      @sandvichbros1659 Před 2 lety +35

      Knight Hospitaller and Knight of Malta are the same thing.

    • @tommywilliams9414
      @tommywilliams9414 Před 2 lety +19

      @@sandvichbros1659 Sovereign Military Order of Malta came from the hospitallers but they are an independent order now.

    • @sandvichbros1659
      @sandvichbros1659 Před 2 lety +28

      Their full name is still officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta. So the Order of Malta and the Knight Hospitaller are definitely still the same thing.

    • @chromiumphotography5138
      @chromiumphotography5138 Před 2 lety +13

      One of the offshoots of the Hospitallers is the St John's Ambulance. Look at the badges.

    • @hapwn
      @hapwn Před 2 lety +9

      God is here to stay! 😎

  • @scsimurdoc
    @scsimurdoc Před 4 měsíci +5

    Well done Lad!
    This is a pretty good historical appraisal.
    There are a few bangers of knowledge that he didn't either *know, or include along the way, but he's covered a good part of it.
    His research is sound and level headed. If you're curious about the Knights Templar, this is a good place to start.
    Bravo!

    • @sayville_silver
      @sayville_silver Před 17 dny

      But the title of the video is about them hiding in plain sight and talks about that for maybe 1 minute.

  • @carolinejeanallincarolj
    @carolinejeanallincarolj Před 6 měsíci +28

    The Knights template are not going anywhere, and they are here for the long haul but just more undercover

    • @graham3673
      @graham3673 Před 5 měsíci

      How do you know, if they are undercover? Are you one of them? Of course, you wouldn't tell me if you were.

    • @danielvereb4579
      @danielvereb4579 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@graham3673 No he is an Assassin. :D

    • @graham3673
      @graham3673 Před 5 měsíci

      Well ,I had a good life 😄@@danielvereb4579

    • @dannylamb2721
      @dannylamb2721 Před 2 měsíci

      They are still here. They are freemasons and active in America

  • @tlee656
    @tlee656 Před 2 lety +239

    The Curse was not just as simple as those two kings. It extended to their families too. It was startlingly accurate. They were decimated by it. It would seem that God heard Jacques, and responded.

    • @Bethi4WFH
      @Bethi4WFH Před rokem +12

      I guess you, like me, have read the books by Maurice Druon? (The series was called ‘The Accursed kings’. Brilliant!)

    • @tlee656
      @tlee656 Před rokem +13

      @@Bethi4WFH No. I just know the history.

    • @pitchforker3304
      @pitchforker3304 Před rokem +25

      Glad to hear it. That was a dick move by the King of France.

    • @wuzillah
      @wuzillah Před rokem +5

      It's said to this day all Christians suffer from the curse of confirmation bias uttered by that one knight.

    • @chasititew2853
      @chasititew2853 Před rokem +3

      ​@@wuzillah powerful and interesting..could explain a few things perhaps, I think I'll look into that actually I'm gonna look into that right now

  • @hammy1470
    @hammy1470 Před rokem +360

    I have just visited the Convent of Christ in Tomar, Portugal. This was a Templar stronghold before they were disbanded however the building work continued well into the 1500's and the town is full of named streets and references to the Templars. It seems like the Templars stayed alive in Portugal albeit rebranded

    • @gilesellis8002
      @gilesellis8002 Před rokem +17

      The Soldiers of Christ

    • @FR7_EDITZ
      @FR7_EDITZ Před rokem +2

      IVe been to tomar too

    • @jackgunn1480
      @jackgunn1480 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Yes, the video mentions that in the latter half. They became the Order of Christ in Portugal.

    • @BusbyTreeSurgery
      @BusbyTreeSurgery Před 5 měsíci +1

      they marched up to what is now Switzerland with all their wealth that they were allowed to keep from the last crusade, nothing to question there eh, and they still rule from there.

    • @jackgunn1480
      @jackgunn1480 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@BusbyTreeSurgery Interesting. I've never heard that Switzerland theory before. I did hear that they buried their treasure on Oak Island.

  • @dutchboy9273
    @dutchboy9273 Před 4 měsíci +22

    "The Knights Templar are hiding in plain sight"? Yes, we are.

  • @Crysalis-bd9so
    @Crysalis-bd9so Před rokem +611

    I'm lucky to have visited many places connected to the knights.
    The knights tunnels of Acre, the temple tunnels of Jerusalem, multiple crusader castles throughout the holy land, Roslyn chapel of Scotland, etc.
    Fascinating places!

    • @isaiah7640
      @isaiah7640 Před rokem +12

      The templars aren’t good people uno? 😂 it’s a cult

    • @CoG4117
      @CoG4117 Před rokem +1

      and Sinai House in Burton on Trent? ;P

    • @christopherjcarson
      @christopherjcarson Před rokem +2

      Am envious,thanks for
      the share!

    • @n45h28
      @n45h28 Před rokem +34

      @@isaiah7640 of course after 1300 hundred years of propaganda people like you would think that

    • @isaiah7640
      @isaiah7640 Před rokem

      @@n45h28 bro learn ur history, they literally led the crusades in the name of their god u fool.

  • @kevinhughes3477
    @kevinhughes3477 Před 2 lety +861

    "The templars showed no fear, even in the most hopeless of situations." God grant me the heart of a Templar in the fight against my sins

    • @AbnRangerJoe
      @AbnRangerJoe Před 2 lety +40

      Amen to that!

