Were the Templars Heretics? Sir Richard Arcos (II)
4. Receptions were held in secret [As I said, this was standard practice in all orders, and no-one said the Benedictines were worshipping a cat], Templar were made to swear they would not leave the order, and sodomy was encouraged.
Lies, all lies. The Templar swore off all sex, like monks. In fact there were probably fewer homosexuals in the order than in monkeries, because knights are supposed to be masculine. Any sissies would pretty soon find themselves brutally disembowelled by the Muslims.
5. They still worshipped that cat.
No they didn't. But the Templars had large farms, and barns in their compounds, so the Commandery cat was a very important member of the team. He was not worshipped, just looked after very well, and greatly valued. Like Dr. Barton's cats.
6. They venerated an idol.
Right. Called Baphomet, no doubt. This was another standard practice. You were a heretic? You had to worship some idol or other.
It was a bearded male head.
Head-shaped Reliquaries were fairly common in the Middle Ages. There's one in the Museum of London, in fact. Most towns had one or two. The Templars had two, both beardless and female (though under torture one Templar declared that he had been mistaken and what he had thought was a female head was male. With two faces. And could they please stop torturing him now). Funnily enough horns were never mentioned as belonging to the head, but Dr. Langdon thinks it was horned. But then, he thinks Mohammed was a pagan fertility god. I e-mailed that one to our local Mosque, and I am eagerly awaiting the riot outside Dr. Langdon's office at Harvard.
The head had great powers.
The Mythical head. Of course it did.
Each Templar wore a knotted cord around his waist. The cord had been wrapped around the head, thus sanctifying each Templar to the service of the aforementioned head.
The head that didn't exist. In fact the cord was a symbol of chastity, and knotted cords are still worn by Roman Catholic monks today. Many of the Templars had no idea what the knotted cord meant, but they were still sure it was important. This argues a lack of education, understandable if you were being trained to go out and kill Muslims, not to sit around all day in the Scriptorium copying out books.
Lies, all lies. The Templar swore off all sex, like monks. In fact there were probably fewer homosexuals in the order than in monkeries, because knights are supposed to be masculine. Any sissies would pretty soon find themselves brutally disembowelled by the Muslims.
5. They still worshipped that cat.
No they didn't. But the Templars had large farms, and barns in their compounds, so the Commandery cat was a very important member of the team. He was not worshipped, just looked after very well, and greatly valued. Like Dr. Barton's cats.
6. They venerated an idol.
Right. Called Baphomet, no doubt. This was another standard practice. You were a heretic? You had to worship some idol or other.
It was a bearded male head.
Head-shaped Reliquaries were fairly common in the Middle Ages. There's one in the Museum of London, in fact. Most towns had one or two. The Templars had two, both beardless and female (though under torture one Templar declared that he had been mistaken and what he had thought was a female head was male. With two faces. And could they please stop torturing him now). Funnily enough horns were never mentioned as belonging to the head, but Dr. Langdon thinks it was horned. But then, he thinks Mohammed was a pagan fertility god. I e-mailed that one to our local Mosque, and I am eagerly awaiting the riot outside Dr. Langdon's office at Harvard.
The head had great powers.
The Mythical head. Of course it did.
Each Templar wore a knotted cord around his waist. The cord had been wrapped around the head, thus sanctifying each Templar to the service of the aforementioned head.
The head that didn't exist. In fact the cord was a symbol of chastity, and knotted cords are still worn by Roman Catholic monks today. Many of the Templars had no idea what the knotted cord meant, but they were still sure it was important. This argues a lack of education, understandable if you were being trained to go out and kill Muslims, not to sit around all day in the Scriptorium copying out books.
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