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The Crusades –Templar Knights

Freemasonry

The Crusades, and Knights Templar

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Christianity vs IslamKoran/Hadithwritten

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1095-1096 The Peasants’ Crusade – after which, they become an Order of soldier monks within the Catholic Church1095-1099 The First Crusade – Crusader Knights capture Jerusalem; create first Christian state, Antioch to Jedda1147-1149 The Second Crusade – Triggered by the fall of Edessa to Muslim forces1187- Saladin takes Jerusalem1189-1192 The Third Crusade – concluded by a truce between Richard the Lionheart and Saladin; allowing pilgrims to visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcre in Jerusalem1201-1204 The sack of Constantinople1217-1221 The Fifth Crusade - Crusader armies are trapped and forced to make truce 1228-1229 The Sixth Crusade - The Emperor Frederick II wins back Jerusalem by treaty with the Sultan of Egypt1248-1254 The Seventh Crusade – Louis IX of France is captured and held for ransom by Egyptian forces1270-1270 The Eighth Crusade – Crusaders succumbed to disease, dysentery and typhoid - Louis IX also died1291- The end of a Christian presence in the Holy Land with the sack of Acre, last Crusader port.

The Templar Knights began in France, sole purpose was protection of theHoly Land treasures, pilgrim safety

But then ….The Templars become first globalcorporation, with great wealth, power,independence from European kings

Templar power threatens France; French king covets their wealth tocover french debt; 5000 knightsarrested; Pope Clement V shocked, but then moves politically to join/leadTemplar elimination.

HitlerAdam, Abraham, Solomon

Templars regroup in Cyprus; melded into Hospitalier Knights – then, evolved to Knights of Malta etc – eventually, freemasonry claims historical link to templars.

Temple of Solomon treasures - eg Arc of the Covenant; Holy Grail; Wood from Christ’s cross; Spear

Pilgrimsunsafe

Syria – SunniEgypt - Shia

The Mongolsvs Syria, Egypt

Holy Lands occupied by Jews,Christians, various groups

Jewish Torahwritten?

“The whole point of Islamic salvation history is to adaptJudeo-Christian religious themes for the formulation of an Arabian religious identity. ‘

Sumerian civilisation;wheel, writing, time -minutes and seconds

Temple 3built AD638

Temple 2 builtby Jews BC19

Temple 1 built by Solomon

Christianity and Islam collide!

The Protestant Reformation and Counter-reformation AD1300 – 1650

Protestants – believe church of Jesus is an invisible, spiritual reality comprised of all those who belief in Christ rightly in their heartsCatholics – believe church of Jesus is a visible, historical reality existing in unified form in the world.

Catholic principle of “unity of faith’ replaced by Protestant principle of “purity of faith”

The key Protestant reformists

1534 St Ignatius of Loyola The Jesuits - St Francis Xavier brought the gospel to India and Japan beginning in 1541The Capuchins - a reformed branch of the Franciscans The TheatinesThe SomaschiThe Barnabites

1535 The Ursuline sistersThe Oratories - eg, St Phiip Neri's of Rome in 1535

And the catholic reformist response to them was -

1515 -1582 St Teresa of Avila1542 - 1591 St John of the Cross1567 - 1622 St Frances de Sales1572 - 1641 St Jeanne de Chantal1581 - 1660 St Vincent de Paul

AD 1563

New Religious Orders

Several great saints

Protestantism made little further headway in Europe after 1563 !

The Council of Trent

Matteo Ricci, China, 1581; Robert de Nobili, India; Phillipines 1581; St Turibio, Peru 1580; Isaac Jogues, Iroquois indians 1646; John de Brebeuf, Huron indians 1625

And missionary outreach across the Far East, North and South America

1480-1546 Martin Luther Denounced authority of popes; rejected sacraments other than baptism, eucharist, penance; called for german church

1509-1564 Jean Calvin, John Knox Rejected all beliefs not explicitly found in the Bible; claimed God has predetermined who is and isn't saved

1484-1531 Huldreich Zwingli The Lord's Supper simply a commemorative meal; no real reception of Christ in the Eucharist

Anabaptists (eg Thomas Munzer, John of Leiden) - only an adult baptism, or "believer's baptism", is valid

1534 Henry VIII Rejected authority of the pope; proclaimed himself head of the Church of England; Anglicans became more calvinistic