Post by strongjustice on Jun 10, 2009 9:31:00 GMT -6
It has always been a supposition that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had one or more children, and that those children or their descendants emigrated to what is now southern France. Once there, to ensure their lineage, they intermarried with the noble families… marriages that would eventually become the Merovingian dynasty.
The symbolic significance of Jesus is that he is God - exposed to the spectrum of human experience - exposed to the first-hand knowledge of what being a man entails. But could God, incarnate as Jesus, truly claim to be a man, to encompass the spectrum of human experience, without coming to know two of the most basic, most elemental facets of the human condition? Could God claim to know the totality of human existence without confronting two such essential aspects of humanity as sexuality and paternity?
One group of thinkers and believers does not think so. In fact, they do not think the Incarnation truly symbolizes what it is intended to symbolize unless Jesus were married and sired children. The Jesus of the Gospels, and of established Christianity, is ultimately incomplete - a God whose incarnation as man is only partial. The Jesus who emerges from their beliefs enjoys, in their opinion, a much more valid claim to what Christianity would have him be.
That group formed into a secret society called the Priory of Sion…. Who took upon themselves the mission to protect their belief and the genealogical descendants of the Holy Bloodline, the Merovingian dynasts… some of who could trace their lineage back to King David.
Merovingian’s, the family of priest-kings from France, in the Rennes-le-Chateau region, were enigmatic, long-haired fellows who all shared the same birthmark - a red cross on their shoulder. Due to their claim that they were descendents from Christ and Mary Magdalene, they were betrayed and murdered by the Catholic Church who replaced them with the Carolingian dynasty. The Priory of Sion were their protectors and champions of their right to special claim to the throne of France… The Merovingian may not have ruled, but they still had power… especially since every Carolingian king starting with Charlemagne married a Merovingian princess.
Supposed, but unproven, the Church had tried to kill off all remnants of this dynasty and their supposed guardians, the Cathars and the Templars, so popes could hold the episcopal throne through the apostolic succession of Peter without fear of it ever being usurped by an antipope from the hereditary succession of Mary Magdalene.
Of course, the Church would not bloody its Holy hands, so to perform feats that they could not, they formed the Illuminati; a group of Catholic Priests who is supposed to protect the old ways and enforce Papal law. As their name evokes, they are supposed to pave the way for people to be illuminated in the righteous path of God. But they are a group of fanatics… extremists… murderers and assassins at the whims of the Pope… They have been hunting Templar and Merovingian ancestors for years. Of course, not publically…
Beneath the veil of Catholic power and Protestant influence, the Illuminati has been at war with the Templar… both sides suffering great losses… but the group has one advantage… they can move about without persecution and obtain resources as required; whereas the Templar must utilize their own resources…
The...ends proposed by the Illuminati...are the overthrow of religion, government and human society...Murder, butchery and war...are declared by them to be completely justifiable...No villainy...can be named which was not vindicated ...Satanic lips polluted the pages of God...inundated the country with ... immorality ...Where religion prevails, Illumination cannot make disciples, a French Directory cannot govern, a nation cannot be made slaves. To destroy us therefore...our enemies must first...seduce us from the house of God.
France appeared to be the focal point for contention … not just open wars… but… As the world clamoured for religious peace, and Christianity claiming superiority over the Muslim thru the Crusades, a hidden war had continued for longer than any Crusade…
Italy, much less the busy Rome, had not been his first choice of preferences. Now that he had lost all connections and backing in England, William Maubrey was forced to make alternate plans. In a room overlooking the Papal State… Sitting in a chair by the window, he looks to the right at a man seated next to him. “James, yer half-brother, Adam, the Mo’r Triath of the Gaelic Nations, as he calls himself now, will be a pain in yer arse… as he has been in mine… I cannot show my face in London, York, Glasgow, Turas Lan, nor any other city of the Nations. He has imprisoned the King, destroyed England as we knew it, and made it a Duchy under the Nations… He has empowered the land to peasants…”
James leans forward in the chair and smirks. “Father, yu had yer chance several times to kill Adam, but yu failed… where I shall not. It is not realistic to call oneself a dragonslayer, if one shall not slay the dragon.” The smirk turned into a smile. “I have been amongst them already… disguised as a merchant… Turas Lan is busy these days with trade from every known country… They have even established themselves as a broker for countries at odds with each other. I even competed in the Tournament as James duChere…” the smile turned back into a smirk.
James looked at his father and opened a book… “Father… I have been doing some research on the French… While you have put yer entire life in the efforts in England, I have accomplished twice more than yu, here in France in half the time…” tapping the book… “here in my hands is the very shift we need…”
James smirked at his Father. “I am a firm believer that, while France is a strong nation, its very nobility is weak and just misguided in their efforts.”
