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Last Templar, The (2008)
IMDB rating: 5.10
Plot: An adaptation of Raymond Khoury’s novel about a New York archaeologist researching the lost secrets of the medieval Knights Templar.
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here i download this movie Last Templar, The
Directors: Barzman Paolo
Actors: Day Larry,Dillon Peter Michael,Foley Scott,Garber Victor,Jordan Don,Krupa Mark Antony,Lemke Anthony,Tran Ken,Drama,
What is the significance of the Holy Grail? And why do so many look for it?
My husband and I were watching a show about the Templar Knights and I guess I just don’t get the significance of the Holy Grail. I have always believed that it was the chalice that Jesus drank out of at the Last Supper. Assuming I am correct why is there such mystery surrounding it? Why have so many looked for it for so long? Jesus used many cups throughout His life I’m sure and nobody seems to be looking for those. I am a devout Christian and I still don’t understand what all the fuss is about! I also don’t understand why some feel that it would be horrible if Jesus had married and had a child. Even if He did it wouldn’t diminish who He was or what He did for mankind. Insights please!
Though Jesus may have used many cups before, the Grail is said to be the chalice that he used at the Last Supper, which is essentially the first ever "communion" or "mass" ceremony. This is where the line about "Drink this, for this is my blood which is shed for you" etc. comes up.
Medieval theology included many ideas of "relics", such as the bones of different Saints, or the "true cross" on which Jesus was crucified, or the Shroud of Turin, and of course the Holy Grail. Churches from various parts of Europe would claim to have these relics in order to bolster their importance and following, and would attribute various miracles to them.
This is most likely where the idea that the Grail could grant real "eternal life" came from.
As for its role in Arthurian Legend, the stories of King Arthur and his knights are themselves largely a myth, stories invented to entertain the royal courts of France and England from around the 11th-12th century. They are based on Celtic poetry from around roughly the 5-6th century about a warrior leader known as "Arthur", and the details are very vague, due to the fact that the Celts passed their poetry down by spoken word for many generations before anyone wrote any of it down. There was no mention of the "grail" in these writings, although there were tales of quests for relic items of importance. The Grail’s first link with Arthurian legend came from a Medieval French writer known as Chretien de Troyes.
The Order of the Templars, a religious-military group of knights that arose in 12th century France, who were endorsed by the Pope of the time, took a particular interest in Holy relics and their symbolic importance, and laid claim to many relics after the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade – it is said that the Holy Grail was among these relics. Whether any of them were the genuine article is (and was) impossible to tell.
What I don’t understand is why no-one is looking for the "Holy Plate" from the Last Supper… or perhaps the "Holy Spoon". Maybe it got left in the previous nights washing-up sink, and mingled in with the other cutlery, forever to remain in obscurity… (well actually, the Grail has also been portrayed as possibly a plate or a bowl, or various other things in literature, so whichever item on the last-supper tablecloth actually had the miraculous powers is a matter of debate…)
Intrinsic Random Event | Sep 22, 2009
The holy grail is the key to eternal life & many people want this though it can turn into a curse.
Andy | Sep 22, 2009
Ultimately, Arthur’s knights didn’t know what it was either. They were just looking for something that would save Arthur and England. Later it became known as the cup Jesus used at the last supper.
Jon M dn ?p?s s??? | Sep 22, 2009
All chicks have one.
Feathered Serpent! | Sep 22, 2009
If you drink water from it you live forever.
Floid | Sep 22, 2009
relics were the riches of the church and if you could get them you could control more of the masses. the church used any means to increase the number of relics and made up stories about thing that belong to jesus just to get people to forge them and plant them to be found that is why they attack the carbon dating methods because it exposes the frauds the holy grail is but one example of the relics. it is a myth and myths are the only thing the church has to offer and the relics with holy water
wreaser2000 | Sep 22, 2009
It is the cup that gives everlasting life. Many have tried to find it and have failed because there are three challenges you must face. First, the breath of God. Only the penitent man will pass. Second, the Word of God, only in the footsteps of God will he proceed. Third, the Path of God, only in the leap from the lion’s head will he prove his worth.
Cooper | Sep 22, 2009
Read the book "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" by Henry, Beigent, and Leigh. It gives all the theories and all the angles.
Long story short, the Holy Grail (sangreel) is actually the holy blood line of the decendents of the supposed union between Jesus and Mary Magdelene. Mary herself being the chalace. These decendents are believed to exist in the Merivingian line of kings in Europe, and this lineage is what gave kings the "divine right" to rule.
I recommend you get and read the book for the whole story.
Monica V | Sep 22, 2009
unless its monty python or indiana jones, it is incorrect.
seek the TRUTH!
mrducky | Sep 22, 2009
If you are a christian then you are unique among your group. The Da Vince Code addressed the issue – as well as Holy Blood Holy Grail and a dozen other works – that the grail was the child he had with Mary Magdalena. Personally I find nothing wrong with it but the church has been trying to kill the descendants of jesus since then. What is really interesting is that they have been trying to kill the children of god. That would make them the quintessential Antichrists.
dwgriffith101 | Sep 22, 2009