    • @daigonaticsgulapanatics2556
      @daigonaticsgulapanatics2556 Před 2 lety +5

      lets go bos

    • @Huskerguy316
      @Huskerguy316 Před 2 lety +28

      Bruuuh you REALLY need to research the Templars. It is a fact in history they worshipped at the feet of the baphomet and performed unspeakable acts of debauchery

    • @Lochlannach661
      @Lochlannach661 Před 2 lety +15

      @@Huskerguy316 There’s a knights Templar “church” in New England that was a temple for pagan worship of the Virgin Mary. The Knights Templar weren’t Christian at all

    • @doylekitchen9795
      @doylekitchen9795 Před 2 lety +30

      @@Huskerguy316 As the video said, that was "Bullshit". Phillip didn't want to pay back the money he owed them and had his men make that up. He also kicked out the Jews and the money lenders from Florence. He didn't pay them back either. Phillip IV wanted their money and lands.
      Read the Chinon Parchment.

  • @blancarosabeltranvelazquez4176

    Thank you very much!. God bless !. ❤

  • @belannalange7304
    @belannalange7304 Před 5 měsíci +4

    You made me finally believe the Templer are no cult but hard working and severly misunderstood Christian martyrs❤
    Heaven must be filled with them

  • @soba1180
    @soba1180 Před 8 měsíci +107

    Fun fact, there's also a masonry organization called "DeMolay". Literally named after Jacques DeMolay

    • @keithwilliams3935
      @keithwilliams3935 Před 3 měsíci +9

      Yes... I was a member as a juvenile. The organization is for young men, teenagers.

    • @user-yw5jl2wf6h
      @user-yw5jl2wf6h Před 2 měsíci +1

      Same. Fun times lol

    • @floridianv1nce316
      @floridianv1nce316 Před měsícem +1

      I'm actually in it

    • @HachiHugada-ve8ex
      @HachiHugada-ve8ex Před měsícem +2

      And after that you can join the Masons. Love DeMoley and working with the kids.

    • @user-yw5jl2wf6h
      @user-yw5jl2wf6h Před měsícem

      @@HachiHugada-ve8ex tbh, I'm working towards that right now! 💜

  • @Rivershield
    @Rivershield Před 9 měsíci +178

    Here in Brazil, although most people are very miscigenated and thus cannot form any coherent family trees, there are still families that do and most who do that trace their line back to Templars, myself included. In my family in particular a small wooden cross is passed down for generations, and according to my grandfather its maker was a portuguese templar. Currently my father owns the cross and will pass it to me once I get married. The cross simbolizes our eternal commitiment to christianity.

    • @bb5242
      @bb5242 Před 5 měsíci +6

      how did Templars have children if they were celibate? 😂

    • @Rivershield
      @Rivershield Před 5 měsíci +39

      @@bb5242Not all were celibate, some were Templars for a time and then reliaved of their vows, and others simply broke the vows.
      In my ancestor's case, he was one of the german templars who fled to Portugal after Pope Clement V dissolved the order. In other words, technically, my ancestor was not a templar anymore when he got married to a portuguese woman, however he passed down the traditions and veneration of the order, vowing that his bloodline would forever commit to the defense of christendom.

    • @marinazagrai1623
      @marinazagrai1623 Před 5 měsíci +6

      @@bb5242 Immaculate deception..

    • @gotogd1233
      @gotogd1233 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@marinazagrai1623 😂 Lord, have Mercy.

    • @dr-rexmangrca113
      @dr-rexmangrca113 Před 4 měsíci

      @@bb5242 YOU ARE A SLEEP SO GO BACK THERE

  • @actionburger7455
    @actionburger7455 Před měsícem

    Really well put together and explained...thank you for not using massive words that doctors and professor's use brilliant and very enjoyable to listen to and watch

  • @jsi4064
    @jsi4064 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Absolutely fabulous video, snd FACTUAL, and a REAL human talking. Wow, wow and wow. I've always loved history, but this takes it to the next level. I hope all schools are aware of your channel, its fantasic. Thank you. 💐 and Merry Christmas.

  • @malahammer
    @malahammer Před 2 lety +376

    My favourite rumour was that these bankers and knights disappeared for a while, set up high in the alps, inverted their cross to a white one on a red background and became a state of bankers. I'm not sure they had anything to do with Swiss chocolate though 😏

    • @jodu626
      @jodu626 Před 2 lety +48

      swiss banks. 100% agree

    • @jimhimes6451
      @jimhimes6451 Před 2 lety +75

      Let us not forget the Swiss Guard - the Permanent guard for the Pope.

    • @twisteddman
      @twisteddman Před 2 lety +36

      I have a book about this. it even fits their mythology about white knights saving them and fits the timeline. It claims some helped form Switzerland and some took their ships and joined the Portuguese making them the formidable navy they became. while others went to Scotland and helped form the Scottish rites freemason

    • @davidjacobs8558
      @davidjacobs8558 Před 2 lety +36

      Yes, the Knights Templars escaped into Swiss, and with their knowledge in Warfare and Banking,
      setup Mercinary companies and Secret Banking in Swiss.

    • @messianic_scam
      @messianic_scam Před 2 lety

      they're the rothschild now descendants of templars they deal with banks since long I keep telling you rothschild are NOT Jews they're crypto Christians Messianic

  • @bornagain642
    @bornagain642 Před 2 lety +175

    ''If they have any spare children lying around'', priceless.. 😁😁😂😂 Love this channel..

