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[–] PygmyGoat 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

The Templars were there to protect pilgrims from the Saracens while they were going to the Holy Land. Because of this the Templars were given donations and were eventually used as a “bank” of sorts by ruling nobles. King Philip was one of these, and when the bill came due, he accused the Templars of heresy and blasphemy and had most of them killed. The few that survived disappeared.

The Templars were not Satanic. They were victims of a greedy king and Pope.