Comments on: Mysterious Baroque palace flying a Templar flag?

By: Jonathan Bennett

Jonathan Bennett — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:22:43 +0000

There are a good number of organizations- many Masonic and quasi-Masonic- which call themselves Templars, or try to draw on the legacy of the Templars in various ways. Some of these claim to be the actual mediaeval chivalric order, others are admittedly modern creations.

The truth of matter is that the Order of the Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon no longer exists. The Templars were a Catholic military-religious order established by Papal authority in 1129 and suppressed by Papal authority in 1312. Many were absorbed into the Knights Hospitaller (which still exists), or organized themselves into new orders, but the Templars were no more. When the Church ceased to sanction them, the order ceased to exist.

By: Stephen Pendaries

Stephen Pendaries — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:37:52 +0000

¿is there a secret Order of Templars still in existance?

One hears rumours … from time to time, … but what is the reality of the secret survival of the Order of Templars:

¿Does anybody know?

By: Jonathan Bennett

Jonathan Bennett — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:23:52 +0000

Some quick research find it listed as Sweden’s Masonic Temple on the website of the Swedish Order of Freemasons, under Addressed and Telephone numbers:

http://www.frimurarorden.se/eng/index.html

By: Jonathan Bennett

Jonathan Bennett — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:07:07 +0000

Baatska Palace in Stockholm Sweden. Designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder. Belongs to the Grand Lodge of Sweden.

By: John Emerson

John Emerson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:44:04 +0000

Baatska Palace Stockholm of course.