CHAPTER V.

Bacon's " Holy War " ....... 381

The Templar origin of the Rosicrucians — Bacon writes in the
spirit of a Knight Templar, urging a Crusade — Though only a
peaceable one with pens — Suspicious references to different •
Orders — Bacon refers to the Temple and its rebuilding — The
House of Wisdom^Bacon's Anti-Papal and Anti-Mahommedan
Spirit — Bacon's allusions to Sacrifice — His renunciation and
complete self-effacement — These were Rosicrucian doctrines.