These topics cover the relations of the Church and the Knights Templar.

• Introduction to Crusades
• Saint Bernard and the Rules of the Order
• An Orthodox reception into the Order
• The Holy See and the Order
• The Popes during the existence of the Order
• Philip the Fair and his enemies
• Profile - Clement IV
• Profile - Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux
• Consecration Crosses in Finnish Churches

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