Baphomet

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<p>"Modern scholars agree that the name of Baphomet was an Old French corruption of the name Muhammad, with the interpretation being that some of the Templars, through their long military occupation of the Outremer, had begun incorporating Islamic ideas into their belief system, and that this was seen and documented by the Inquisitors as heresy."</p>

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<p>OED:</p>

<p>Baphomet</p>

<p>(ˈb&aelig;fəʊmɛt)</p>

<p>[a. F. Baphomet; cf. Pr. Bafomet, OSp. Mafomat.]</p>

<p>a.a A form of the name Mahomet used by medi&aelig;val writers. b.b Alleged name of the idol which the Templars were accused of worshipping. (According to l'Abb&eacute; Constant, quoted by Littr&eacute;, this word was cabalistically formed by writing backward tem. o. h .p. ab., abbreviation of templi omnium hominum pacis abbas, &lsquo;abbot&rsquo; or &lsquo;father of the temple of peace of all men.&rsquo;) Hence Baphoˈmetic a.</p>