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The Knights Templar.
resides the plenitude of poAver , but however , not to embarrass the business , bat rather to expidite it , Avith more ease , he consented that the . provincial councils should proceed on their " own authority , although this way of procedure were not conformable to law . *
The Pope also ordered that no further examinations or proceedings should be carried on ag-ainst those Templars who had been a Ireacly- examined . Nothing will appear more preposterous than this judiciary form , unless it be the sentences which were pronounced in France in
consequence of it . The Pontiff required that the proceedings should be according- to law .
The Council of Sens had for president the brother of Enguerrand de Marigni , minister of Philip the Fair . The proceeding's against the Templars solely regarded the manner of receiving the new members . Whether according to the new statutes of the Order , the candidate
denied Jesus Christ ? spit upon the Cross ? or was encouraged to the depravity of his morals , & c . If it were proven that they denied Jesus Christ , the Templars Avere prosecuted as heretics . Tet if they confessed their crimes , and begged forgiveness for
their pretended crimes , they were no longer regarded as heretics ; but were reconciled to the Church . By the sentence of the Council of Sens , f the knights who had
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Knights Templar.
resides the plenitude of poAver , but however , not to embarrass the business , bat rather to expidite it , Avith more ease , he consented that the . provincial councils should proceed on their " own authority , although this way of procedure were not conformable to law . *
The Pope also ordered that no further examinations or proceedings should be carried on ag-ainst those Templars who had been a Ireacly- examined . Nothing will appear more preposterous than this judiciary form , unless it be the sentences which were pronounced in France in
consequence of it . The Pontiff required that the proceedings should be according- to law .
The Council of Sens had for president the brother of Enguerrand de Marigni , minister of Philip the Fair . The proceeding's against the Templars solely regarded the manner of receiving the new members . Whether according to the new statutes of the Order , the candidate
denied Jesus Christ ? spit upon the Cross ? or was encouraged to the depravity of his morals , & c . If it were proven that they denied Jesus Christ , the Templars Avere prosecuted as heretics . Tet if they confessed their crimes , and begged forgiveness for
their pretended crimes , they were no longer regarded as heretics ; but were reconciled to the Church . By the sentence of the Council of Sens , f the knights who had