Knights Templar secrets revealed

Knights Templar secrets revealed

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Story Highlights
Vatican documents reveal Pope Clement V initially absolved knights of heresy

The knights featured heavily in Dan Brown's best-seller "The Da Vinci Code"

Military religious order had great power and influence in medieval Europe

Clement V forced to reverse his not guilty decision; leading knights executed

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Can someone please explain to me what all of this means. I don't see the big picture here. I need more explanation.

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Means only the rich can read it, I can't afford that much and would love to read
them.

The 300-page volume recently came out in a limited edition -- 799 copies -- each priced at $8,377, said Scrinium publishing house, which prints documents from the Vatican's secret archives.

The work reproduces the entire documentation on the papal hearings convened after King Philip IV of France arrested and tortured Templar leaders in 1307 under charges of heresy and immorality.

I guess now we just wait for someone to put it on the net for the rest of us?

*Waits patiently for someone to post a copy on the net...(pdf would be nice)....twiddles thumbs*

Maybe if we all put our money together we can purchase it. I will start a paypal account for you all to donate to.

Here is a link to another news source about it.

Long-lost text lifts cloud from Knights Templar

I'll wait for it to come out in paperback.



Seriously tho, I'm having a little trouble with this.
If they are historical documents, it's a crime to only release them to the wealthy like this. Hell, the Vatican's library should be open to the whole damned world. I think it's evil to repress information that should belong to humanity as a whole.

Originally posted by BitRaiser
If they are historical documents, it's a crime to only release them to the wealthy like this. Hell, the Vatican's library should be open to the whole damned world. I think it's evil to repress information that should belong to humanity as a whole.

This is what the Vatican is best at. I'm sure many a question, and many a conspiracy would be answered/solved if the doors to the Vatican library were open to the public. All part of "the mystery and magnificence of the Church"?

-Warlo

The reason the vatican gave an apology is that the templars asked for one about 3 years ago. I have been waiting the past couple of years to see if it would happen.

Templar ask for an apology

It seemed that both sides knew they would need each other soon.




[edit on 14-10-2007 by theverycourious]

Originally posted by BitRaiser

If they are historical documents, it's a crime to only release them to the wealthy like this.

I do agree with you on this one. The only positive thing in this that I see is the poor people might eventually get to see what the documents say. Will just have to wait longer.

Persecuting people for being human is organized religion at its best. Past episodes of this soap opera interest me little. The Vatican are the modern day Pharisee's. Each one more corrupt than the next, using that information against each other, all the while proclaiming their superiority. Disgusting!

you all seem to forget it was romans who killed christ they ruled isreal at time. that a little tidbit the roman catholics would like people to forget. if everyone knew all the dark little secrets held by the vatican i beileve his emmence the pope would be out on assand they would lose their man source of revenue the poor faithful.