At the end of the 13th century, the Knights Templar in Europe were: - very wealthy (lands, castles, donations, banks), - very independent (they answered directly to the pope, not to kings), - very well organized militarily. What they did not take into account was that the pope has always been the son of Satan. In 1312, Pope Clement V published the bull Vox in excelso, which abolished the Order of the Temple. View quoted note →