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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 11 Num. 79
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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THE DONATION OF CONSTANTINE
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Allegedly, the Roman emperor Constantine converted to
Christianity in 312 A.D. The Donation of Constantine references,
in part, a supposed donation that Constantine gave to the bishop
of Rome, who was one of many scattered bishops at that time. The
alleged donation supposedly consisted of Constantine's imperial
symbols and regalia.
What is known formally as "The Donation of Constantine" is a
document describing the above donations of symbols and regalia,
and other things as well. But the document, "The Donation of
Constantine," is now known to be, without question, a forgery.
Who forged it? The papal chancery. [1]
The document claims that Constantine declared the local bishop of
Rome as "Vicar of Christ." It further claims that, as the newly
appointed Vicar of Christ, the bishop of Rome returned the
imperial regalia to Constantine. According to the concocted
document, this set a precedent: the Pope could supposedly create
kings.
In 496 A.D., Clovis I was the Merovingian king. He was of a
special bloodline going back to Jesus the King, and on back from
there to the House of David. The Roman Church at that time was
not dominant; it competed with other sects, such as Arianism
which denied Jesus' divinity.
King Clovis had several secret meetings with his wife, Queen
Clotilde's, confessor, Saint Remy. From these secret meetings
emerged a pact between King Clovis and the Roman Church. In
return for Clovis being proclaimed "Novus Constantinus" ("New
Constantine," emperor of a to-be-created Holy Roman Empire),
Clovis would use his armies to crush any sects competing with the
Roman Church. "The pact between Clovis and the Roman Church" was
"an indissoluble bond" binding the Merovingians and the Roman
Church "in perpetuity." [1]
Dagobert II of the Merovingian line was born in 651 A.D. Upon his
accession to the throne, King Dagobert II was lax in serving the
wishes of the Roman Church, and "incurred ecclesiastical
displeasure." [1] The Mayor of the Palace was Pepin the Fat.
Pepin the Fat aligned himself with Rome and, on December 23, 679
A.D., Dagobert II was assassinated. The Roman Church "promptly
endorsed the actions of the king's assassins." [1]
The successive Mayors of the Palace -- Pepin II, Charles Martel,
and Pepin III -- gained increasing power. But Pepin III was not
satisfied with just being Mayor, he wanted to be a king. He came
to an arrangement with the Pope, and the Pope, by virtue of the
spurious document, "Donation of Constantine," proclaimed Pepin
III as king. But this was "a brazen betrayal of the pact
ratified with Clovis two and a half centuries before." [1] By
what right did the Pope elevate Pepin III to kingship -- supposed
to be based on bloodline -- and cause the true king, Childeric
III, to be deposed and imprisoned? Why, it was by right of a
crucial document "discovered" just the year before: The Donation
of Constantine.
---------------------------<< Notes >>---------------------------
[1] *Holy Blood, Holy Grail* by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh,
and Henry Lincoln. ISBN: 0-440-03662-3.
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