In a message dated 12/8/2001 7:55:16 AM Mountain Standard Time,
esdemio@worldnet.att.net writes:
> Jeff, and some others, To me the Knights of the Temple died with the
> death of the organization so many centuries ago. It is now a Masonic
> organization as part of the York Rite
To be just a little more precise, there is a degree of Knight Templar in
Freemasonry. It makes no pretense at being descended from the Order. It
only emulates their ideals.
There are also many, many <revived> Knight Templar groups, some of which
allege they are an order.
Glen Cook