    • @dbz9393
      @dbz9393 Před 2 lety +11

      Back then 5 children was the norm

    • @bomb8149
      @bomb8149 Před 2 lety

      So true

    • @mickram7911
      @mickram7911 Před 2 lety +1

      ''If they have any spare children lying around''

    • @jaewok5G
      @jaewok5G Před 2 lety +5

      spare MALE children

  • @Moc5
    @Moc5 Před 4 měsíci

    BRAVO! More on this series please!

  • @Dishfire101
    @Dishfire101 Před 2 měsíci +6

    When the Pope and King of France banished them, they went to Scotland and Portugal there are many graves and villages called Temple, and the oldest Masonic Lodge both in the UK and Europe is based in Scotland going as far back as 1595.

  • @jabba5263
    @jabba5263 Před rokem +104

    Portugal has such a rich story with the Templars. They kinda owe them a lot while defending the land against the Muslims.
    It doesn't surprise me that they said "no" to the execution order. They defended the remnants templars till the whole order was nothing more than a memory.
    I had the privilege to visit the Almourol Castle in Portugal, and it's beautiful. Even the ruins are well preserved, reminding Portugal and its people of the Templars services to the country.

    • @veritasinvicta8128
      @veritasinvicta8128 Před rokem +9

      They defended the Scottish against England, helping Robert the Bruce as well.

    • @jabba5263
      @jabba5263 Před rokem +4

      @@veritasinvicta8128 I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing.

    • @Leontemplar-yt6ff
      @Leontemplar-yt6ff Před 4 měsíci +3

      It makes sense for the Knights Templar to have been fighting in the Reconquista and the Crusades so very far far away from Scotland whom some English & Portuguese kings were also Templars btw England’s oldest alliance is with Portugal & Lionheart was also a Templar . It was only natural for Portugal to have the closest of bonds with them, defended them, were them in many Cases like of Gualdim Pais a Templar Grand Master and so obviously gave them safe passage, effectively absorbing them, are them.

    • @Leontemplar-yt6ff
      @Leontemplar-yt6ff Před 4 měsíci +2

      There’s German descendants of Templars well of all sorts that can even be found in Brazil where they escaped to the New World. Architecture the Templar Cross Carvings is found everywhere the Portuguese Empire went Terra Nova(Newfoundland), Goa(India), Africa, Brazil etc. even ‘Boa Esperanza’ I think its called (South Africa) during the Age of Discovery.

    • @jabba5263
      @jabba5263 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Leontemplar-yt6ff That's really incredible, to be able to see how far they spread their wings. Where are you from my friend?

  • @angelaarsenault
    @angelaarsenault Před 2 měsíci

    This was great! Thank you!

  • @user-qg5wg9ut2o
    @user-qg5wg9ut2o Před 5 měsíci +1

    I Love all of your presentations ❤❤❤

  • @Nomad111.
    @Nomad111. Před 2 lety +53

    The fleet of 200 ships disappeared from the Mediterranean as They were all arrested. There are reports many of these boats made it to America and Scotland.
    There are also reports of mysterious forces helping the Scottish in battle if needed around this time. A great read for an insight into the Knights Templar is The Hiram Key.

  • @MaximusAugustusOrthodox
    @MaximusAugustusOrthodox Před rokem +130

    Even as an orthodox Christians. The history of these orders are very interesting! Thank you for this awesome video🙏 Greetings from Germany🇩🇪

    • @icemanire5467
      @icemanire5467 Před 4 měsíci

      As a Catholic, I wish these orders done what they set out to do, aid the Orthodox Christians against Islam rather than what they actually done.

  • @emilyt6538
    @emilyt6538 Před měsícem

    Thanks for another amazing video ! I've always wanted to know more about the knights Templar and you tell it in such a fun way that it kept me interested till the end ❤

  • @Mike-hy9wy
    @Mike-hy9wy Před 4 měsíci +1

    There was a book written years ago that makes a very compelling argument that the Templars and most of their treasure went to Switzerland. In the time period in question, the Burgundians and the French took turns over running Switzerland on their way to fight each other. After the Templars were "disbanded", Switzerland defeated both of them multiple times through the years. Makes you kind of wonder. Great video!

  • @ieuanthebeardedbard
    @ieuanthebeardedbard Před 2 lety +300

    The book "The Temple and The Lodge" is a good historical look at how some escaping Templars merged With Scottish clans to form the Scottish Rite Freemasons

    • @cosmicdebris42
      @cosmicdebris42 Před 2 lety +31

      Some of them faught with Robert the Bruce at Banockburn. Roslin Church, Templer Park just outside Aberdeen are associated with them.

    • @carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679
      @carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679 Před 2 lety +5

      i have that book! I don't remember the author but i do remember it being a good read, and thought provoking.

    • @rickingavo5873
      @rickingavo5873 Před 2 lety +5

      Born in blood is another historical book that discusses this at length! I’ll have to check this one out too!

    • @carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679
      @carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679 Před 2 lety +1

      @@rickingavo5873 didn't read that one. have to look it up

    • @alternateperson6600
      @alternateperson6600 Před 2 lety +16

      The templars were subsumed into the Rosicrucian order after it's dissolution and branched off into other organisations like the later freemasons. Rosicrucian membership varied from theologians like Luther himself and philosophers and scientists like Paracelsus and Descartes. The scientific revolution, the rediscovery and infatuation with classical culture, as well as the dawn of humanism were all of Rosicrucian provenance, inspired by the deceased templars' condemnation of tyrants and their betrayal. Demolay's example is also the source for the qadosh ritual in the Scottish rite.

