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Originally Posted by Brandy85
Priory of Sion was and MAYBE still is a secret society..
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I don't think your post is offensive, but you've got your facts wrong.
The Priory of Sion was founded in June 1956 by Pierre Plantard, who at that time was working as a draftsman at the Chanovin works in Annemasse. As for the 'Dossiers Secrets', they were forged and filed with the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris by Pierre Plantard in the 1960s. The French journalist Jean-Luc Chaumeil unmasked Plantard's forgeries in the 1980s and published several books on the subject. He also collaborated with BBC2 on a TV show which was broadcast in 1996, and which presented evidence debunking the whole story.
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Originally Posted by Brandy85
Opus Dei is real organization,( off the record I personally sound of more of cult to me, but just my opinion).
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Opus Dei is a Catholic institution for lay people and diocesan priests. It isn't a cult, and there aren't any monks.
This article is Opus Dei's response to Davinci Code's depiction of the prelature.
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Originally Posted by Brandy85
...there are about 60 gosples and we only have gotten to read a few of them... and that just make me feel like the church is hiding something...
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The 1945 Nag Hammadi find included many of the so-called "secret" gospels, such as The Gospel of Thomas, The Gospel of Philip, The Gospel of Truth, The Gospel of the Egyptians, The Apocalypse of Peter, The Apocalypse of Paul, The Letter of Peter to Philip, The Thunder, Perfect Mind, and Testimony of Truth.
Remember that the canon of scripture was formed well before the council of Nicea. The Gnostic Gospels were not hidden or suppressed, they were not included because of the theology the represented. The church fathers referred to Gnostic precepts in their writings, and simply rejected them. The Gnostic bibles were not suppresed, rather, they were not included because they present a theology that is heretical to Christian theology:
Christian:
Salvation comes to all who put their faith in Christ
Jesus died on the Cross for sins of humanity
Christ was God in the Old Testament who entered humanity
Jesus was God from eternity past, dwelling in flesh
Gnostic:
Salvation comes to those who attain secret knowledge (Gnosis).
Jesus did not die on the Cross, a phantom or subsitute died on the Cross
God of the Old Testament is a demon who has trapped spirit being in physical bodies
Jesus came into existence from All-father and Sophia (Goddess).
The USCCB (Council of Catholic Bishops) has a good website:
http://www.jesusdecoded.com. They cite their sources, so you don't have to take their word for it...