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.