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The Knights Templar.
were deceived , have had an equal portion of improA idence and perfidy . Mentita est iniquitas sibi . * Another consideration supports the preceding ones . Allowing such confessions to have been made , the Pope annouced that the cardinals , after the Grand Master ' s and preceptors' abjuration of the heresy ,
had granted them , at their request , absolution according to the usage of the Church . t The cardinals Avrote about it to the King , requesting him to treat the Grand Master and the other chief with benignity . " And nevertheless it stands upon record , by the proceedings , that
when the Grand Master returned to Paris , and appeared before the apostolic commissioners , he Avas in the utmost indigence : he loudly complained of not having four deniers in his power to expend for the defence of the Order , or for any other purpose . He demanded to hear mass , and the divine offices . He persisted in his applications to be
sent to the Pope , that he might justify his Order before him ; but without effect . Had the Grand Master made at Chinon the confesions attributed to him , can any one doubt but that he Avould have received the reward of his condescension ? Could he have remained in prison and in a state of the utmost misery ?
Had he been reconciled with the Church , could he be reduced to the necessity of demanding permission to hear mass and the hol y offices ? In fine , had he made those confessions , would he have dared to demand to appear before the Pope and those A ery same cardinals ?
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Knights Templar.
were deceived , have had an equal portion of improA idence and perfidy . Mentita est iniquitas sibi . * Another consideration supports the preceding ones . Allowing such confessions to have been made , the Pope annouced that the cardinals , after the Grand Master ' s and preceptors' abjuration of the heresy ,
had granted them , at their request , absolution according to the usage of the Church . t The cardinals Avrote about it to the King , requesting him to treat the Grand Master and the other chief with benignity . " And nevertheless it stands upon record , by the proceedings , that
when the Grand Master returned to Paris , and appeared before the apostolic commissioners , he Avas in the utmost indigence : he loudly complained of not having four deniers in his power to expend for the defence of the Order , or for any other purpose . He demanded to hear mass , and the divine offices . He persisted in his applications to be
sent to the Pope , that he might justify his Order before him ; but without effect . Had the Grand Master made at Chinon the confesions attributed to him , can any one doubt but that he Avould have received the reward of his condescension ? Could he have remained in prison and in a state of the utmost misery ?
Had he been reconciled with the Church , could he be reduced to the necessity of demanding permission to hear mass and the hol y offices ? In fine , had he made those confessions , would he have dared to demand to appear before the Pope and those A ery same cardinals ?