THE HISTORY OF FRATERNITIES began in the dark ages with the Knights of the Grail. The Knights of the Grail expanded in France and Germany to be the Teutonic knights which drew a great deal on Norse mythology. The Teutonic knights became the Knights Templar during the Crusades.

The Templars were abolished by Pope Pious in 1317 and excommunicated for heresy. They remained powerful in France when Phillip reformed them under the name of the Knights of the Garter.

In England, the Knights of the Garter took root at the Crown Temple and in Scotland at Rosslyn Chapel, where their practices became known as the Fraternal order of Freemasonry.

The Freemasons came to the United States from Scotland and developed into various organizations - the Hellfire Club, The Skull and Bones, the Cross and Key, the Illuminati, the Druids, etc.
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Freemason Knights Templar

"All Knights Templar are members of the world's oldest fraternal organization known as "The Ancient Free and Accepted Masons" or more commonly known as "Masons". However, not all masons are Templars."
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Rosslyn Chapel, the first masonic lodge, built by William St. Claire of the Templars in 1446.
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Crown Temple, London
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The Knights Templars and Freemasonry
by Harun Yahya
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History of the Templars and how they became Freemason, and numerous other societies, and numerous other societies.


Secret Behind Secret Societies
(video series)
Walter Veith
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