Hugh de Payens the founder of
the 'Templars' order from a 14th century book.
Note the way of holding & shape of the scepter and the
Cross on top of it !
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The
knights of the 'Holy Temple of Solomon'
The
9 Knights of the Templar
order, were all French noblemen.
Among them Hugh de Payens, the founder of the order and the Count
of Champagne.
They
first traveled to Jerusalem at about 1119 AD and took residence on the
site of the original Temple that once King Solomon have build.
In
January 1128 AD the most significant event in that at the synod of
Troyes Saint Bernard of Clairvaux won
the official recognition of the Church.
The
templars built extensively in Jerusalem where they continued to maintain
their headquarters on
the Temple Mount until the Holy city
was captured
by the Muslim general Saladin (S'Alah
el Din) in 1187.
A
German monk named Theoderic made pilgrimage to Jerusalem at about 1174,
as an eyewitness he reported that all buildings within the precincts of the Dome of the Rock were built and
still in the possession of the
knight Templars.
His
account of of the Temple mount and other buildings was in breathless
tone:
He
had clearly regarded the
knight Templars architectural skills as most
supernaturally advanced and he had been impressed by the soaring roofs
and arches that they had built !
Later on and around the year
1300 the
knight Templars
because they have become
politically powerful, were persecuted in France. Many defected to other
places in Europe but they only found sanctuary in Portugal and Scotland
where fought against the British!
Before migrating to America they have built a
very beautiful Chapel with the newly established 'Gothic' architectural
style! In our times, many people excavated and looted the underground of
this Chapel finding scrolls scattered here and there... Most probably
the
knight Templars
have found and brought with them from earlier excavations in Jerusalem!
To see details about the
Churches interior,
look at Churches
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Engraved in the granite wall of
Golgotha Church in Lalibela Ethiopia, is a head of Church figure similar to the one on the left...
Note the scepter and the shape
of the Cross on top which is similar to the picture on the left...
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An other engraved figure in the granite
wall of
Golgotha Church holding a similar scepter, note the shape of the
Cross on top !
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