Priory of Sion - ostensibly existing European secret society, which was founded in the eleventh century.Its intended purpose - to preserve and protect the original precepts of Christianity.It also acts as guardian of the genealogical tree of descendants of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene.The interest of the public to it was brought by a number of books, among which are especially a lot of controversy caused by the publication, became a bestseller - "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail."
Priory of Sion plays a central role in the sensational novel "The Da Vinci Code", written by Dan Brown.It argues that the organization was founded in 1090 in the Holy Land Baron Godfrey of Bouillon, to return to power of the Merovingian dynasty, which are considered the descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.Among the leaders called Isaac Newton and Sandro Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Leonardo da Vinci.Those names were listed in the parchments, known as the "secret dossier" (they were found in the National Library in Paris in 1975).
They tell that after Jerusalem was conquered by the Crusaders, on Mount Zion began construction of the Abbey of Our Lady.It housed the monks of the Augustinian Order.As advisors to Godfrey of Bouillon, they entered the secret society, and also took part in the creation of the Knights Templar (1118) as his administrative power.This society functioned under different names, but most often mentioned "Priory of Sion."
two organizations acted for the sake of common interests, but at the same time to a certain extent is a competitor, which ultimately led to serious differences in beliefs.The Temple, as we know, has been abolished (in 1312), but the Priory of Sion continued to exist and ruled by grandmasters, or the Grand Masters - men whose names glorified in the history and culture of Western Europe.
In "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail", the authors put forward the hypothesis that Jesus married to Mary Magdalene, had several children.
they or their descendants left for land located in what is now southern France.Later, they entered into marriage alliances with the noble families, eventually founding the Merovingian dynasty.
Today, the Priory of Sion, announced its revival in 2002, protects the descendants of the ancient French dynasty.According to him, the legendary Holy Grail - the womb of St. Mary Magdalene, and therefore sacred royal family tree, ancestor of which it is.He is committed to the idea of a united Europe and a new world order.
Catholic Church, according to the "Priory of Sion" was trying to destroy the dynasty and its defenders - the Knights Templar and the Cathars, to preserve their power through the patriarchal line of popes, beginning with St. Peter.
But the problem is that while the Templars and Qatar, as well as a secret society of Freemasons, which arose in the seventeenth century, has historically existed, all the evidence relating to the "Priory of Sion" and proposed, as a truth in the above products, inactually based on false information.This is a hoax, created a fraud and a contender for the French throne by Pierre Plantard, who is the founder of the Priory of Sion.