  • @roidrannoc1691
    @roidrannoc1691 Před 2 lety +211

    The big picture is lacking for the reason of the fall of the Knights Templars...
    Sure, money was a big deal for Philip IV, but it wasn't the main reason the Templars had to go. The real reason is at 5:08 in the video.
    See, Philip had a little fight with the Papacy. And by that I mean that he eventually attacked the Pope (at Agnani), resulting in his death, probably murdered his successor, and then the next Pope, that happened to be French for some reason, was moved to Avignon. Philip made the papacy his bitch.
    And yeah, the Knights Templar were an army under the direct control of the Pope. So a foreign army on French soil. And just like De Gaulle in 1966, Philip wouldn't let that be.

    • @CesarLuisAfonsoDias
      @CesarLuisAfonsoDias Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah maybe. But rullers always backstab every businessmen if they could not afford to repay the debts.
      The debts on their own could be a justification, plus having a foreign army in his country has dangerous.
      But money plus manpower were too dangerous to let the controls of others.

    • @pasiman7717
      @pasiman7717 Před 2 lety +3

      What about DN?

    • @jennabronson4704
      @jennabronson4704 Před 2 lety +14

      Philip’s demolition of the Knights and Papacy arguably paved the way for the Renaissance and Enlightenment.

    • @deanrubin3639
      @deanrubin3639 Před 2 lety +3

      when phillip made the pope his fuck toy it was called the babylon capture or something along the lines of that

    • @Lilianjade
      @Lilianjade Před 2 lety

      Phillip was a slimy rat just like most French monarchy and culture basically

  • @abbyapacible4803
    @abbyapacible4803 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Thank you dear., great vid as always, and thank you for giving justice to the Templars..

  • @davestoneband
    @davestoneband Před 4 měsíci

    Thanks mate, this was a very good and informative video. God Bless.

  • @barryboland3031
    @barryboland3031 Před 3 měsíci +6

    you missed the part where just years after settling in Portugal... Christopher Columbus set sail... he was related to a Grandmaster

  • @MsLindamee
    @MsLindamee Před rokem +280

    My late husband's friend is a Knights Templar he presided over his funeral. Their main base is Malta, the Knights Templar are alive and well.

    • @tobinakatarx
      @tobinakatarx Před rokem

      jimmy saville and geoffrey epstein were templars as was hitler and columbus..........

    • @gamingforever6687
      @gamingforever6687 Před rokem +51

      So long as the assassins don't find them, which we are!!!!!!, like a thief in the night.

    • @sway696
      @sway696 Před rokem +12

      Shhhhhhhhhhh🤫

    • @rooskiboi2388
      @rooskiboi2388 Před rokem +8

      Yeah my grandfather was a member most people who go to a lodge will encounter them

    • @veritasinvicta8128
      @veritasinvicta8128 Před rokem +22

      Meaning he's an initiated Mason who has gained the Templar rank.

  • @johngault7329
    @johngault7329 Před rokem +211

    They moved to Switzerland. Raised the templar flag. Set up a bank for other countries. Remained neutral and still in charge .

    • @szolanek
      @szolanek Před 5 měsíci +1

      Switzerland is a good speculation. It was easily defensible, connected to all countries, and they just started work as mercenaries. The Pope had Swiss guards and all the NWO organizations are seated there today.

    • @PetertheGreatest1
      @PetertheGreatest1 Před 5 měsíci +23

      They also are the Popes guard

    • @deborahnagle
      @deborahnagle Před 5 měsíci

      @@PetertheGreatest1 The pope that worships satan?

    • @AutitsicDysexlia
      @AutitsicDysexlia Před 5 měsíci +8

      I suspected Malta was involved as well.

    • @AR-ilire
      @AR-ilire Před 5 měsíci +6

      After having stolen the gold from the Byzantine Empire during the fourth crusade in 1202.

  • @johnthompson6059
    @johnthompson6059 Před 2 měsíci

    Great video, very informative. 👍🏼

  • @zyzzgang
    @zyzzgang Před 5 měsíci +15

    Another little adding to the history, it wasnt only Portugal. Spain, after the disbanded order, king James II of Aragon, who didnt agree with the popes decision of disbanding the order, but had no option other than to obey as it would mean lots of problems for him and his kingdom.
    James II "disbanded" the order of the templars in Spain, but instead of arresting the templars, he created a new order named the Order of Montesa, where not only he hired back the previous templar knights, but he also gave them castles and new equipment, and adopted traditions and organization aspects from the order of the templars in order to keep their legacy in the region.
    Later on the order of montesa, including the knights templar in it, joined forces with the order of Calatrava, another Spanish order who was growing really strong, and eventually became an official military branch when the Catholic Kings of Spain got to power after the victory in the reconquista against the moors.

    • @Leontemplar-yt6ff
      @Leontemplar-yt6ff Před 3 měsíci +1

      And also the Hospitaller but what do all these 3 have in common? The Reconquista. So ‘fleeing’’ is the wrong word they were all absorbed back into the Reconquista. What makes Portugal unique in the Templars is the importance of its conception.

  • @gamekash
    @gamekash Před 2 lety +45

    There were quite a few kingdoms that welcomed Knights Templar, including the Scottish and English kings. In fact, England was already opposed to the Pope and France (naturally), and they would have given safe passage for the knights to escape. So, yes. According to many historians, the Temple Knights did survive and formed other orders like the Rosicrucians and possibly Freemasons.

