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Descendants of ‘Holy Grail’ knights demand an apology from the Pope
Timesonline ^

Posted on 10/16/2007 1:47:47 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Descendants of ‘Holy Grail’ knights demand an apology from the Pope Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent

A British order of Templars that claims direct descent from the original Knights Templar is calling on the Pope to apologise after the recent discovery of an ancient Vatican document showing that the knights had been absolved of the charges laid against them seven centuries ago.

The accusations of heresy led to the disbandment of the order and the burning at the stake of Jacques de Molay, the order’s grand master.

The Vatican will next week publish a 5,900-euro (£3,925) collector’s edition of its documents on the Knights Templar, the wealthy medieval order formed to protect Christian pilgrims travelling to Jerusalem after the holy city was captured in the Crusades.

The knights remain at the centre of numerous Holy Grail conspiracy theories and intrigues, including the plot of the novel, The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown. One of the documents, the Chinon Parchment, shows that in the early 14th century, Pope Clement V’s investigation of the order absolved the knights of the heresy charges that led to many of them being tortured and burnt.

Ben Acheson, a member of a Templar order based in Hertford, Hertfordshire, which claims direct descent from the original Poor Fellow Soldiers of Jesus Christ and the Temple of Solomon Grand Preceptory, called for Pope Benedict XVI to apologise formally.

He said: “The word ‘sorry’ is conspicous by its absence. But basically, they have said we were absolved, which is an historic admission. For me, that makes it all the more astonishing that the tortures and executions were allowed to continue. For me, that is why the apology is still the missing piece of the puzzle.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catholic; churchhistory; godsgravesglyphs; knightstemplar; pope; vatican
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1 posted on 10/16/2007 1:47:47 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver
This ought to be good...


2 posted on 10/16/2007 1:49:29 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: Sub-Driver

"I said: 'A-pologise.'" -Otto

3 posted on 10/16/2007 1:53:39 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: darkwing104

Yep. I will make the popcorn.


4 posted on 10/16/2007 1:54:13 PM PDT by doodad
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To: Sub-Driver
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5 posted on 10/16/2007 1:54:55 PM PDT by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight")
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To: Sub-Driver

I was wondering who would try to claim legacy.


6 posted on 10/16/2007 1:57:01 PM PDT by mnehring (Ron Paul is as much of a Constitutionalist as Fred Phelps is a Christian.)
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To: darkwing104
LOL...my thoughts exactly...:)


7 posted on 10/16/2007 1:57:50 PM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Since they agree they were not guilty one assumes they will return to the practice of the orthodox Catholic Christian faith of their ancestors...


8 posted on 10/16/2007 1:58:01 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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9 posted on 10/16/2007 1:59:39 PM PDT by rlmorel (Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
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To: Sub-Driver

I, on the other hand, want to thank the Pope and Louis, by the grace of God king of France and Navarre, for the revocation of the edict of Nantes on Oct 22, 1685.

If it hadn’t been revoked, my ancestor would not have came to the U.S. and Heaven help me, I’d be French.


10 posted on 10/16/2007 2:02:25 PM PDT by Graybeard58 ( Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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"Ben Acheson, a member of a Templar order based in Hertford, Hertfordshire, which claims direct descent from the original Poor Fellow Soldiers of Jesus Christ and the Temple of Solomon Grand Preceptory, called for Pope Benedict XVI to apologise formally. He said: “The word ‘sorry’ is conspicous by its absence. But basically, they have said we were absolved, which is an historic admission. For me, that makes it all the more astonishing that the tortures and executions were allowed to continue. For me, that is why the apology is still the missing piece of the puzzle."

No one was tortured or executed in England as a result of the King of France's action against the Templars. His beef is with the 14th-century dead King Philip of France, not Ratzinger. He should ask Philip for an apology.

11 posted on 10/16/2007 2:10:04 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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12 posted on 10/16/2007 2:13:26 PM PDT by Allegra (Proud Member of the Westheimer Wonders)
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To: Sub-Driver

Next thing you know, they’ll want reparations.


13 posted on 10/16/2007 2:15:05 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: Sub-Driver

Everyone wants an apology. Everyone wants reparations. Good grief, people...move on.


14 posted on 10/16/2007 2:16:18 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: mass55th

Or an apology for the Norman Conquest in 1066. Has he asked Germany and Denmark an apology for the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes’ raping and pillaging raids in the 400s?


15 posted on 10/16/2007 2:18:47 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: Sub-Driver
..after the holy city was captured in the Crusades.

Why don't they tell by whom?

16 posted on 10/16/2007 2:24:50 PM PDT by paudio
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Oh fer cryin' out loud.

People need to learn to Get Over It!

Neither the current Pope, nor the descendants of the Knights had anything to do with events in the 7th century.

Don't be buffoons. Get on with life.

17 posted on 10/16/2007 2:27:44 PM PDT by TChris (Cartels (oil, diamonds, labor) are bad. Free-market competition is good.)
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an apology from the Pope Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent

Why should Pope Ruth Gledhill apologize, and when did she become a religion correspondent?

18 posted on 10/16/2007 2:28:37 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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To: Sub-Driver

I think that these people ought to seek reparations from the descendants of Pope Clement V. They ought to be searching for a while.


19 posted on 10/16/2007 2:30:13 PM PDT by Ancesthntr
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To: Allegra

“Here in Castle Anthrax, we have but one punishment for setting alight the grail-shaped beacon.”


20 posted on 10/16/2007 2:31:07 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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