The Second Messiah: Templars, The Turin Shroud, and the Great Secret of Freemasonry (original 1997; edition 2000)

by Christopher and Lomas Knight, Robert

Series: The Hiram Key (2)

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The search for a theory to explain the enigma of the Turin Shroud continues. Many people want the shroud to be proof of Christ's mission, but Knight and Lomas argue that it is not. They propose that behind the shroud is a tale of pride, greed, power-lust and suffering.

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Title:	The Second Messiah: Templars, The Turin Shroud, and the Great Secret of Freemasonry
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The Second Messiah: Templars, the Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry by Christopher Knight (1997)

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The Turin Shroud has been a controversial item since it first bobbed up in the late 14th Century. Some people think, for whatever reason, that it was the cloth that Jesus was buried in while many others believe it is a medieval forgery. The authors have their own idea on what the shroud is, which is neither Jesus nor forgery. That idea involves the Knights Templar, Freemasonry and, of course, Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland.

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MiaCulpa | Jul 6, 2020 |

A good theory about the shroud, and some neat information on the demise of the Templars. A bit more believable than their first work and a neat read. (

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tuckerresearch | Sep 26, 2006 |

Signed by both authors: "To Brian, Best Wishes"

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"Drugi mesija" otkriva da Torinski pokrov, osim što je ikona zvanične crkve, pruža i naučne dokaze o alternativnoj, skrivenoj istoriji zapadne civilizacije i tajnim društvima koja su njom upravljala. Ovaj komad tkanine je poštovan više od sedam vekova zbog toga što nosi otisak razapetog Hrista, ali su rezultati istraživanja 1988. godine pokazali da ta tkanina nije mogla biti starija od 1260. godine. Nije falsifikat, ali ne predstavlja lik Isusa Hrista. Odgonetajući zagonetku pokrova, ova knjiga razotkriva mnogo veću misteriju: kako ovaj srednjovekovni artefakt povezuje Isusa i čoveka za kojeg se veruje da je njegov sledbenik. Čuvari ove velike tajne trudili su se da je sakriju i od sveta i od svojih članova, ali nisu uspeli da unište dokaz... skriven u odbačenim ritualima Slobodnog Zidarstva.

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The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasons and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus by Christopher Knight

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The Second Messiah: Templars, the Turin Shroud and the Great Secret of Freemasonry

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1997

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Jacques de Molay

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Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland, UK

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Wine is strong, a king is stronger, women are even stronger. But truth will conquer all.
-- The Book of Esdras

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To my wife and our three children.
- R.L.

To my wife Susan and our three daughters Kathryn, Lucy and Sophie.
-C.K.

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The search for a theory to explain the enigma of the Turin Shroud continues. Many people want the shroud to be proof of Christ's mission, but Knight and Lomas argue that it is not. They propose that behind the shroud is a tale of pride, greed, power-lust and suffering.

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For almost seven and a half centuries, a piece of cloth was venerated because it bore the image of the crucified Christ. However, but results of carbon dating have shown that the fabric could not have predated 1260. Now new evidence conclusively proves that it is not a face...yet neither is it the image of Jesus Christ.
In the follow-up to their groundbreaking first book, The Hiram Key, Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas continue their research into the mysteries of Freemasonry and the true historical Jesus, and uncover the precise time and place of the shroudÆs creation.

The answer to the great mystery of the Shroud of Turin will surprise and astonish as the authors unlock the secrets of abandoned Freemason rituals and the man who would be called the Second Messiah.

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