Is there any compelling evidence that the Knights Templar actually adopted Pagan worship practices?
This matter related to the Knights Templar began with Pope Urban II when he exhorted the second and third sons of each noble family (sons who were left landless from the practice of primogeniture)”to wrest that land from the wicked race and subject it to yourselves. That land which the scripture says ‘floweth with milk and honey’.” The holy father stated that any man who vowed to join the crusade would receive instant absolution and remission from all sins. His last words were: “Deus lo volt!” meaning “God wills it!” The whole audience of nobles took up the chant which became the battle cry of what would be known as “The First Crusade”. With his call, Pope Urban struck a concordant note throughout all of Europe. Nobles in France, Italy and England among other countries responded, financing Urban’s crusade and dispatching some of their best Knights to the effort. A year after the call, in 1096, ten thousand Knights with horse and retinue began arriving by ship in Constantinople. Knights
