What do "Templar" and "Soldiers of Christ" mean? I have been hearing a lot about Templars in movies such as Ironclad and games like Assassin's Creed. I did a quick look up on Google about "Templars" and still haven't got any clue on what is it about.

Who are the Templars? What does Soldier of Christ mean? How are the Templars linked to Soldiers of Christ? And are all Christians soldiers of Christ?
The official name of the Knights Templar is "Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon".  So the "Soldiers of Christ" you mention is probably just another name for the same group.

Wikipedia has an excellent article on the Knights Templar.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar

A biblical reference to us being soldiers of Christ is in 2 Timothy 2.  I believe here we are being told to try to please Christ rather than others.


  2 Timothy 2:3-4 NIV (emphasis mine)
  3 Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No
  one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but
  rather tries to please his commanding officer.