Knights Templar to sue the Vatican

[Trooper110]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08..._templar_pope/

Wheeeeeee, lol.

[WalkinTarget]

I thought the Knights Templars were not to make it known that they were members, similar to Free Masons ?? How do you sign as a plaintiff if you are trying to hide your membership ?


Ohh, and that Pope dude is guilty as sin !! Give them back the Cup of the Holy Grail and be DONE WITH IT !!

[Rand{CLR}]

I've got to think there's some sort of statute of limitations here.

-Rand

[mapes]

I thought the Knights Templars were not to make it known that they were members, similar to Free Masons ?? How do you sign as a plaintiff if you are trying to hide your membership ?


Ohh, and that Pope dude is guilty as sin !! Give them back the Cup of the Holy Grail and be DONE WITH IT !!

The Knights Templar are not a secret order. Supposedly they're main goals were
1. Safe passage of Christian pilgrims to the holy lands
2. Banking

There is some truth to the Pope and the French king plot. Although yeah at this point..... BTW they were not questing for the holy grail...

[Trooper110]

Exactly...that was King Arthur and his knights! (Watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail if you need more information )

Actually, the Templar originally got their money since as monks they were not allowed to hold personal property, it was all given over to the brotherhood. I believe it was originally supposed to be used to support the Templar in the Holy Land as the Church was already using large amounts of money there and didn't want to support them. Eventually they began loaning money and acting as bankers as it became more fashionable for Knights and some "landed" classes to join their ranks, and they gained more monetary assets from both these people joining and their banking practices. The French King then became jealous of this, and working with the Pope, had the leaders declared heretics and seized their holdings. At which point it became "widely known" that Templars were heretics and they were persecuted in to oblivion. I'm not sure any "direct" Templars have come down through the ages, although as the article said there is/are a group(s) that is/are recognized as their successors. Now apparently one of them wants the money back that the French and Pope stole from them. This is brought more to bear I believe due to recent findings at the Vatican that indicate that the Templars were not heretics and the organization was not banned by the Church. Although I'd have to agree, there should be a Statute of Limitations on the issue, you never know as it being a Spanish court, and with the new evidence regarding the heretical status of the Templars just being uncovered.

[jaspurr]

Crazy. So here's the future:

The christians sue the romans (you know that story)
UK sue's USA for kicking our ass
Poland sues Germany for kicking their ass
French sues everyone for kicking their ass's at some point in time

Then there was that kid in the play ground who broke the ski on my arctic action man

Boy, I knew I should have done a law degree

[jaspurr]

you never know as it being a Spanish court,

Oh trooper now you really set the cat amongst the pigeons, they gonna sue our ass's in the UK for Gibraltar now.

[Trooper110]

lol, I only said that because I know absolutely nothing at all about the Spanish legal system. Literally...nothing

[mapes]

lol, I only said that because I know absolutely nothing at all about the Spanish legal system. Literally...nothing

When you said Spanish legal system I immediately thought...


No one expects the Spanish Inquisition

[Trooper110]

rofl mapes.....great clip that is

[jaspurr]

When you said Spanish legal system I immediately thought...


No one expects the Spanish Inquisition

You get Minerva mad and this may be what you will get

[xGoblin013x]

Crazy. So here's the future:

The christians sue the romans (you know that story)
UK sue's USA for kicking our ass
Poland sues Germany for kicking their ass
French sues everyone for kicking their ass's at some point in time

Then there was that kid in the play ground who broke the ski on my arctic action man

Boy, I knew I should have done a law degree

Wow... not only all that, but the Afrikaaners are going to sue you
the Indians and Pakistanis are gonna sue you
the Vietnamese are gonna sue us
the Mexicans, cubans, and Philipines are gonna sue us
the Peruvians sue the Spanish
everyone sues the Ruskies
the Chinese sue themselves
the Canadians... hmmm, who would the Canadians get in a lawsuit with?

[Apache Warrior]

the Canadians... hmmm, who would the Canadians get in a lawsuit with?

Eskimos. Oh excuse me the Inuit.
Apache

[Minerva]

Oh trooper now you really set the cat amongst the pigeons, they gonna sue our ass's in the UK for Gibraltar now.

don't get me started!!

[Hammy]

FYI- Catholicism is made up of many brotherhoods of ministry. There are different vows accepted by each order. For example, the Christian Brothers did not take the vow of poverty, and are in fact, the wealthiest order within the Catholic Church.

Their wines and investments in property are of highest value.
They own a property off the Spanish Steps in Rome that was appraised above several Billion Dollars in 1999.

The Knights Templar is a victim of exposure, with many books written in recent years claiming specific things that are based on limited facts or speculative resources.

True: They started a bank to store the values in wealth that they accumulated so that these resources could be available to the travelling order.

True: One aspect of their lives was guiding and protecting Christians to the Holy Land.

However, they did so much more.
The fact that they are demanding this now is curious to me.