Friday the 13th, The Knights Templar, 700 years ago this month! Vatican releases docs to clear Knights!
Posted: Monday, October 08, 2007
by Sacreeta
The Knights Templar, as most people have heard of through such movies as The Kingdom of Heaven, Da Vinci Code, and Indianna Jones, and the last Crusade, is now coming to life.
This saturday coming, marks the 700 year anniversary of the Knights Templar's persecution. You see, that's where the 'Unlucky, Friday the 13th' comes from, it is said that the Knights were cursed men, and 700 years ago exactly to the day (Oct 13th 2007) is this weekend, so be forewarned of bad luck that might come! To learn more about how that all happened, read on..
The Vatican Church is releasing a 700 year old document that is said to clear the Knights of their accused crimes against Jesus, and the church.
There will be a book published, on the 25th of this month, entitled Processus contra Templarios, which will shed some light on the Knights, who were a covert group of heroic monks back in the middle ages, around 1001.
In a crusade to wipe out the Templars, they were captured and burned to death in the year 1314, which literally wiped out the Templars from existence. But, their story lived on in the hearts of those fascinated with their cause, as it had been speculated that they were the soldiers on guard of the Holy Grail.A few historical facts?
Sure, here’s what we know about the Templars.
The most interesting thing about the Templars, is the symbolic timing, the numerology associated with the Templars, is what draws the most formidable attention to the Knights.
Number one:
The order to arrest and execute by burning alive, was ordered against the Knights, on Friday the 13th, of October 1307. A note to those of you whom are superstitious, beware, the 13th of this month marks the 700th anniversary of the first unlucky 13th day, which was created in history.
Another interesting fact, was that a letter addressed to the Pope in 2004, issued in news papers by the descendants of the Knights of Templar, forewarned the 700th anniversary for the Persecutions of the Templars was approaching. (It is October 13, 2007.)
The letter was quoted to state, “We shall witness the 700th anniversary of the persecution of our order on 13th October 2007," the letter also stated. "It would be just and fitting for the
On 25th of October 2007, 13 days to the letter, after the mourning of the anniversary of the deaths of the Templar, the official document, the Chinon parchment, will be made public, fully declaring the innocence of the Knights Templar.
1099—(The year) A French Knight by the name of Hugues de Payns, founded the order, because his interest was in protecting pilgrims on route to
1244—
1304—The King of France, King Phillip the IVth, feared financial hardship, and ordered the arrest of all Templars, torturing them unto the point of admittance of accused crimes, to the point that their leader Jacques de Molay, was burned alive.
Pope Clement V, overruled the order to assassinate the Templars, however, all Knights of Templar were arrested, and the secret society of brave men were brought to their knees, abolishing the Templar order, and it has been considered to be so, ever since.
Why is the Chinon parchment, (the 700 year old papers) being released in 2007?
2001--Professor Barbara Frale stumbed upon the documents, that had been lost for centuries. Apparently it had been filed away in the wrong place, under the 17th century archives, and it was thought to have been destroyed, or lost.
2007 is also the year marking the anniversary for the persecutions of the Templar, on the 13th of this month.
The feature movie The Da Vinci Code, had caused enough controversy to gain public awareness and need to learn more about the Templars.
And finally.
The warning put in the paper from the Knights Descendants could have had something to do with it.
What were the strange documented rituals?
The Knights of Templar as one of the rituals, had spit on the cross, denounced Jesus, and they had layed a kiss on the lower back, navel, and mouth of the denouncer.
In those discriminatory rituals, the Templar could have been seen as atheists, and were a blasphemy against the Church, which is why the King of France ordered their arrests and subsequent deaths.
The Pope, who had compassion and understand for the Templars, was aware that the rituals were more of a humbling experience, to remind the Templars of their cause, and it was in retrospect intended for the opposite meaning. If they Templars had fallen into the hands of the Saracens. The kissing part of the ritual was actually a sign of total obedience. In the end, the need for peace with
The reason these documents are so important, is due to the fact that history believes the Templars as heretics, when in fact, the Pope was obligated to ask a pardon from the knights. Reportedly told by Professor Frale. These men weren’t the cursed men everyone believed them to be.
The Chinon parchment, which is what the 700 year old document is known as, will be the focal point of the book about to be released entitled, Processus contra Templarios. It will be interesting reading for those history buffs, looking for some soul searching through literature. Apparently 799 copies in total will be published, and if you are interested in obtaining a copy, it might be wise to order ahead. Also be aware, the parchment is about $8,333.00 US, it's a huge book, and when you weigh those factors, perhaps it's best seen in museum.
Swing with the history flag, and light a candle and say a little prayer to honor the Knights, the 13th is coming, and so is the 700th Anniversary of the Persecution of the Knights Templar. The historical reasoning why these events took place, and currently are, may never completely be revealed, but all we know, is that we were here to witness it.
Peace and Love
Mwah,
Written by Sacreeta.
