The Albigensian Crusade: Precursor Of The Templar Suppression
-
Name
-
The Albigensian Crusade - Precursor Of The Templar Suppression.pdf
-
Speaker
-
Dr. Roger M. Firestone
-
Presented
-
A. Douglas Smith Jr. Lodge of Research No. 1949
-
Date Presented
-
09/29/2007
-
Category
-
History
-
Keywords
-
Origins of Masonry;#Religion;#World History
-
Spreading
-
178
-
Pages
-
-
-
Summary
-
The author proposes that the story of Masonry evolving from the Knights Templar is untrue and a recent invention from the mid 18th century. The bulk of the paper describes a crusade undertaken within France to eliminate a sect called the "Cathars", who preached a different view from the Church. He suggests that this recent history of eliminating a powerful group inspired Philip the Fair of France to use the Church to seize the leaders of the Knights Templar by having them declared heretics.