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In the year 6 C.E. there were Jews at Vienne and Gallia Celtica; in the year 39 at Lugdunum [i.e. Lyon])." Further documents indicating the presence of Jews in France before the fourth century are as yet unknown.
There is only one inscription in the entire church, and it is a quote from the bible - unremarkable, were it not for the fact that the quote is directly related with Zerubabbel, the builder of the Second Temple of Jerusalem. Zerubabbel is a major figure in freemasonry: he set the Jews free from captivity and rebuilt the Temple of Solomon, the central focus of masonry. There is one depiction of a Masonic ritual, from the 19th Century, where the Apprentice Pillar has been used in a "boardgame" that marks the various steps of the initiation of a Scottish mason in his degree; the initiate is identified with Zerubabbel. Two authors with a more than casual interest in Rosslyn Chapel, Robert Lomas and Christopher Knight, have been claiming for several years that the chapel itself is based on the Temple of Solomon. Their main focus is on the west wall of the building. This, they claim, resembles the wall of the Temple of Solomon; rather than unfinished, they believe St Clair wanted it to look like that, to mimic the temple wall. They claim it could never have been part of a larger church - even though there are drawings of much larger church for the site - as the wall itself is non-weight-bearing and hence could never have supported the larger structure. So is there no hidden mystery?
from Wikipedia.
Non-combatant members of the Order managed a large economic infrastructure throughout Christendom, innovating financial techniques that were an early form of banking,
Originally posted by Moonsouljah
I commend you for thinking outside of the box.
Looking at the (wiki) history of the Knights Templar I find somewhat improbable. They killed people in the name of Christianity. They wore a large red cross across their body everyday. They were heavily endorsed by the Pope and European nobility.
Given these factors, the only two ways your premise would hold up that I can think of are:
1. Despite essentially devoting their mortal life on the surface to Christianity, they very secretly believed in Judaism and successfully deceived the Christian authorities of Europe. Just the magnitude of such a farce seems to me highly improbable.
2. Not only did they live double lives of faith but also too did their European nobility and Vatican.
As much as I like to entertain alternative ideas, I can think only these two scenarios and neither seem to be plausible.
Baphomet is an idol or image of a being typically described as demonic. The name first came to public consciousness as a part of the suppression of the Knights Templar. Baphomet - In the Templar confessions. During the judicial proceedings and inquisitions of the Knights Templar, assertions were made that the knights engaged in pagan idolatry.
Originally posted by Moonsouljah
from Wikipedia.
Non-combatant members of the Order managed a large economic infrastructure throughout Christendom, innovating financial techniques that were an early form of banking,
I'm not going to explain why this might be (but quite assuredly is not) related but simply throw it out there.
Originally posted by Dock9
Author writes: ' Stranger still is the anomaly in what was only ever a Roman Catholic place of worship: the intricate carvings on a stone captial found within the grounds of the cathedral at Alet-les-Bains. Now stolen along with many other artefacts, the capital bore symbols and designs which have only ever been associated with Hinduism.* It had at its centre a depiction of the god Ganesh and carved elephants. Indeed the whole village bears evidence of non-Christian symbolism '
(note: Alet-les-Bains was also once known as the home of the parents of Nostradamus ... there has been much conjecture through the ages to suggest he visted the town during the Middle Ages as it was known to be an alchemical centre of some reknown. The Stars of David which form the windows of the church, in addition to their obvious Judaic connection, may also be reference to this history, this symbol being known to represent the alchemical unification of the male and female principles ' )
* At this point, naturally, I'm sure some of us at least are remembering the claims that Jesus died and was buried in what was India. A tomb claimed to be that of Jesus still exists and is guarded by an hereditary guard (this function being passed down, father to son, allegedly all through the ages)
excerpted from The Arcadian Cipher' by Peter Blake and Paul S. Blezard. Copyright 2000. ISBN: 0 283 07288
Surprisingly, Sand said, most of his academic colleagues in Israel have shied away from tackling (i.e., from attempting to debunk) his arguments. One exception is Israel Bartal, a professor of Jewish history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Writing in Haaretz, the Israeli daily newspaper, Bartal made little effort to rebut Sand's claims. He dedicated much of his article instead to defending his profession, suggesting that Israeli historians were not as ignorant about the invented nature of Jewish history as Sand contends.
The biggest surprise during his research came when he started looking at the archaeological evidence from the biblical era.
"I was not raised as a Zionist, but like all other Israelis I took it for granted that the Jews were a people living in Judea and that they were exiled by the Romans in 70 AD.
"But once I started looking at the evidence, I discovered that the kingdoms of David and Solomon were legends.]
Although scholars have attempted to trace the Star of David back to King David himself; to Rabbi Akiva and the Bar Kokhba ("son of the star") rebellion (135 C.E.); or to *kabbalists, especially Rabbi Isaac Luria (16th century), no Jewish literature or artifacts document this claim
. Yet as the photo shows, the stained-glass window is clearly the six-pointed Star of David (or Hexagram)
... was only ever a Roman Catholic place of worship
--- the mythical, legendary David, that is
The earliest known Jewish use of the hexagram was as a seal in ancient Israel (6th century B.C.E.) and then eight centuries later in a *synagogue frieze in Capernaum. But these early hexagrams may have been only ornamental designs; ironically, a swastika, another popular ancient motif, appears alongside the hexagram on the Capernaum synagogue wall.
In the Middle Ages, hexagrams appear frequently on churches, but rarely in synagogues or on Jewish ritual objects. It was the *menorah that served as the primary Jewish symbol from antiquity until the post-Renaissance period, not the " Jewish star."
Although scholars have attempted to trace the Star of David back to King David himself;
to Rabbi Akiva and the Bar Kokhba ("son of the star") rebellion (135 C.E.); or to *kabbalists, especially Rabbi Isaac Luria (16th century), no Jewish literature or artifacts document this claim.
--- the mythical, legendary King Solomon ---
All evidence suggests that the early use of the hexagram was limited to "practical Kabbalah. Kabbalistic Legends connect this symbol with the "Seal of Solomon," the magical signet signet ring used by King Solomon
--- again, the mythical, legendary King David ---
to control demons and spirits. The star inscribed on these rings was usually called the "Seal of Solomon." In addition to such legends about Solomon's ring, medieval Jewish magical texts spoke of a magic shield possessed by King David
which protected him from his enemies. According to these texts, the shield was inscribed with the seventy-two letter name of God, or with Shaddai (Almighty) or angelic names, and was eventually passed down to Judah Maccabee. The 15th-century kabbalist, Isaac Arama, claimed that Psalm 67, later known as the "Menorah Psalm" because of its *seven verses (plus an introductory verse), was engraved on David's shield in the form of a menorah. Another tradition suggests that Isaiah 11:2, enumerating the six aspects of the divine spirit, was inscribed on the shield in the outer six triangles of the hexagram. In time, the hexagram replaced this menorah in popular legends about David's shield, while the five-pointed pentagram became identified with the Seal of Solomon.
The hexagram was also widely regarded as a messianic symbol, because of a legendary connection with David, ancestor of the *Messiah
Originally posted by Kojack
Theres another book I read that you guys might find just as interesting.
Its called "The Last Templar" by Raymond Khoury and explores a kind of alternate world in which the templars had power over the vatican by the balls with something they found underneath the temple mount. But I won't go any further to spoil the book for you guys.
I've always been curious if the freemasons are direct descendants of the knights templars....