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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
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Christianity in 312 A.D. The Donation of Constantine references,
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in part, a supposed donation that Constantine gave to the bishop
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of Rome, who was one of many scattered bishops at that time. The
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alleged donation supposedly consisted of Constantine's imperial
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symbols and regalia.
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What is known formally as "The Donation of Constantine" is a
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document describing the above donations of symbols and regalia,
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and other things as well. But the document, "The Donation of
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Constantine," is now known to be, without question, a forgery.
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Who forged it? The papal chancery. [1]
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The document claims that Constantine declared the local bishop of
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Rome as "Vicar of Christ." It further claims that, as the newly
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appointed Vicar of Christ, the bishop of Rome returned the
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imperial regalia to Constantine. According to the concocted
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document, this set a precedent: the Pope could supposedly create
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kings.
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In 496 A.D., Clovis I was the Merovingian king. He was of a
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special bloodline going back to Jesus the King, and on back from
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there to the House of David. The Roman Church at that time was
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not dominant; it competed with other sects, such as Arianism
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which denied Jesus' divinity.
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King Clovis had several secret meetings with his wife, Queen
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Clotilde's, confessor, Saint Remy. From these secret meetings
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emerged a pact between King Clovis and the Roman Church. In
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return for Clovis being proclaimed "Novus Constantinus" ("New
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Constantine," emperor of a to-be-created Holy Roman Empire),
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Clovis would use his armies to crush any sects competing with the
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Roman Church. "The pact between Clovis and the Roman Church" was
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"an indissoluble bond" binding the Merovingians and the Roman
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Church "in perpetuity." [1]
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Dagobert II of the Merovingian line was born in 651 A.D. Upon his
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accession to the throne, King Dagobert II was lax in serving the
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wishes of the Roman Church, and "incurred ecclesiastical
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displeasure." [1] The Mayor of the Palace was Pepin the Fat.
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Pepin the Fat aligned himself with Rome and, on December 23, 679
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A.D., Dagobert II was assassinated. The Roman Church "promptly
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endorsed the actions of the king's assassins." [1]
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The successive Mayors of the Palace -- Pepin II, Charles Martel,
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and Pepin III -- gained increasing power. But Pepin III was not
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satisfied with just being Mayor, he wanted to be a king. He came
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to an arrangement with the Pope, and the Pope, by virtue of the
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spurious document, "Donation of Constantine," proclaimed Pepin
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III as king. But this was "a brazen betrayal of the pact
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ratified with Clovis two and a half centuries before." [1] By
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what right did the Pope elevate Pepin III to kingship -- supposed
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to be based on bloodline -- and cause the true king, Childeric
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III, to be deposed and imprisoned? Why, it was by right of a
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crucial document "discovered" just the year before: The Donation
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of Constantine.
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---------------------------<< Notes >>---------------------------
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[1] *Holy Blood, Holy Grail* by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh,
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and Henry Lincoln. ISBN: 0-440-03662-3.
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http://www.shout.net/~bigred/cn.html
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http://www.netcom.com/~feustel
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Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et
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pauperem. -- Liber Proverbiorum XXXI: 8-9
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