Knights Templar hid the Shroud of Turin, says Vatican

Times Online ^ | 04/05/2009 | Richard Owen

[aruanan]

Funny, he doesn't look Jewish.

Funny, he's got the marks of a phylactery on his forehead. That looks distinctly Jewish.

[aruanan]

Where was the shroud from 1-1204?

You mean "from ~33 to 1204"? In Constantinople in the care of the Eastern Church?

[nufsed]

So in 33 the shroud was transported to Constantinople?

Source?

[zot]

Ping

[mountainlion]

Think of the Templars as: Bank

Think that the king will kill hundreds of bankers?

[patton]

Is that the little prayer box?

[BuckeyeTexan]

Constantinople? I really don’t know much about the shroud.

[CapnJack]

Probably in the same place as the ...
Ark of the Covenant.

You know, that large gov’t warehouse in the desert west.

[aruanan]

So in 33 the shroud was transported to Constantinople? Source?

You're overlooking the obvious. If the shroud dates from the first century, it wasn't anywhere before ~33AD

[airedale]

It’s supposed to be in Axum Ethiopia if you believe the Ethiopian Orthodox Church or Graham Hancock (Sign and the Seal). Hancock’s book is a good read and makes a pretty good case.

[nufsed]

You’re misreading AND avoiding the question.

[Kansas58]

He might as well kill the bankers, he whipped up angry mobs against AIG, even though OBAMA signed a law protecting the contractual bonuses!
Then, Obama told the bankers, “I am the only thing between you and the pitchforks” -—
Then, Obama looks the other way when his Dem buddies at Freddie and Fannie get THEIR bonuses!

History repeats itself!

Also, the Templars were the bankers AND the feudal defenders of Christianity against Islam.

And the French King “went for the gold” and killed off the Templars.

Just like Obama is cutting our military to “spread the wealth around”.

[Desdemona]

Actually, the strongest tradition for the location of the Ark of the Covenant is a town in Ethiopia along the Nile called Oxham (I'm not sure how it's spelled). It hasn't been seen in almost 2,000 years, but that's the last place it was seen and the place that claims it. The Grail supposedly was kept under the temple in Jerusalem and then disappeared at some point in the middle ages. There are a number of rumors. What's true and what's not...God knows.

[Swordmaker]

Shroud of Turin WAS held by the Knights Templar after the Fourth Crusade according to documentation found in the Vatican Archives ... PING!

If you want on or off the Shroud of Turin Ping List, Freepmail me.

[lilylangtree]

Discovery Channel or History Channel did a special a few years back on the Shroud of Turin. Apparently, for political reasons and fear of power of the Knights Templar brought their downfall by the King & the Pope. And yes, the carbon dating of the Shroud indicated that it was of later date, and therefore a fake. The sample taken was just a few threads from a corner. I seriously doubt that any samples will ever be taken again. And the story will grow.

[Desdemona]

Then, Obama told the bankers, “I am the only thing between you and the pitchforks”

Never mind that the majority of us live in cities and pitchforks are not exactly common in garages anymore.

But, to the point of the post - yes, the Templars were framed, more or less, in a political move and it should not be surprising to anyone who knows history of that time halfway decently that they would have brought the Shroud from Constantinople. It's as plausible as anything else.

[nufsed]

LOL. They forgot to get the stainout.

You made it 0 for 3, but with humor.

[1066AD]

First century is 0-99 not 100-199; example, 19th century is 1800-1899, 20th century 1900-1999 and so on.

[nufsed]

I remember now. The year 0. Wasn’t that when nothing happened?