Comments on: Temple Church – the Da Vinci Code tour http://www.thelondontraveler.com/2007/08/temple-church-the-da-vinci-code-tour/ Travel information for London visitors and residents Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:55:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Andrea http://www.thelondontraveler.com/2007/08/temple-church-the-da-vinci-code-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Andrea Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:58:03 +0000 http://www.thelondontraveler.com/temple-church-the-da-vinci-code-tour/#comment-292 Most of the sources we have for the history of the Templars were written by people who were trying to close them down - not the most unbiased or reliable source! But they were one of a number of orders founded in the East during the Crusades - the <a href="http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/about-us/our-museum/visit-us/tour-the-priory.aspx"> Knights Hospitallers</a> was another, and they too had a London HQ with a round church. You can visit the site in Clerkenwell, though you can only see the foundations of the church. The Knights Hospitallers eventually turned into the St Johns Ambulance Brigade. I wonder if the Templars, left in peace, might eventually have become a similar organisation - perhaps the Red Cross (or even, for those with a liking for the alchemical, the Rosy Cross)? Most of the sources we have for the history of the Templars were written by people who were trying to close them down – not the most unbiased or reliable source! But they were one of a number of orders founded in the East during the Crusades – the Knights Hospitallers was another, and they too had a London HQ with a round church. You can visit the site in Clerkenwell, though you can only see the foundations of the church.

The Knights Hospitallers eventually turned into the St Johns Ambulance Brigade. I wonder if the Templars, left in peace, might eventually have become a similar organisation – perhaps the Red Cross (or even, for those with a liking for the alchemical, the Rosy Cross)?

]]> By: Bernie http://www.thelondontraveler.com/2007/08/temple-church-the-da-vinci-code-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Bernie Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:09:04 +0000 http://www.thelondontraveler.com/temple-church-the-da-vinci-code-tour/#comment-282 I have read some of the history of the Templer Knights and I am delighted that this little church has survived. I would like to think that it serves as a reminder of the good deeds they did. I sincerely hope they were indeed good deeds. I am living in Greece and I cannot wait until I am back home in the UK to visit this church. I have read some of the history of the Templer Knights and I am delighted that this little church has survived. I would like to think that it serves as a reminder of the good deeds they did. I sincerely hope they were indeed good deeds. I am living in Greece and I cannot wait until I am back home in the UK to visit this church.

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