Britain, Freemasonry and the Rosslyn Chapel factor

The history of the chapel, however, begins not in Scotland but in Rome as researchers Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas – authors of The Hiram Key – reveal. It begins with the Knights Templar, a paramilitary group sponsored with papal blessing to, it seems, search for and secure certain ‘secret relics and manuscripts’ relating to Jewish history. Indeed, from AD 1118-1120, they extensively excavated the labyrinths of the Jerusalem (Herod’s) Temple.

Whether it was gold or secret knowledge they discovered, the Templars somehow grew suddenly very rich and powerful, rivalling even the papacy. The above authors identify one major find as ancient scrolls documenting the very foundations of Christianity, pos-sibly just before the AD 70 genocide of Jews by Rome. As Judah (now Israel) fell, Jews hid precious scrolls in the labyrinth under the Jerusalem Temple; the Nasoreans (Nazarenes) of Qumran in the crevices of caves (later discovered as the Dead Sea Scrolls): texts that could turn ‘accepted’ history on its head.