

So, how can the church be at one and the same time said to desire the eradication of the 'sacred feminine' and yet hold the Mother of Jesus in such high, almost idolatrous esteem?"Īn excellent question. Sulpice.ģ) Marty Morris says: "The Catholic Church has for centuries - and especially in the past century - venerated the Blessed Virgin Mary sometimes so much so that Catholics are accused of 'worshipping' her. A second tantalizing new tidbit was the identification of a grand master, one Abbe Ducaud-Bourget, who trained for his priesthood at St. He was an ultra conservative of the Roman Catholic Church. One new bit of information supplied was Archbishop Mardel Lefebvre's association with the priory. The author also hinted that the Priory was preparing for something … something representing a power capable of confronting the Vatican. Much of the information supplied had been seen before, but some new details about the Priory were revealed, shining new light on the lineage of the grand masters of the order. The author indicates he was explicitly associated with the Priory of Sion. In that same year, a new "Prieure Document" appeared in a small publication called Le Cercle d'Ulysse. His extensive research revealed new information on the Priory.

Paoli did eventually establish contact with a Priory member, but he did not mention him by name.

In 1973 the book Les Dessous d'une Ambition Politique was written by Swiss journalist Mathieu Paoli. Siege social: Sous-Cassan, Annemasse (Haute Savoie).

Declaration a la sous-prefecture de Saint-Julien-en-Genevois. In this publication, called the Journal Officiel, there exists an entry on J(issue #167): 25 juin 1956. In France there is a weekly government publication that lists all secret societies and organizations in that country (all secret societies must declare themselves in France). By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end up debating semantics to the point where we entirely miss the fact that we are all trying to decipher life's big mysteries, and we're each following our own paths of enlightenment. Still others require a belief that all those who do not accept Christ as their personal savior are doomed to hell.įaith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. Others feel you must accept the Bible as immutable historical fact. If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. I believe that one of the reasons the book has become controversial is that religion is a very hard thing to discuss in quantitative terms. I chose this topic for personal reasons - primarily as an exploration of my own faith and my own ideas about religion. Strangely, I don't think I ever actively "decided" to tackle a controversial topic. 1) Jill Gordon in Massachusetts asks: "What made you decide to tackle a controversial topic or was that your intention?"
