tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074361.post4561982149063873734..comments2024-01-01T14:54:26.802+01:00Comments on The Commonplace Book of Zadok the Roman: Something for the conspiracy-theorists...Zadok the Romanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03264864126510840069noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074361.post-15063013515180122732007-10-08T00:38:00.000+02:002007-10-08T00:38:00.000+02:00For 700 years we have believed that the Templars d...<I>For 700 years we have believed that the Templars died as cursed men, and this absolves them.</I><BR/><BR/>Er... As far as I knew, for 700 years we have believed that the king of France (the formidable Philip IV) really twisted the Pope's arm (poor Clement V), and that, whatever the Templars may or may not have been doing, the trials were a highly unsavoury business. As Paul above suggests.<BR/><BR/>More documentation about the trial is always interesting. Good to know that misfiling continues to allow historians to make archival discoveries!Boecianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09805771184166935639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074361.post-30452833258747881082007-10-07T13:58:00.000+02:002007-10-07T13:58:00.000+02:00This appears to be the official response to an app...This appears to be the official response to an appeal by modern-day followers of the Templar tradition.<BR/><BR/>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." <BR/><BR/>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. <BR/><BR/>Full story with sources and additional reading material: <BR/><BR/>http://www.theinsider.org/news/article.asp?id=2623Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074361.post-43250354252116204352007-10-05T16:12:00.000+02:002007-10-05T16:12:00.000+02:00Uhm, this isn't new information -- the alleged det...Uhm, this isn't new information -- the alleged details of the rituals have been part of the historical record regarding the Templar trial for years, as has Clement's sympathy towards the order. The work of John Riley-Smith and Desmond Seward has demonstrated the papacy's suspicion regarding Philip's charges, and the resulting lengths that Philip went to in order to keep the trial in local, not Papal, courts. I guess it's nice to have it all on one original piece of parchment, but this isn't earth-shattering to anyone who has kept up with the serious historical research in the area.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905201479928703850noreply@blogger.com