“According to my research… Philip IV le Bel, a member of the Capetian dynasty, had, as King of France until 1314, put France so deeply in debt that he arrested Jews so he could seize their assets to accommodate the inflated costs of modern warfare and he was condemned by his enemies in the Catholic Church for his spendthrift lifestyle. When he also levied taxes on the French clergy of one half their annual income, he caused an uproar within the Roman Catholic Church and the papacy, prompting Pope Boniface VIII to issue the Bull "Clericis Laicos" forbidding the transference of any church property to the French Crown. Still, Philip emerged victorious when the French archbishop Bertrand de Goth was elected pope, as Clement V and the official seat of the papacy moved to Avignon, an enclave surrounded by French territories. Plus it was he who suffered a major embarrassment when an army of 2,500 knights and squires and 4,000 infantry he sent to suppress an uprising in Flanders was defeated in the Battle of the Golden Spurs near Kortrijk on 11 July 1302. But he reacted with energy to the humiliation and personally defeated the Flemings at Mons-en-Pévèle two years later. Finally, in 1305, Philip forced the Flemish to accept a harsh peace treaty that exacted heavy reparations and humiliating penalties.
Then on October 13, 1307, what may have been, all the Knights Templar in France, were simultaneously arrested by agents of Philip, to be later tortured into admitting heresy in the Order… all this, to seize the considerable Templar treasury and break up the Templar monastic banking system, simply seeking to control it for himself. The Knights Templar were answerable only to the Pope… But Philip used his influence over the pope, Clement V, who was largely his pawn, to disband the order and remove its ecclesiastical status and protection in order to plunder it. But some 30 Templar galley ships… and all the wealth… disappeared.
Philip IV's rule signaled the decline of the papacy's power from its near complete authority and he died during a hunt. He was succeeded by his son, Louis X. His reign was short and unremarkable, dominated by continued feuding with the noble factions within the kingdom.
He in turn was succeeded by Philip V… the second to last of the House of Capet. Philip the Tall, as he was called, was the second son of King Philip IV and Jeanne of Navarre. Philip managed to expand his territory through war at the expense of Flanders. On domestic matters, he followed in the steps of his father, Philip IV, and revoked many of the decisions of his predecessor and older brother, Louis X, who had been widely influenced by his uncle, Charles of Valois, and had left the kingdom in a poor state. Philip also restored the goods and dignity of many of his father's closest dignitaries and collaborators who had been despoiled under Louis X. Philip V died at Longchamp, Paris. Without a living male heir, he was succeeded by his younger brother, Charles IV.
King Charles IV was the third son of Philip IV. By virtue of his mother, Jeanne I of Navarre's, birthright, Charles claimed the title Charles I, King of Navarre. During his six-year reign Charles IV increased taxes, imposed onerous duties, and arbitrarily confiscated estates from enemies or those he disliked.” Then he chuckled… “Much like yerself my dear Father…”
Then James continued his litany of history… tapping the book and reciting its contents…. “In 1323, he expelled the Jewish from France, using as an excuse the widely circulated rumor that they had conspired with lepers and Islamic rulers, including the king of Babylon to poison the wells and murder every Christian in the kingdom. From the Jews, he took land, title, and wealth… some of that was titled to me… a member of his court.” He offered the bit of truth to his Father with a wicked smirk. “Then in 1325, Charles seized the English possessions in France… again titling some to me.”
“At the time, Charles's sister, Isabella, was married to King Edward II of England. Edward sent Isabella to France to negotiate with her brother. Instead, Charles and Isabella organized the overthrow of Edward II, and the installation of Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer as regents of England on behalf of Isabella's young son Edward III of England.”
William bounced his leg in anxious anticipation…. “Yes, yes, I know all this… get to your point boy…”
James smirked and leaned back in his chair… “Patience Father… Yer lack of patience is how yu came to where yu are… A wanted man, without a country…” the wicked smirk widened…. “I am not my brother’s keeper… but I could be…”
A bit frustrated, James sneers at William, but continues… “Now, this is where I came into play… With Charles being a man of four and thirty, I could not take the chance for the balance of power to shift again before he died…soooo…” James smirked wickedly… “As with his brother before him, Charles died without a male heir… thus ending the direct line of the Capetian dynasty. Application of the Salic Law barred Charles's 1-year-old daughter Mary by his third wife, Jeanne d'Évreux, from succeeding as the monarch. What I did not know was, Jeanne was also pregnant at the time of his death.”
