Masons love the Templar Knights as it seems and they even claim they have their manual. From what I know on the Templar Knights they did not have to seem any distorted view on Christian beliefs or the teaching of the Church - which makes me wonder how is it possible they are connected in any way to Masons,(?) AND I think the direct and only link is the manual of the Templar Knights.
The only scary part is that now they call it "the Freemason manual" - so I have no way to guarantee that if will be able to get my hands on a copy of the Templar Manual it would be truthful to the origin and not the Mason.