Sources from: http://www.theinsider.org/news/article.asp?id=2623
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Top-level comments on this article: (9 total)This move appears to be in response to the annual campaign by modern-day followers of the Templar tradition. A letter to the Pope from living descendents of the Templars appeared in the press in 2004: "We shall witness the 700th anniversary of the persecution of our order on 13th October 2007," the letter said. "It would be just and fitting for the Vatican to acknowledge our grievance in advance of this day of mourning." On 25 October 2007, exactly 13 days from the morning of the anniversary, an official document will be released by the Vatican absolving the Knights Templar and confirming their innocence."Thanks for highlighting the important facts listed in my article. Just so you know, as listed above in my article, the name of the important document being released is called 'The Chinon Parchment', which is 700 years old and is going to be released in the book entitled Processus contra Templarios, being released on Oct 25th/07. So good you stopped by, and read my article. Mwah! Sacreeta"thanks 4 the info.
Once again evidently mans error? Tell that to the ones burned in error. How many more errors do we live under? How sad whenever man gets involved with God no one evidently agree's. The fact is the only one who does know is God Himself.Well said Rob! Thanks for that. Mwah, Sacreeta
Thank you for acknowledging this pivotal point in history... without the greed and arrogance of Phillip the 4th of France forcing the Templars to scatter their knowledge across Europe, we might still be knickled under an even worse fuedal system. Quite truly one of the most important dates in history..also FRIDAY the 13th of 1307. Jeff JacobsonHello Jeff, and thanks so much for reading my article. Yes the Templars certainly had a grand impact in history and earned the right to be honored on their 700th anniversary. As you pointed out, things happen for a reason, and I believe you hit the nail on the head when you said we still might be knickled under an even worse fuedal system. Well said. Thankyou for making such a grand contribution to my article, it's really appreciated. Sacreeta
king Philip forced the knights to spit on the cross, it wasn't part of any secret ritual.King Philip just needed a reason to incarcerate those people he owed money from...he simply coudn't pay what he owed and he had them killed....Interesting. Thanks for you comment
Interesting article and facinating history. I won't make any comments on the Templars as I know very little about them, other than they were supposed the be the protectors of the Holy Grail. I have found some information about them on the internet and will have to do some reading now and educate myself.There used to be a television series years ago called "The Saint". It was a James Bond type of story and the main character's name was Simon Templar. I had heard that this fictious character was supposed to have been a decendant of the Templars, or something like that. Have you heard this?
I'm not following....LOL
Actually the "secret rituals" of the Knights you describe was the things the Knights actually said they done so the torture at the hands of the French Inqusition led by King Phillip. On October 13th only 56 Templars died on the charges they faced. This was in France, many of the other European nations did not believe these accusations and prolonged the decree made by the Pope that all Knights Templar was to be apprehended and sent to the Vatican. It took years of King Philip pressuring the Pope untill the most Senior Members were executed, by the order of King Philip under the pretense of Relapsed Heresy.The Order of the Temple was an inititory Order. They did have rites and rituals not made public. The folklore associated with these rites and rituals are based on false testimony. (Any testimony that is made under the duress of torture should be concidered false.) Of course there were survivors since only the initiated members elligable for participation in the Crusades was actually recorded. Throughout Europe there are stories of an Underground rail road type situation for Members of the Order and thier families. The Rosicrucian Order and the Templar Masionic Temple became public in France 1691. Both of these Orders claim ties to the Templar Knights, and both of these orders claim to follow the teachings.As for the Holy Grail folklore, it is something based on history but also based on conjecture as well. The Templar Order was responsible for our modern banking and credit systems as well. The Pope heard stories of the inititory rights and practices of the Order. There was supposed to be a formal investigation lead by the Vatican.King Philip was a bully, he seized the assets from Jews and a group of Italian bankers named the Lombards before this time. The reason why the Pope actually ordered the arrests because King Philip arrived at the Vatican with soldiers. King Philip broke a law (this was the time when the Catholic Church decreed laws and they were followed in Europe.) Since the Order was only answerable to the papacy. This was a time when the Pope had more power than all the kings combined. Also King Philip was furious when the Pope decreed all of the assests to be given to the Hospitals of France (Hospitals was actually more of a Monastary that helped not just the sick, but the weary travellers, and the poor.)I mean this article is a good article. I enjoyed it, I am sorry for bumping you but I felt I had to give some explinations since I just did the research and wrote a French Culture Paper on this very subject. There are some "facts" in this article that is actually based on King Philip's propaganda and folklore that has been regarded as fact. Much like America's Ride of Paul Revire or that America's founding fathers were conservative christians. I mean a lot of the things in this article is true. I just thought I would give you some information I found in the two months it took to do the research and write the paper.Also, this is a good blog could I add this to the blogroll of a blog I help Admin?Again I apologize for bumping this very old article. I thought it was informative and brought up some very good points.
That was awesome reading. I am a 3 year Master Mason. And still learning all I can. Thank-you.
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