Since it could have been possible that she would give birth to a son, a regency was set up with an heir presumptive… Philip of Valois, a member of the House of Valois, the next-most-senior branch of the Capetian dynasty, being the regent. Philip, as Charles' cousin, was one of the two chief claimants to the throne along with the demands of former Dowager Queen Isabella of England, the late King Charles' sister, who claimed the French throne for her young son former English King Edward III… But I encouraged that the Salic Law be imposed, thus barring Edward. After two months, Jeanne gave birth to another daughter. The regent thus became the King and in May of last year, was consecrated and crowned King Philip VI at the Cathedral in Reims. In as much political intrigue and deals of state, Philip took control of Champagne, Troyes, Meaux and Brie, but ceded Navarre and Normandy to Joan II of Navarre.
Philip's reign has been punctuated with crises. It began with military success in Flanders at the Battle of Cassel in August of last year… I led some of Philip's forces and in the end, reseated Louis I of Flanders, who had been unseated by a popular revolution.
Furthermore, I believe that much of is Skye’s fortune is Templar based… the Templar supported King Robert in his endeavors against the English… and when Skye, in their war with England, seemed to be out of funds, Adam was able to fund new ship designs… new ships… and an army on two fronts…” James paused…
"Now if I can somehow prove this… I would be able to discredit the Auld Alliance, make Skye look like a gang of outlaws, instead of the hallowed beings they think themselves… and eventually bring France to arms against Skye… Now would that not satisfy yer pangs of glory…” James just smirked as his Father’s eyes grew larger.
William just sat in the chair, his chin upon a folded hand listening… “Now I know…” James continued… “That Sir Dmitrii Zurban had become deeply involved with this hidden war of the Templar and the Illuminati in his attempts to protect the Lady Willa… but her disappearance seemed to quell those hostilities. And Adam had several assassination attempts toward him in his leniency toward religion; all those supposed to be coordinated by one William Maubrey… who was deeply involved with the Illuminati.” James just smirked at his Father. “It is my intention... in the eyes of the world... to turn this blame from you… back onto those in power in Skye… mainly Adam and his band of incestuous court members…”
“Father… I will depart for Turas Lan within the week… It would be wise for you to wait here in Sanctuary til I call for you…” James smirked… “I will be in disguise… and no need for anyone to know… just leave it to me, my dearest Father…”
William snarled and James laughed… “To each his own, Father… and yu have lost yer chance… now it is mine…”
The symbolic significance of Jesus is that he is God - exposed to the spectrum of human experience - exposed to the first-hand knowledge of what being a man entails. But could God, incarnate as Jesus, truly claim to be a man, to encompass the spectrum of human experience, without coming to know two of the most basic, most elemental facets of the human condition? Could God claim to know the totality of human existence without confronting two such essential aspects of humanity as sexuality and paternity?
One group of thinkers and believers does not think so. In fact, they do not think the Incarnation truly symbolizes what it is intended to symbolize unless Jesus were married and sired children. The Jesus of the Gospels, and of established Christianity, is ultimately incomplete - a God whose incarnation as man is only partial. The Jesus who emerges from their beliefs enjoys, in their opinion, a much more valid claim to what Christianity would have him be.
That group formed into a secret society called the Priory of Sion…. Who took upon themselves the mission to protect their belief and the genealogical descendants of the Holy Bloodline, the Merovingian dynasts… some of who could trace their lineage back to King David.
Merovingian’s, the family of priest-kings from France, in the Rennes-le-Chateau region, were enigmatic, long-haired fellows who all shared the same birthmark - a red cross on their shoulder. Due to their claim that they were descendents from Christ and Mary Magdalene, they were betrayed and murdered by the Catholic Church who replaced them with the Carolingian dynasty. The Priory of Sion were their protectors and champions of their right to special claim to the throne of France… The Merovingian may not have ruled, but they still had power… especially since every Carolingian king starting with Charlemagne married a Merovingian princess.
Supposed, but unproven, the Church had tried to kill off all remnants of this dynasty and their supposed guardians, the Cathars and the Templars, so popes could hold the episcopal throne through the apostolic succession of Peter without fear of it ever being usurped by an antipope from the hereditary succession of Mary Magdalene.
