{"id":2286,"date":"2026-01-29T15:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/john-with-the-knights-templar\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:39:05","slug":"john-with-the-knights-templar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/en\/john-with-the-knights-templar\/","title":{"rendered":"John with the Knights Templar"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2286\" class=\"elementor elementor-2286 elementor-1954\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1820db e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c1820db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4c2e5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4c2e5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">John with the Knights Templar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-657986e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"657986e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02a7f10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02a7f10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/ethg.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2288\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/ethg.png 454w, https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/ethg-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-395498d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"395498d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89aed08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89aed08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Knights Templar worshipped God alone, but in their spiritual life they were explicitly oriented towards John, Mary and Mary Magdalene.<\/p><p>Not because they were more revered, but because they embodied what the Knights Templar are: proximity without power, loyalty without possession and receptivity without appropriation. Here we explain John. <\/p><p>You often see John against Jesus&#8217; chest. <strong>Through our eyes \u2013 today \u2013 this is an intimate image, physical intimacy. John leans on Jesus&#8217; chest. In the Middle Ages (and before) this had a different content\/connotation. At that time, this image meant an inner attunement. John receives. It is resting IN Jesus, spiritual receptivity. <\/strong> <\/p><p>John is the disciple whom Jesus loved. This does not mean: favorite in the sense of favoritism, emotional exclusivity or human preference. But that <strong>John is the disciple who is most profoundly receptive to the Word. <\/strong><strong>John is the disciple who watches, stays and endures to the cross!<\/strong>  <\/p><p><strong>These two attitudes were<\/strong>a clear parallel in the spirituality of the Knights Templar, who saw themselves not as preachers or rulers, but as guardians of the sacred \u2014 near, but without appropriation.<\/p><p>Closeness through loyalty, receptivity and watching, not through power, preference, possession, or rule. That is a theological attitude. <\/p><p>Templars ditto: Jesus remains central, supporting. Knights Templar are receptive to his teachings, faithfulness and watch AND GUARD. Don&#8217;t go for power, possess and rule.    <\/p><p>Today, this image of the Knights Templar is completely gone. Nowadays we are only connected with struggle. Hardly with connection, prayer and spirituality. (which has become a woolly concept in itself)   <\/p><p>Emotion is distrusted today, because it makes you vulnerable. Vulnerability is danger in this day and age. Proximity is seen as weakness.  <\/p><p>That&#8217;s why we now see Knights Templar fighting for 95% and praying for 5%. While in the Middle Ages we were praying on our knees for 95% and fighting only 5% of the time. A Templar does not fight <strong>for <\/strong>God, but <strong>from <\/strong>God.  <\/p><p><em>Behind the strict rule of the Knights Templar lies a deep, understated piety:<\/em><em><br><\/em><em>not a distance from Christ, but living in His presence\u2014as John rests at His breast.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-912b131 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"912b131\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24eeb2a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24eeb2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"184\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/nederlandsetempeliers.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2601af34-5ee9-4ec3-a6d1-430467aa82c2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2289\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ff196 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24ff196\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The title <em>Christ the Bridegroom<\/em> may raise questions for a contemporary viewer. In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, however, &#8220;Bridegroom&#8221; does not refer to romantic or personal intimacy, but to covenant language. Christ is called the Bridegroom because he unites himself with humanity and with the Church in fidelity and self-giving. This imagery, rooted in the Gospel, does not express a human relationship, but a spiritual reality: closeness without appropriation, love without possession, fidelity even in suffering. Either Christ is the bridegroom and the Church and humanity are the bride.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John with the Knights Templar The Knights Templar worshipped God alone, but in their spiritual life they were explicitly oriented towards John, Mary and Mary Magdalene. 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