 The Templers were expelled from the Lutheran Church in 1858 because of their millenarian beliefs.Their aim was to realize the apocalyptic visions of the prophets of Israel in the Holy Land.The word "Templer" is derived from the concept of the Christian Community as described in the New Testament, see 1 Corinthians and 1 Peter , where every person and the community are seen as temples in which God's spirit dwells.