    • @efxnews4776
      @efxnews4776 Před rokem +5

      Problem is that any of this kingdons weren't open about it, except Portugal, wich BASICALLY was founded as a Templar nation, not saying that they DIDN'T fleed to this places just that the accounts are way more sparse and secretive than it was in Portugal, they got there and just change the name of the Order, also, Portugal was pivotal in the age of exploration, wich may explain were the remaining templar gold went, remember, long before British was a powerful empire, Portugal and Spain were the super powers of the age of exploration.

    • @lukecooper2845
      @lukecooper2845 Před rokem +9

      As a Freemason we are taught that we are a branch-off of the Templars if that clears that up for you

    • @marklammas2465
      @marklammas2465 Před rokem +3

      I remember seeing advertisements enticing people to join the Rosicrucians in the back pages of 1950s and 1960s paperback books from my mother's personal library.

  • @RobwithoneB
    @RobwithoneB Před 2 lety +69

    You can tell he had a lot of passion in this video and was excited to make it. Not to say he doesn't have passion in all of his videos, but with this one you can tell he was excited to make this one.

    • @Ofelas1
      @Ofelas1 Před rokem

      Temple Church in London are Templars, the Order holds regular congregations but no one ever writes or comments

  • @jonaslindell6503
    @jonaslindell6503 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I have been into The Knights Templar Order in my city a bunch of times. It´s a very helpfull place that have all kinds of helpfull courses and help people to better themselves. They are located next to the police station at a very expensive, well decorated building at the best location in the city.

    • @jonaslindell6503
      @jonaslindell6503 Před měsícem +1

      We got this Great building with 3 diffrent stairs. First is a library. Second is self improve ment center for people with physical and psychological help support. Without drugs. And The third floor is a secret one. For entrusted members only. It's an honour to be Let into that floor. We have The police departement both across The Street. And also The oposing Street.

  • @carlosagarcia9385
    @carlosagarcia9385 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Excellent.... I loved it....!

  • @MrJovision
    @MrJovision Před rokem +60

    The village of Atouguia in Portugal received numerous knights from France, who not only joined the Order of Christ, but also integrated the economic and social life of the region. Also from England came several Templars, who "again" received land and means to join the Order of Christ. Several of the descendants, already with their Portuguese name, joined the enormous epic of the great Portuguese Discoveries.

  • @bunblanche1104
    @bunblanche1104 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Hi there, just listened to this video and found it really interesting. Have read a few books on the Knights Templer and their story has fascinated me for years. I was also enthralled by the book "The Great Siege of Malta 1565", where the Knights of Malta with the Islanders and other soldiers defended Malta against Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire with all the Turkish Amarda and their huge army. This was an intriging book and to this day, one of my favourites. I visited Malta and saw all the sights pertaining to this heroic battle. These Knights were hospitalers, who first had their headquarters on Rhodes Island and then later were ousted from the Island and had to settle in Malta, where with their expertise and know-how turned the island into a navel base. They do say that thanks to their brave deeds in the Siege of Malta those many centuries ago, that it stopped Islam taking over the whole of Europe - otherwise we today would be under the Star and the Crescent. I can only recommend anyone interested in the Knights of Malta to read the book The Great Siege, by Ernle Bradford.

    • @deborahsutton9490
      @deborahsutton9490 Před 29 dny +1

      There are so many great books out there of which I have read several.

  • @marjankeuzenkamp7397
    @marjankeuzenkamp7397 Před 6 měsíci +3

    We need them now more than ever.....

  • @jaytaylor9232
    @jaytaylor9232 Před rokem +42

    I picked up a Bible from a charity outlet recently, it was an expense calf skin bound Cambridge Press Bible with a cross and "Knights Templar Order" golf foil stamped onto the cover, it was in brand new condition, boxed with warranty card. It is because of that Bible that I am now watching this video.

    • @thepickle5214
      @thepickle5214 Před 5 měsíci +7

      May God bless you

    • @pameladowe2492
      @pameladowe2492 Před 5 měsíci +4

      They still exist, and they do God's work!

    • @docduff2427
      @docduff2427 Před 4 měsíci +3

      They still exist

    • @pameladowe2492
      @pameladowe2492 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@docduff2427 Indeed, they do, they are amongst us. Thanks be to God!

  • @derpderpus6075
    @derpderpus6075 Před 2 lety +76

    If there is one thing true about the Knights Templar story, it's this: "The one with all the gold makes all the rules."

    • @bearcubdaycare
      @bearcubdaycare Před 2 lety +1

      Except the Knights Templar had the gold, and lost.

    • @derpderpus6075
      @derpderpus6075 Před 2 lety

      @@bearcubdaycare Don'tcha just hate organized religion?

    • @messianic_scam
      @messianic_scam Před 2 lety

      @Uncle Teddy
      they didn't lost it they got it in the banks they're the rothschilds ancestors

  • @jamespowell_km_kchs
    @jamespowell_km_kchs Před 5 měsíci +1

    Very well done. Finally someone who tells the truth unbiased.

  • @sunlion0
    @sunlion0 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The Olympic village was built on the old stores of the Templers, the road that ran through was called Temple Mills Lane, there used to be a famous club on that road during the Jungle and Drum n Bass era of East London in the 90s before they decimated the whole area with the Olympics, but sure that was symbolism of some sort.. RIP to Hackney history

  • @kulturfreund6631
    @kulturfreund6631 Před 2 lety +48

    The Templars wealth was the financial basis for Portugal‘s creation of a naval fleet, its discoveries, conquests and its rise to world power status.
    Btw there’s also a borough in Berlin named after the Templars: Tempelhof (Templars Court), famous for its UFA-Filmstudios, Publishing house Ullstein and the old airport THF, arguably the world’s oldest commercial airport including the terminal building, the 1936 world’s biggest building by volume, later surpassed by the Pentagon in Washington.

