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History of Events
1,600,000 B.C.: Earliest human life recorded. 250,000: Earliest Homo Sapiens, God Created the other races. (Genesis Chapter One) 70,000: Neanderthals use stone tools and fire. 40,000: Ice Age ends: Cro-Magnons migrate into Europe. 30,000: Neanderthals disappear. 28,000: Asians cross land bridge between Asia and America. 20,000: European cave art begins. 8000: Agriculture develops in Near East. 7000: First walled cities, pottery, and use of metals appear. 4307: God Formed from the dust of the ground the White Race. (Genesis 2:1) 4236: Earliest date on Egyptian calendar. 4100: Adam created by Yahweh. 4000: Seth is born to Adam. 3900: Enos is born to Seth. 3800: Cainan is born to Enos. 3760: Earliest date on Jewish calendar. 3700: Mahalaleel is born to Cainan. 3600: Jared is born to Mahalaleel. 3500: Enoch is born to Jared. 3400: Methuselah is born to Enoch. 3200: Lamech is born to Methuselah. 3100: AEnoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him@ Egypt united under first dynasty.3000: Phoenicians migrate to Eastern Mediterranean. Seth dies at age 912. Noah is born to Lamech. 2900: Enos dies at age 905. Cainan dies at age 910. 2800: Mehalaleel dies at age 895. 2780: First Egyptian Pyramid. 2700: Jared dies at age 962. 2697: Huang-ti becomes AYellow Emperor@ of China (Chittim).2675: Shem, Ham, and Japheth are born to Noah 2575: Arphaxad born to Shem 2 years after The Flood. 2550: Methuselah dies at age 969, same year as The Flood. 2475: Peleg is born to Eber; in those days the earth was divided. 2450: Eber is born (from whom comes the name Hebrews). 2400: Salah is born to Arphaxad. 2350: Nahor is born to Serug. 2325: Serug is born to Reu. 2300: Reu is born to Peleg. 2250: Abram born to Terah. 2200: Terah is born to Nahor. 2175: Abram's name changed to Abraham; Isaac is born to Abraham. 2150: Ishmael is born to Abram through Hagar. Aryans invade Indus Valley. 2125: Abram leaves Haran. 2100: Noah dies at age 950 (350 years after the Flood). 2025: Jacob and Esau are born to Isaac; Abraham dies at age 175. 2000: Isaac marries Rebecca. Bronze age begins in Europe. 1991-1786: The Patriarchs. 1975: Jacob dies in Egypt at age 147. 1925: Isaac dies at age 180. 1921: God called Abraham. (Genesis 12:1) 1911: Ishmael born. (Genesis 16:5) 1900: Joseph is born to Jacob. 1898: Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed.(Genesis 19) 1897: Isaac Born.(Genesis 21:1-2) 1825: Joseph dies in Egypt at age 110. 1776-1280: Hebrews in Egypt. 1760: Shang dynasty is founded in China. 1728-1686: Hammurapi. 1600: Moses is born in Egypt. 1550: Moses flees to the land of Midian. 1570-1310: 18th Dynasty. 1500: The Exodus from Egypt. 1450: Death of Moses at age 120; the Israelites enter Canaan. 1400-1350: Iron Age begins in Asia. 1400: Deliverance by Othniel, Caleb's younger brother. 1375: Ehud judges Israel. 1325: Shamgar judges Israel. 1310-1200: 19th Dynasty. 1300: The land rests under Deborah and Barak. 1275: Servitude to the Midianites. 1250-1280: Exodus of Israelites from Egypt. 1250: Gideon judges Israel. 1240: Conquest of Canaan under Joshua. 1225: Tola defends Israel. 1200: Jair judges Israel. 1200-1125: Philistines settle in Palestine. 1200-1020: The Judges. 