In ancient Rome, the phenomenon known as the cult of Caesar arose from the worship of Roman emperors. A cornerstone of ancient Roman culture, the emperors of ancient Rome were considered gods across the Empire....
Celtic Christianity refers to the early medieval Christian practice of the British in Wales, the Irish, the Scottish and of the mainland Europeans, particularly the Gauls. Christianity entered Britain in the fourth century after...
With the explosion of popularity attributed to Dan Brown�s The Da Vinci Code, it can be easy to overlook the fact that this fictional account was not the first to assert an alternative theory for the true...
Another theory put forth by such scholars as Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Aziz Kashmiri, Holger Kersten, and Dr Fida Hassnain is that Jesus was buried in Kashmir. This view is based on the belief that Jesus Christ traveled to the...
The Knights Templar served under twenty three official leaders called "Grand Masters" for approximately two centuries before their eventual demise at the hands of Church persecution. The Grand Master�s official role entitled him to leadership over...
During the First Crusade, the Knights Templar and their Muslim counterparts, the �Order of Assassins,� were far from friendly with one another. However, many historians have asserted that over time the two factions did come to some...
The Knights Templar are also known as the Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, a name that was adopted in reference to the location of the Order�s headquarters, which was established around the year...
Who Were the Knights Templar
The Knights Templar�s history begins in the aftermath of the First Crusade near the end of the 11th century. The order was founded out of a presumed need to protect the large...