  • @andreek8559
    @andreek8559 Před 9 měsíci +215

    I wouldn’t mind them making a reappearance in a modern form. We desperately need great men of moral character doing what needs to be done to protect our way of life.

    • @timspiker
      @timspiker Před 9 měsíci +16

      I already got a sword, all I need is armor and than you have to get the same. It's not much but walking down the street in such fasion would certainly attract attention, perhaps people will throw money so we can buy more steel.

    • @user-cl2tc5kd8k
      @user-cl2tc5kd8k Před 9 měsíci +15

      "We desperately need great men of moral character doing what needs to be done to protect our way of life."-I agree , but, what prevents modern men from uniting in a movement around these views? Or are modern men like damsel in distress, waiting for a portal from the past to open and real men to come to their defense?

    • @timspiker
      @timspiker Před 9 měsíci +15

      @@user-cl2tc5kd8k It's more that the general mindset is "I'm happy with my techology, please leave me alone I have to get to work in the morning" and the sad part is that most men would rather defend that way of life. Some have proper reason like supporting a family, while others just follow that mindset without even having a family, thinking "men make money and go to work" like mindless baffoons. But in either case, what point is there to put children on this planet if they're going to be enslaved by corporate?

    • @user-cl2tc5kd8k
      @user-cl2tc5kd8k Před 9 měsíci +14

      @@timspiker You very accurately described the current state of affairs. This slavish mindset has been instilled in people by state, school, media, cinema and literature for decades.
      Like in the song :
      "New blood joins this Earth
      And quickly he's subdued
      Through constant pain disgrace
      The young boy learns their rules".

    • @timspiker
      @timspiker Před 9 měsíci

      @@user-cl2tc5kd8k Yes, this is because I'm an outsider, I observe what is happening but I don't participate. The price I pay is to have no friends. But who wants fake friends to betray their selves? All I see in this world are actors with fake connections. Deep down inside I wait for the day society falls and police lose control. This world needs to be taught a real lesson of what reality truly is, most people are delusional.

  • @ragingpagan8847
    @ragingpagan8847 Před 4 měsíci

    Very educational a rare thing on social media platforms

  • @anicca8957
    @anicca8957 Před měsícem +1

    Serving God and having honor has never gone out of men's heart.

  • @JUMALATION1
    @JUMALATION1 Před 2 lety +77

    If you want to read more about the life of a Knight Templar, I highly recommend the (trilogy +1) series of Arn by Jan Guillou. Very historically accurate. Even though the main protagonist himself is a fictional Knight Templar, the setting and the real historical people are as close to the truth as you can get without having been there yourself.

  • @heh9392
    @heh9392 Před 2 lety +29

    I've visited the knights templar castle in Tomar, Portugal. Very massive to be honest, and gotta admit that the Knights really were rich at that time period.

  • @WD40346
    @WD40346 Před 5 měsíci +2

    You damn right the brotherhood is still alive and those who may be a Templar in the future, don't currently realize.

  • @ShaunFace
    @ShaunFace Před 5 měsíci

    Well done. Saalute. Here here.
    Blessings and protections amen.

  • @sauravrao234
    @sauravrao234 Před 2 lety +163

    I am literally playing assassin's creed as I am listening to this

  • @psychobikerbill2
    @psychobikerbill2 Před 8 měsíci +97

    As a senior member of the order of Jacques DeMolay, I would recommend you look into his death. He was tied to a spit, and burned to death without revealing his secrets. It is a very interesting story

    • @pameladowe2492
      @pameladowe2492 Před 5 měsíci +14

      Don't forget the curse he uttered as he perished in the flames - it came true!

    • @reefermadnezz9819
      @reefermadnezz9819 Před 5 měsíci

      81?

    • @mikemcdonald5147
      @mikemcdonald5147 Před 4 měsíci

      lol

    • @missf4681
      @missf4681 Před 4 měsíci +2

      ​@@pameladowe2492what was the curse in not familiar with it

    • @UnseenHitman-1932
      @UnseenHitman-1932 Před 4 měsíci +12

      ​@@missf4681 He called upon God to curse the persecutors of his execution ( while being burned alive and they all died shortly after. The pope died 33 days after the curse was cast.

  • @phyllislovelace8151
    @phyllislovelace8151 Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you very interesting

  • @earthling-fh2mg
    @earthling-fh2mg Před 5 měsíci +1

    They do still exist. I just don’t know who’s side they’re on. I’m Scottish but worked for a Colorado based company and, in 2018/19, I was in Colorado Springs visiting HQ. One night in my hotel bar, I got speaking to a guy who told me he was head of one of the KT orders and we had a debate about the world situation, me from a Conspiracy viewpoint and he, agreeing with me on the majority of what I was saying, argued the KT point of view. I thought, of course, he was probably full of it but I looked him up online and, lo and behold, he was, in fact, what he said he was. He had suggested that, if I wished to consider joining, he would welcome it however, I still questioned whether the KT were what I consider to be the right side so I didn’t follow up. It was a fascinating discussion and evening however and boy could this guy drink!

