Posted on 10/12/2007 5:00:39 PM PDT by Rennes Templar
Waiting for the internet version.
"She said the parchment reveals the cardinals reached the conclusion the Templars were guilty of abuses but not "a real and true heresy."
I'm sure the slaughtered Knights are rejoicing to hear that.
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Amusingly, doesn’t this mean that the descendants of the slaughtered Templars should be able to sue France for damages plus interest?
I wonder what they charge for a bible?
I think their monastic vow of chastity would have precluded descendants, at least legitimate ones.
Anything on the trilateral commission??
Yes in the amusing sense. But on the other hand, they were noble.
Reparations are all the rage these days.
For what they are charging...........
Many monks of the era had families before they became monks.
I would assume it was no different for the Templars.
The most believable lies are based on half-truths.
So the Roman Church created history of a slaughter and then sells that history?
Oh joy! What's next -- Russia releasing Stalin's order to kill all those Polish Officers for Marilyn Monroe's signature? (In case you didn't know, the Russians are nuts about the blonde...
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Your point is well taken. Their collateral descendants clearly have a bone to pick with les Francais.
“Secret” archives = private/separate archives. To translate segreto as secret is just plain false because it conveys a meaning untrue to the original language. Anybody who’s done a smidgin of translating knows that sometimes the word that sounds the same in the target language is exactly the word you can’t use if you want to convey accurate meaning.
“The most believable lies are based on half-truths.”
As are some of our most sacred beliefs.
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Coincidence?
King Philip IV owed the Templars money. Pope Clement V cut a deal with Philip and the Templars died as a result. The Catholic Encyclopedia which blames certain nobles in Philip’s court for the Pope’s condemnation of the Templars is going to have to be re-written to blame the Pope as co-conspirator for the murder of the Templars and the theft of their property.
The Templars were slaughtered by the French king as part of the consolidation of power that led to royal absolutism in France, England, Spain etc. Documents about it are found in French archives as well as archives in Rome. The history was created by the king of France; records of it were created by the various people involved. The “Roman Church” (to use your polemic language) is simply making documents available. That costs money. It’s normal for researchers to pay fees for obtaining documents, as any genealogist will tell you.
Why don’t you take your animosity toward the “Roman Church” and shove it?
Should take about 12 to 24 hours, judging by current standards...
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