10A New Knights Templar?
This new order of knights is one that is unknown by the ages. They fight two wars, one against the adversaries of flesh and blood, and another against a spiritual army of wickedness in the heavens.… Truly they are fearless knights and completely secure. While their bodies are properly armed for these circumstances, their souls are also clothed with the armor of faith. On all sides surely they are well armed; they fear neither demons nor men.
—St. Bernard of Clairvaux, on the Knights Templar
The Knights Templar of the early Middle Ages were soldier monks of the Christian Church who rode into battle to serve their god.1 They were excellent soldiers who practiced all the martial arts of knighthood, but they also prepared ...
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