Of course, the Church would not bloody its Holy hands, so to perform feats that they could not, they formed the Illuminati; a group of Catholic Priests who is supposed to protect the old ways and enforce Papal law. As their name evokes, they are supposed to pave the way for people to be illuminated in the righteous path of God. But they are a group of fanatics… extremists… murderers and assassins at the whims of the Pope… They have been hunting Templar and Merovingian ancestors for years. Of course, not publically…
Beneath the veil of Catholic power and Protestant influence, the Illuminati has been at war with the Templar… both sides suffering great losses… but the group has one advantage… they can move about without persecution and obtain resources as required; whereas the Templar must utilize their own resources…
The...ends proposed by the Illuminati...are the overthrow of religion, government and human society...Murder, butchery and war...are declared by them to be completely justifiable...No villainy...can be named which was not vindicated ...Satanic lips polluted the pages of God...inundated the country with ... immorality ...Where religion prevails, Illumination cannot make disciples, a French Directory cannot govern, a nation cannot be made slaves. To destroy us therefore...our enemies must first...seduce us from the house of God.
France appeared to be the focal point for contention … not just open wars… but… As the world clamoured for religious peace, and Christianity claiming superiority over the Muslim thru the Crusades, a hidden war had continued for longer than any Crusade…
Italy, much less the busy Rome, had not been his first choice of preferences. Now that he had lost all connections and backing in England, William Maubrey was forced to make alternate plans. In a room overlooking the Papal State… Sitting in a chair by the window, he looks to the right at a man seated next to him. “James, yer half-brother, Adam, the Mo’r Triath of the Gaelic Nations, as he calls himself now, will be a pain in yer arse… as he has been in mine… I cannot show my face in London, York, Glasgow, Turas Lan, nor any other city of the Nations. He has imprisoned the King, destroyed England as we knew it, and made it a Duchy under the Nations… He has empowered the land to peasants…”
James leans forward in the chair and smirks. “Father, yu had yer chance several times to kill Adam, but yu failed… where I shall not. It is not realistic to call oneself a dragonslayer, if one shall not slay the dragon.” The smirk turned into a smile. “I have been amongst them already… disguised as a merchant… Turas Lan is busy these days with trade from every known country… They have even established themselves as a broker for countries at odds with each other. I even competed in the Tournament as James duChere…” the smile turned back into a smirk.
James looked at his father and opened a book… “Father… I have been doing some research on the French… While you have put yer entire life in the efforts in England, I have accomplished twice more than yu, here in France in half the time…” tapping the book… “here in my hands is the very shift we need…”
James smirked at his Father. “I am a firm believer that, while France is a strong nation, its very nobility is weak and just misguided in their efforts.”
“According to my research… Philip IV le Bel, a member of the Capetian dynasty, had, as King of France until 1314, put France so deeply in debt that he arrested Jews so he could seize their assets to accommodate the inflated costs of modern warfare and he was condemned by his enemies in the Catholic Church for his spendthrift lifestyle. When he also levied taxes on the French clergy of one half their annual income, he caused an uproar within the Roman Catholic Church and the papacy, prompting Pope Boniface VIII to issue the Bull "Clericis Laicos" forbidding the transference of any church property to the French Crown. Still, Philip emerged victorious when the French archbishop Bertrand de Goth was elected pope, as Clement V and the official seat of the papacy moved to Avignon, an enclave surrounded by French territories. Plus it was he who suffered a major embarrassment when an army of 2,500 knights and squires and 4,000 infantry he sent to suppress an uprising in Flanders was defeated in the Battle of the Golden Spurs near Kortrijk on 11 July 1302. But he reacted with energy to the humiliation and personally defeated the Flemings at Mons-en-Pévèle two years later. Finally, in 1305, Philip forced the Flemish to accept a harsh peace treaty that exacted heavy reparations and humiliating penalties.
Then on October 13, 1307, what may have been, all the Knights Templar in France, were simultaneously arrested by agents of Philip, to be later tortured into admitting heresy in the Order… all this, to seize the considerable Templar treasury and break up the Templar monastic banking system, simply seeking to control it for himself. The Knights Templar were answerable only to the Pope… But Philip used his influence over the pope, Clement V, who was largely his pawn, to disband the order and remove its ecclesiastical status and protection in order to plunder it. But some 30 Templar galley ships… and all the wealth… disappeared.
Philip IV's rule signaled the decline of the papacy's power from its near complete authority and he died during a hunt. He was succeeded by his son, Louis X. His reign was short and unremarkable, dominated by continued feuding with the noble factions within the kingdom.
He in turn was succeeded by Philip V… the second to last of the House of Capet. Philip the Tall, as he was called, was the second son of King Philip IV and Jeanne of Navarre. Philip managed to expand his territory through war at the expense of Flanders. On domestic matters, he followed in the steps of his father, Philip IV, and revoked many of the decisions of his predecessor and older brother, Louis X, who had been widely influenced by his uncle, Charles of Valois, and had left the kingdom in a poor state. Philip also restored the goods and dignity of many of his father's closest dignitaries and collaborators who had been despoiled under Louis X. Philip V died at Longchamp, Paris. Without a living male heir, he was succeeded by his younger brother, Charles IV.