1203 Origin of The Illuminati Back in 1203 B.C.: From the official printing press of the Rosicrucians, it states: AIn 1203 B.C., several of the Brothers of the Order who were of the Illuminati were commissioned to go into other lands and spread the secret doctrines by the establishment of other Lodges. It was quite apparent that Egypt was to be subjected to a devastation and that its great learning might be lost.A It was finally decided that 'no undue haste should be sanctioned in permitting the Brothers who have gone abroad to establish Lodges, but rather that those who travel here in search of the Light should be tried, and to those found qualified shall be given the commission to return to their people and establish a Lodge in the name of the Brotherhood. It was this dictum; known as the 'Amra,' that in later years proved the wisdom of the Councilors at this meeting, for it not only became a hard and fast rule, but made for the success of the plans of propagation. It was in this wise that the phrase 'travel East for learning or Light' first came into use; for those who soon began to travel to Egypt came from the West. About the year 1000 B.C., there came to Egypt a character whose name is recorded as Aslomon.@ (Rosicrucian, Questions and Answers, with Complete History, H. Spencer Lewis, Ph.D., F.R.C., pp. 44-45)If this is true, Israel's King Solomon was trained in the Illuminati teaching. No wonder he allowed his wives to establish their own private booths to worship their false gods. From the book Kabbalah by Charles Ponce which shows this symbol to be of occultic origin. It is one of the three greatest occultic or Satanic symbols. It had nothing to do with King David, but a 15th century teacher of the Kabbalistic teachings. ASoloman had the assistance of two who had traveled in Egypt as architects and artists; Huramabi of Tyre and one Hiram Abif. The Saloman brotherhood was closely watched by the fraternity in Egypt, which had removed its headquarters to Thebes again because of political changes and the warring invasions in the territory of El Amarna, which eventually reduced the entire community to ruins.It was found that Saloman restricted his order to males and adapted a great many of the details of the Rosicrucian initiations and services. At first it was believed that he would apply to the Grand Lodge in Thebes for a charter and make his work a branch of the R.C., but it became apparent before the first assembly was held that he was not adhering to the Rosicrucian philosophy, for he used the sun as the exclusive symbol of his order. Of the growth of the Saloman brotherhood, as it was officially called in all ancient documents, one may read in all literature bearing upon Freemasonry. it has evolved into a semi-mystical, speculative, secret, fraternal order of power and great honor, gradually altering the principles laid down by Saloman, it is true, but doing so for the greater benefit of man. The Greeks were now coming to Hebes to study, and it was at this time that the world-wide spread of the organization began. @ (Rosicrucian, Questions and Answers, with Complete History, H. Spencer Lewis, Ph.D., F.R.C., pp. 48-49)1075: Philistines capture the Ark; Eli dies; David reigns in Hebron. 1050: David captures Zion and moves his capital there. Fall of Shiloh. Samuel. Dorian tribes invade Peloponnesus. (Joshua 18:1) 1025: David dies at age 70; Solomon succeeds him on the throne. 1020-1004: Saul. (1 Samuel 9:2) 1000: Temple completed and dedicated 1000-965: David. Hebrews establish Jerusalem capital of Israel. Teutons migrate to Rhine River area. (Ruth 4:22) 975: Solomon dies; Rehoboam begins reign. 965-928: Solomon. Rezon.(2 Samuel 12:24) 950: Southern kingdom (Judah) Northern kingdom (Israel). Asa begins 41 year reign. 935-???: 22nd Dynasty. 935-914: Shishak.