Militia Dei

Bull issued by Pope Eugene III in 1145

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Overview

* History
* Latin Rule
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* Grand Masters
* Members

* Trials and dissolution

Councils

* Council of Troyes (1129)
* Council of Pisa (1135)
* Council of Vienne

Papal bulls

* Omne datum optimum (1139)

* Milites Templi (1144)

* Militia Dei (1145)

* Pastoralis praeeminentiae (1307)

* Faciens misericordiam (1308)

* Vox in excelso (1312)

* Ad providam (1312)

Locations

* Brittany
* England
* Portugal
* Scotland

Successors

* Order of Christ

* Order of Montesa

Cultural references

* In the IOGT
* Neo-Templarism

* In Freemasonry
* In popular culture

See also

* Military order (religious society)

* Catholic orders of chivalry

* Militia Templi

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Militia Dei (Latin for Soldiers of God) is a papal bull issued by Pope Eugene III on 7 April 1145 that consolidated the Knights Templar's independence from local clerical hierarchies by giving the Order the right to take tithes and burial fees and to bury their dead in their own cemeteries.[1][2] The Knights were allowed to travel through Europe freely.

This bull together with Omne datum optimum (1139) and Milites Templi form the foundation for the Order's future wealth and success.

## References

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1. ^ Barber 1994, p. 58.
2. ^ Burman 1986, pp. 48–49.

## Sources

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* Barber, Malcolm (1994). The New Knighthood. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-60473-5.
* Burman, Edward (1986). The Templars: Knights of God. Rochester, Vermont: Destiny Books. ISBN 0-89281-221-4.

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