King Charles IV was the third son of Philip IV. By virtue of his mother, Jeanne I of Navarre's, birthright, Charles claimed the title Charles I, King of Navarre. During his six-year reign Charles IV increased taxes, imposed onerous duties, and arbitrarily confiscated estates from enemies or those he disliked.” Then he chuckled… “Much like yerself my dear Father…”
Then James continued his litany of history… tapping the book and reciting its contents…. “In 1323, he expelled the Jewish from France, using as an excuse the widely circulated rumor that they had conspired with lepers and Islamic rulers, including the king of Babylon to poison the wells and murder every Christian in the kingdom. From the Jews, he took land, title, and wealth… some of that was titled to me… a member of his court.” He offered the bit of truth to his Father with a wicked smirk. “Then in 1325, Charles seized the English possessions in France… again titling some to me.”
“At the time, Charles's sister, Isabella, was married to King Edward II of England. Edward sent Isabella to France to negotiate with her brother. Instead, Charles and Isabella organized the overthrow of Edward II, and the installation of Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer as regents of England on behalf of Isabella's young son Edward III of England.”
William bounced his leg in anxious anticipation…. “Yes, yes, I know all this… get to your point boy…”
James smirked and leaned back in his chair… “Patience Father… Yer lack of patience is how yu came to where yu are… A wanted man, without a country…” the wicked smirk widened…. “I am not my brother’s keeper… but I could be…”
A bit frustrated, James sneers at William, but continues… “Now, this is where I came into play… With Charles being a man of four and thirty, I could not take the chance for the balance of power to shift again before he died…soooo…” James smirked wickedly… “As with his brother before him, Charles died without a male heir… thus ending the direct line of the Capetian dynasty. Application of the Salic Law barred Charles's 1-year-old daughter Mary by his third wife, Jeanne d'Évreux, from succeeding as the monarch. What I did not know was, Jeanne was also pregnant at the time of his death.”
Since it could have been possible that she would give birth to a son, a regency was set up with an heir presumptive… Philip of Valois, a member of the House of Valois, the next-most-senior branch of the Capetian dynasty, being the regent. Philip, as Charles' cousin, was one of the two chief claimants to the throne along with the demands of former Dowager Queen Isabella of England, the late King Charles' sister, who claimed the French throne for her young son former English King Edward III… But I encouraged that the Salic Law be imposed, thus barring Edward. After two months, Jeanne gave birth to another daughter. The regent thus became the King and in May of last year, was consecrated and crowned King Philip VI at the Cathedral in Reims. In as much political intrigue and deals of state, Philip took control of Champagne, Troyes, Meaux and Brie, but ceded Navarre and Normandy to Joan II of Navarre.
Philip's reign has been punctuated with crises. It began with military success in Flanders at the Battle of Cassel in August of last year… I led some of Philip's forces and in the end, reseated Louis I of Flanders, who had been unseated by a popular revolution.
Furthermore, I believe that much of is Skye’s fortune is Templar based… the Templar supported King Robert in his endeavors against the English… and when Skye, in their war with England, seemed to be out of funds, Adam was able to fund new ship designs… new ships… and an army on two fronts…” James paused…
"Now if I can somehow prove this… I would be able to discredit the Auld Alliance, make Skye look like a gang of outlaws, instead of the hallowed beings they think themselves… and eventually bring France to arms against Skye… Now would that not satisfy yer pangs of glory…” James just smirked as his Father’s eyes grew larger.
William just sat in the chair, his chin upon a folded hand listening… “Now I know…” James continued… “That Sir Dmitrii Zurban had become deeply involved with this hidden war of the Templar and the Illuminati in his attempts to protect the Lady Willa… but her disappearance seemed to quell those hostilities. And Adam had several assassination attempts toward him in his leniency toward religion; all those supposed to be coordinated by one William Maubrey… who was deeply involved with the Illuminati.” James just smirked at his Father. “It is my intention... in the eyes of the world... to turn this blame from you… back onto those in power in Skye… mainly Adam and his band of incestuous court members…”
“Father… I will depart for Turas Lan within the week… It would be wise for you to wait here in Sanctuary til I call for you…” James smirked… “I will be in disguise… and no need for anyone to know… just leave it to me, my dearest Father…”
William snarled and James laughed… “To each his own, Father… and yu have lost yer chance… now it is mine…”