  • @luisgaldao
    @luisgaldao Před 2 lety +155

    It's funny you casually mentioned the Military Order of Christ in the end of a video about what happened to the Templar Knight. But what about their deeds? What about their role in the age of navigations, and the discoveries in the New World, or the conquests in India? They did a lot as the Military Order of Christ. Tell that story next 😁

    • @messianic_scam
      @messianic_scam Před 2 lety

      it was immigration waves they followed the spilled of the reconquest ,why didn't they discover these regions before?! they followed the immigration waves

    • @forickgrimaldus8301
      @forickgrimaldus8301 Před rokem +9

      That is more a club than an actual military order but they are decended from the Templars based on their assets, also funnily enough the Ismailis the sect of Islam that the Assassins follow has its home also in Portugal so thats an Assassin's Creed Game waiting to happen.

    • @efxnews4776
      @efxnews4776 Před rokem +8

      @@forickgrimaldus8301 you are mixing reality with fiction, buddy, the templars did exist, this assassin orders... well we don't have any clue about it... let alone IN PORTUGAL.

    • @forickgrimaldus8301
      @forickgrimaldus8301 Před rokem +2

      @@efxnews4776 lol they do AC just turned them into the Illuninati, the Order of Assassins are from a sect of Islam called the Nizarie Ismailis that formed a State by using Guerilla tactics and infiltration into enemy territory, while the Templars are formed Post 1st Crusade to guard pilgrim routes and created banks

    • @callum105
      @callum105 Před rokem +2

      @@efxnews4776 yeah we do they were called hashashin, dont know about portugal though

  • @TheHotBlockCEO
    @TheHotBlockCEO Před 11 měsíci +20

    One of the best KT videos out.
    Straight to the point, no segments of uninteresting dialogue.

  • @NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek
    @NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek Před 4 měsíci

    Fascinating!!!

  • @innocentodenigbo7284
    @innocentodenigbo7284 Před 5 měsíci

    That's fantastic!!!! That's very very interesting.

  • @SuperDiablo101
    @SuperDiablo101 Před rokem +6

    this video caught my eye because i had a very very good history teacher during my 1st years of high school who'd I often get into endless historical talks with. One day upon the talk of the fall of Rome and the fall Constantinople he told with a quizzical look that he believed while Constantinople DID fall for the most part it may have existed until the 1700s by being moved around various cities within Europe....again we only talked about it for about an hour or so and this was almost 16 years ago so i dont remember much else than that

  • @antonycoulson9916
    @antonycoulson9916 Před 2 lety +6

    Once again, another superb video from Thoughty2. Always impressed with the well-researched content and delivery.

  • @AlexandreOliveira1974
    @AlexandreOliveira1974 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Templars were very important in the middle centuries of the 'Reconquista' process against Muslims throughout Iberic Peninsula (modern Portugal and Spain) until the abolition of the Order, as narrated on the video.
    Portuguese Order of Christ, 'heirs' of the fallen Temple in some sense, was responsible years later for the Portuguese 'Great Navigations' (Fernão de Magalhães - called Magellan in English - , Vasco da Gama, etc.); the 'Treaty of Tordesilhas' between Portugal and Spain had their decisive participation, leading to the later so-called discovery of my country, Brazil (that they probably knew was here).

  • @JamesThomas-pd3ck
    @JamesThomas-pd3ck Před 5 měsíci

    Great and informative video 🎉

  • @RobwithoneB
    @RobwithoneB Před 2 lety +16

    It's so amazing not only hearing a lot of this, but also reading what people in the comments say as well, bc people share all sorts of cool info. Thoughty2, you along with VSauce probably have the most wholesome communities on CZcams. You deserve more subs, even with the 4.6 million subs you have now

  • @Jack-wi5qr
    @Jack-wi5qr Před rokem +35

    I try to watch and read everything I can find about Templars, been fascinated by them since I first heard of them . They certainly did a lot better how our lives are,though some disagree.

  • @texasRoofDoctor
    @texasRoofDoctor Před 4 měsíci

    Bro, you are immortalized for your video about the old ladies and the streaker in which one old bird "had a stroke". Epic and timeless comedy. Stay hard

  • @KJ-vw7jq
    @KJ-vw7jq Před 4 měsíci

    Great video and presentation!
    You speak about the Military Order of Christ and its connection. I would agree with you regarding them and regarding your take on the Freemasons claim also. Looking again though at the Military Order of Christ, one needs to look closer at several other old orders and look at things from the direction of the Knights Templars (who no question had vast wealth and knowledge/training) being disbanded but not even close to ALL being executed. The reality is, it would be odd to think the survivors just quietly walked away into oblivion ...it would not be their way. The smarter way to think about this is... they went underground and went where they were not hunted/prosecuted ... like you show about Portugal. If you look at the time frame of the Popes declaration and the years shortly after, you can easily see where some went underground and then resurfaced (including Portugal). As an example, King Harrod of Hungary gave the same clemency and the Order of St George was born....soon to be 700 years of official existence. There are several of these such "new" orders that formed across Europe in this tine frame. Not all, but some still exist to this day. There is also the fact that even if publicly known, many had very secretive aspects within them, especially after what occurred with the Pope and the King of France. Sure, some of the wealth went to the King of France, but that was potentially a fraction of the overall wealth and to think they didnt continue to grow their own wealth would be surprising. If they did, and if they are around today, they are not riding around on horses wearing suits of armor and carrying swords but would be hidden in plain sight in the vast business world of today and maybe even in politics and dare I say it, within other organizations that meet at the world level today publicly and secretly.

  • @swiftcee266
    @swiftcee266 Před rokem +8

    *“A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power. When you stand before God, you cannot say, ‘But I was told by others to do thus,’ or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice. Remember that.”*

    • @leejones1041
      @leejones1041 Před rokem +2

      to how many people does this mean anything, and, within the order itself is the meaning of life within recognised as having a meaning that holds a truth?.

