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.
