<Li> Templar connections have also been suggested through the Earls of Rosslyn (St. Clair, or Sinclair) a family with well - documented connections with Scottish Freemasonry, one being a Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . </Li> <Li> Many other old and new organizations have taken the name of "Knights Templar". However, organizations such as the Order of the Solar Temple, Militi Templi Scotia, Ordo Templi Orientis, or the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem are in no way related to Masonic Knights Templar, and share little or no relationship with it in history, hierarchy, or ritual . </Li>

United religious and military orders of the temple