The original official name was:
Pauperes commilitones Christi Templique Salomonici
That is in full: The Poor Fellow Warriors of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon
This is shortened to Knights of the Temple of Solomon. Which in turn is shortened to Temple knights. In the end, that becomes: Knights Templar.
The second part of the name refers to our first location of our first location in Jerusalem: the Temple Square on the Temple Mount. There stood the Temple of Solomon.
Poor knights
Poor ? Poor? Knights were rich! They were nobles, of nobility, they had castles, lands, staff, what not. What do you mean poor?
Because when they entered the company, they had to give up everything. Land, title, weapons, wealth, even their seal. They took a vow of poverty. Not because they had to, but because they chose to .
They lived under the vow of poverty like monks.
Everything became the common property of the Order, as in a monastery.
They were warriors and monastics. They lived by sword and prayer. They gave up their power to be of service. For us, there is more honor in poverty than in a thousand castles.
Temple of Solomon
The second part of the name refers to our first location of our first location in Jerusalem: the Temple Square on the Temple Mount. There stood the Temple of Solomon.
The first Temple was built by King Solomon sometime between 1000 and 900 B.C.—at God’s command and with hands that carried peace. It was Holy because the temple symbolized God’s presence.
She was standing on the Temple Mount. This was the exact location that David had seen an angel. The Ark of the Covenant was also located in the temple.
This first Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC.
King Solomon (meaning the peace-loving) was the third king of Judah from 972 to 933 BC. He was the son of David (2ndking ) and Bathsheba.
Solomon was also called Jedidiah. What Lieveling van de Heer means.
He is praised for his great wisdom, in which he was rich and powerful.
After the destruction of the first Temple in 586 BC, the second Temple was built in 516 BC. This second Temple was so simple and was called Zugot. It was so simple: people cried at the sight of the Temple. They missed the splendor that the first Temple had.
Much later, around 20 BC, King Herod had that second Temple massively renovated. Grander, more beautiful and so much more imposing.
This Temple has also been destroyed. This time by the Romans in the year 70. The only thing we have left of it now is the Wailing Wall.
