Milites Templi

Knights Templar
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Full name
Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon
Overview
History Latin Rule Seal Grand Masters Members Trials and dissolution
Papal bulls
Militia Dei (1145) Pastoralis Praeeminentiae (1307) Faciens misericordiam (1308) Vox in excelso (1312) Ad providam (1312) Omne Datum Optimum (1139) Milites Templi (1144)
Locations
France England Scotland
Successors
Order of Montesa (1317) Supreme Order of Christ (1319) Order of Christ (1319)
Literature and research
Sacrae Domus Militiae Templi (1974)
Cultural references
Non nobis Baphomet In popular culture In Freemasonry
See also
Military order (monastic society) Category:Catholic chivalric orders

Milites Templi (Latin for "Soldiers of the Temple") was a papal bull issued by Pope Celestine II in 1144.

It ordered the clergy to protect the Knights Templar and encouraged the faithful to contribute to their cause. It allowed the Templars to make their own collections once a year, even in areas under interdict.^[1]

This is one of the most important papal bulls relating to the Temple, and together with Omne Datum Optimum (1139) and Militia Dei (1145) forms the foundation for the Order's future wealth and success.

References

↑ Malcolm Barber, The New Knighthood: A History of the Order of the Temple, (Cambridge University Press, 1994), 58.

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