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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 10/06/2007 : 03:52:12
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This kind of thing doesn't happen just every day, you know. The Vatican has announced that its Secret Archives will publish a book with the catchy title, Processus contra Templarios. It will be based upon a recently discovered document which details a trial of a Knight Templar in 1314. The document, known as the Chinon parchment, reveals that the Templars had an initiation ceremony which involved "spitting on the cross", "denying Jesus" and kissing the lower back, navel and mouth of the man proposing them.
The Templars explained to Pope Clement that the initiation mimicked the humiliation that knights could suffer if they fell into the hands of the Saracens, while the kissing ceremony was a sign of their total obedience.
The Pope concluded that the entrance ritual was not truly blasphemous, as alleged by King Philip when he had the knights arrested. However, he was forced to dissolve the Order to keep peace with France and prevent a schism in the church.
"This is proof that the Templars were not heretics," said Prof Frale. "The Pope was obliged to ask pardon from the knights.
"For 700 years we have believed that the Templars died as cursed men, and this absolves them." |
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Edited by - HalfMooner on 10/13/2007 19:08:14
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 18:54:10 [Permalink]
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Bump! Here's a "rough English translation" from the Latin of the Chinon parchment, detailing the Knights Templar trial 700 years ago.
The Chinon parchment, from the Vatican Secret Archives.
(Coolest. Library. Name. Ever. Public schools should use
"Secret Archives" in library names. Kids would flock to 'em!)
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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| Edited by - HalfMooner on 10/13/2007 19:09:37 |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 19:42:49 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
The Chinon parchment, from the Vatican Secret Archives.
(Coolest. Library. Name. Ever. Public schools should use
"Secret Archives" in library names. Kids would flock to 'em!) |
Yeah, especially given how secret the archives are.
Perhaps what should be kept secret are the prices. Sheesh! |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2007 : 19:50:50 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Originally posted by HalfMooner
The Chinon parchment, from the Vatican Secret Archives.
(Coolest. Library. Name. Ever. Public schools should use
"Secret Archives" in library names. Kids would flock to 'em!) |
Yeah, especially given how secret the archives are.
Perhaps what should be kept secret are the prices. Sheesh!
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Yikes! That is what they referred to in rural Washington as "spendy." Maybe Randi should get involved, for the sake of the consumer.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 10/15/2007 : 07:14:21 [Permalink]
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| What jerks, They are making 799 copies available at 8.5k$ each! How kind of them. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2007 : 07:16:02 [Permalink]
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You can even buy Pear Cables for that!
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Templar document hidden 700 years to see light
