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Knights Templar-Freemasonry connection

RecordOBS-0710
CategorySecret Societies/Groups
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SummaryA popular theory claims that the Knights Templar survived their suppression and became the basis of Freemasonry. Proponents suggest the Templars went underground and passed on secret knowledge to the Masons. Historical evidence does not support this link.
Origin18th century, when Freemasons like Andrew Ramsey claimed a Templar ancestry to appeal to the aristocracy.
Claimed
  • The Knights Templar survived their dissolution and became the Freemasons.
  • Freemasonry is descended from the Knights Templar.
  • The Templars guarded the Holy Grail, and this secret was passed to the Masons.
Evidence / consensusHistorians agree there is no evidence of a direct connection. The Masonic Knights Templar order is less than 300 years old, while the original Templars were dissolved over 700 years ago. The link was a marketing invention by 18th-century Freemasons.
> OBSERVER NOTE:
The Templar-Freemason link is a romantic fiction with no archival basis. The Chinon Parchment exonerates the Templars of heresy but does not connect them to Masonry.

Sources

  1. Knights Templar: still loved by conspiracy theorists 900 years on
  2. is it true the freemasons have ties with knights templar? : r/freemasonry
  3. Freemasonry and the Knights Templar: A New Order? | Documentary - YouTube

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