The last crusade of the Templars - seek Papal apology for persecution

Dover

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Tue Nov-30-04 07:54 AM
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The last crusade of the Templars - seek Papal apology for persecution

November 29, 2004

The last crusade of the Templars

By Ruth Gledhill

The knights want a Papal apology nearly 700 years after they were disbanded and hounded into exile

THE VATICAN is giving �serious consideration� to apologising for the persecution that led to the suppression of the Knights Templar.
The suppression, which began on Friday , October 13, 1307, gave Friday the Thirteenth its superstitious legacy.

A Templar Order in Britain that claims to be descended from the original Knights Templar has asked that the Pope should make the apology.

The Templars, based in Hertford, are hoping for an apology by 2007, the 700th anniversary of the start of the persecution, which culminated with the torture and burning at the stake of the Grand Master Jacques de Molay for heresy and the dissolution of the Order by apostolic decree in 1312....cont'd

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1379629,00.html

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fraud08

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Tue Nov-30-04 08:10 AM
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1. wow - what a story

wonder what the pope will do?

any good books out there on the nights especially their recent (past 100 years) past.

:hi:

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newyawker99

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Tue Nov-30-04 02:16 PM
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6. Hi fraud08!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

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the other rick

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Tue Nov-30-04 08:20 AM
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2. Funnnn-eeeee

These guys claiming to be the Knights Templar is like Madonna claiming to be an Orthodox Rabbi.

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth

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Tue Nov-30-04 08:35 AM
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3. More Like Madonna being a Levite preist before the fall of Jerusalem

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the other rick

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Tue Nov-30-04 08:58 AM
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4. OK, you have the better analogy

Thanks!

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muriel_volestrangler

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Tue Nov-30-04 10:47 AM
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5. Cool - who knew I grew up a few miles away from the Illuminati?

Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 10:48 AM by muriel_volestrangler

Tim belongs to a high-ranking family in the Knights Templar, a powerful society of warrior monks which dates back to the Crusades � and who still meet at a secret location in the town.

But he denied a link with former US Secretary of State Dean Acheson, a well-known Templar, who was in President Harry S Truman�s inner circle during the 1950s.

Cryptically, he told the Mercury: �I cannot talk about my family connections. The older members of secret societies want to keep them secret, whereas some of the new blood is a bit more open.

�I do know two members of the Illuminati who live here, but I must protect their identities.
http://www.theinsider.org/mailing/article.asp?id=0591

:silly:

And of course there's the inevitable mention of the Holy Grail. Actually, Royston Cave is quite interesting, even if it is grail-shaped ...

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