    • @swiftcee266
      @swiftcee266 Před 2 měsíci

      My friend, this applies to every human that walks Gods earth, 'Memento Mori' we are mortal creatures brother, remember that, we will all answer to the creator in the end, that I can guarantee. Peace.@@leejones1041

  • @PAIP_Studio
    @PAIP_Studio Před 2 lety +44

    As a descendant of the knights of Malta of the Order Hospitaller defenders of the rose of the Mediterranean, the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem. I can tell you with absolute certainty that the Knights never went away...

    • @g.carvalho6474
      @g.carvalho6474 Před 2 lety +2

      If you are a descendant of the knights of Malta of the Order Hospitaller you would know that they are not the same order as the Templars

    • @PAIP_Studio
      @PAIP_Studio Před 2 lety +8

      @@g.carvalho6474 Yes the Hospitallers were not the same as the Templars. They were better. The Templars where the first Bankers, the Horspitallers where the first to offer sanctuary, care and protection to the sick and the wounded. The Templars where mercenaries while the Hospitallers where defenders. It is for that reason that the Hospitallers were wealthier than the Templars as an organization. But farther more they are around to this day. You can go to my birthplace the Island of Rhodes in Greece or in Malta, or in Jerusalem and you can see one of the ceremonies if you want.

    • @g.carvalho6474
      @g.carvalho6474 Před 2 lety +5

      @@PAIP_Studio Yes, the knights Hospitallers exist today and they are a sovereign state, with it's headquarters in Rome

    • @PAIP_Studio
      @PAIP_Studio Před 2 lety +8

      @@g.carvalho6474 Yes... They were founded in 1048 in Jerusalem and much like their church they have departments around the globe including in countries like the US and Canada.

    • @marcusaurelius3487
      @marcusaurelius3487 Před rokem +3

      Is it stil a military organisation

  • @slanwar
    @slanwar Před 6 měsíci +4

    In Portugal the navy and air force have the Templar cross (Christ cross) on their flags and badges, some cities have the cross on their flags and even the Portuguese federation of football have the cross symbol.

  • @henriquesilvestre4078
    @henriquesilvestre4078 Před 5 měsíci +3

    My brithplace has an iniciation well, and templars were there! The guy who built it was a freemason and coincidently the richest man in Portugal. A unique place and thats just a little detail

  • @billcasti
    @billcasti Před 2 lety +4

    Loved your first book! I hope you’ll be narrating the Audible versions of your future books, too!

  • @honeyspringshomestead1411

    Pretty good and accurate portrayal of the beginnings of the order. I like it, thank you.

  • @Neo-ze3rt
    @Neo-ze3rt Před 3 měsíci +1

    Timothy Hogan is a former Grand master, he has CZcams videos explaining a lot,my personal favourite is the fact that all cathedrals/churches are built to man.
    Imagine a giant laying down over a cathedral, the pineal gland lands at the alter,the heart is the box where the priest speak,the lungs are the pews where the people sing,the baptism water is the belly button and the door the genitals where we are born,this is exact not just sort of.

  • @chitskirits
    @chitskirits Před 5 měsíci +4

    Can you imagine being inside that armour in a 35-40 degree C sunny day?

  • @CeruleanSky1111
    @CeruleanSky1111 Před 8 měsíci +5

    1100 years later and the Knights Templar are still rockin a very cool cross! Now that's staying power!

  • @rickmcdonald1557
    @rickmcdonald1557 Před rokem +20

    That was an excellent learning experience and the narration was top drawer and I enjoyed it very much and I have always wondered about these Templars about where some of them went to survive the rest of their lives. The Sinclair Castle is one of the places I think some of them settled at in Scotland and the Masons' who become Shriners here in the US have a Scottish Rite they belong to. So that's suspect also.
    Thanks so much for your work on this video and now that I am a subscriber I hope to see your other works in the near future.

  • @Hypez_Gamez
    @Hypez_Gamez Před 6 měsíci +5

    "Oh no! The pilgrim protector knights of templar have evolved to shock troops!"

  • @quinntheeskimooutdoors6234
    @quinntheeskimooutdoors6234 Před 4 měsíci

    😊thanks for sharing 😊

  • @niklar55
    @niklar55 Před 2 lety +4

    Entertaining and informative as ever!
    😊👍❗

  • @TheMIBlack
    @TheMIBlack Před 2 lety +130

    Wow. I know the Jedi Knights are based on the samurai but they're closer to the Templar Knights and its history especially with being monks and also Palpatine's plot similar to King Philip's.

    • @georgeholt8929
      @georgeholt8929 Před rokem +2

      Grey Wolf, you may be correct in the aspects of the fighting styles of each of those two. But let me tell you George Lucas knew that back in the day when the three Great Pyramids were being constructed there was a order of protection that where Jedi, in fact their name in translation looked more like Djedi.

    • @jager6863
      @jager6863 Před rokem

      Star Wars = Stupid

    • @davefletch3063
      @davefletch3063 Před rokem

      Darth Vader was the good guy….

    • @StaalBurgher0
      @StaalBurgher0 Před rokem +10

      It never made sense to me that Jedi are supposedly based on samurai. Samurai was a social class within a feudal hierarchy... which is completely unlike Jedi.

    • @davefletch3063
      @davefletch3063 Před rokem +2

      @@StaalBurgher0 jedi are the ones responsible for the imbalance in the force. They are really the bad guys and the star wars franchise is there propaganda. Lord Vader is the only one based on samurai culture. The story itself was based in a Kurosawa film