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To: woofer
Didn't these fighting monks, the Knights Templar, take vows of celibacy?

They sure did...


40 posted on 10/16/2007 5:10:17 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: darkwing104
Many of them had descendants before they took their vows. Many wealthy men decided to go into the Order to absolve themselves of a life of brawling,wenching, fathering bastards, and raising sons to be just like themselves.
44 posted on 10/16/2007 5:46:12 PM PDT by allmendream (A Lyger is pretty much my favorite animal. (Hunter08))
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