Summary
Christopher Knight, Robert Lomas: The Second Messiah
The Templars, the Shroud of Turin and the Great Secret of Freemasonry
For more than seven centuries, a piece of the Shroud was worshiped because it was believed to bear the image of the crucified Jesus Christ. In 1988, the results of radiocarbon dating showed that the fabric was no older than 1260. New evidence convincingly confirms that it is not a forgery, but neither is it an image of Jesus Christ. By unraveling the mystery of the Shroud, this book brings a much deeper secret: the truth about the direct connection of this medieval object to Jesus and the man who is believed to have been Jesus' successor. The keepers of that great secret did everything to hide it from the rest of the world, and even from their own members. However, they failed to destroy the evidence, and it is hidden in the discarded rites of Freemasonry. "The Second Messiah" reveals that the Shroud of Turin is not only an icon of the ruling Church, but scientific evidence of another, hidden history of Western civilization and the secret societies that governed it.
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