(1 Kings 11:43) 928-911: Rehoboam (Judah). (1 Kings 11:43) 925: Omri - Samaria founded. Jehoshaphat begins 25 year reign. Abijah begins 3 year reign. Jeroboam I, son of Nebat. 918-917: Shishak invades Palestine. (1 Kings 11:40) 911-908: Abijah (Judah). (1 Kings 14:1) 908-867: Asa (Judah). (1 Kings 15:8) 907-906: Nadab (Israel). (1 Kings 14:20) 906-883: Baasha (Israel) Ben-Hadad I. (1 Kings 15:16) 883-882: Elah (Israel). (1 Kings 16:6) 882: Zimri (Israel). (1 Kings 16:9) 882-871: Omri (Israel) Ben-Hadad II. (1 Kings 16:16) 875: Jehoram/Ahaziah/Athaliah. Joash begins 40 year reign. Jehu begins his reign. 871-852: Ahab (Israel). (1 Kings 16:28) 867-846: Jehoshaphat (Judah). (1 Kings 4:3) 860: Jehoahaz begins his reign. 853: Battle of Oarqar. Elijah. 852-852: Ahaziah (Israel). (1 Kings 22:40) 851-842: Jehu (Israel). Hazael. 850: Amaziah begins 29 year reign. (1 Kings 22:50) 846-843: Jehoram (Judah). 843-842: Ahaziah (Judah). (1 Kings 22:40) 836-798: Jehoash (Judah).(2 Kings 11:21) 825: Southern kingdom (Judah). Northern kingdom (Israel). 815-800: Jehoahaz (Israel). Ben-Hadad III. Carthage is founded by Phoenicians. (2 Kings 10:35) 810: Azariah (Uzziah) begins reign. Joash begins his reign. 800: Jeroboam II begins his reign 800-784: Jehoash (Israel). Amos. (2 Kings 11:21; Amos 1:1) Hosea the prophet. Jotham begins 16 year reign. Isaiah and Amos the prophets. 798-769: Amaziah (Judah). (2 Kings 12:21) 784-748: Jehoash (Israel). Hosea. (Hosea 1:1) 769-733: Uzziah (Judah). (2 Kings 15:31; 2 Chronicles 26:1) 758-743: Jotham (Judah) (regent). (2 Kings 15:5; 2 Chronicles 26:21) 753: Rome is founded 750: Ahaz begins 16 year reign. Menahem begins 10 year reign. Hezekiah begins 29 year reign. Hoshea begins 9 year reign. Micah the prophet. 10 tribes dispersed by Assyria. 748-747: Zechariah (Israel). Rezin. (1 Chronicles) 748-747: Shallum (Israel). (2 Kings 15:10) 758-743: Ahaz (Judah) (regent). (2 Kings 15:38) 747-737: Menahem (Israel). (2 Kings 15:14) 740-700: Prophecies of Isaiah. 737-735: Pekahiah (Israel). (2 Kings 15:22) 735-733: Pekah (Israel). (2 Kings 15:25) 733-727: Ahaz (Judah). (2 Kings 15:38; 1 Chronicles 3:13) 733-724: Hoshea (Israel). (2 Kings 15:30; 1 Chronicles 27:20) 727-698: Hezekiah (Judah). (2 Kings 16:20; 2 Chronicles 28:27) 722: Samaria captured by Shalmaneser V. (2 Kings 17:6) 720: Sargon makes Samaria an Assyrian province. Mass deportation of Israelites. (Isaiah 20:1) 701: Expedition of Sennacherib against Hezekiah. (Isaiah 36:1) 700: Manasseh begins 55 year reign. 698-642: Manasseh (Judah). (2 Kings 20:21) 650: Amon begins 2 year reign. 641-640: Amon (Judah). (2 Chronicles 33:20) 639-609: Josiah (Judah). (2 Kings 21:24) 627-585: Prophecies of Jeremiah. 625: Josiah begins 31 year reign. Jeremiah and Zephaniah the prophets. Jehoiakim begins 11 year reign. 612: Fall of Nineveh. (Zephaniah 2:13) 609: Jehoahaz (Judah). Battle of Megiddo. (2 Kings 10:35; 1 Chronicles 7:29) 608 A And the Lord said unto me A Conspiracy is found among the Men of Judah, and among the Inhabitants of Jerusalem.@ (Jeremiah 11:9)608-598: Jehoiakim (Judah). (2 Kings 23:34) 600: Ezekiel and Daniel carried captive into Babylon. The Temple burnt, Jerusalem destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar 597: Jehoiachin (Judah). Expedition of Nebuchadnezzar against Judah, Jehoiachin deported to Babylon. (2 Kings 24:8; 25:1-2) 595-586: Zedekiah (Judah). (2 Kings 24:18) 593 A There is a Conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured should; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.@ (Ezekiel 22:25)593-571: Prophecies of Ezekiel. 594 A And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary?...@ (Ezekiel 8:4-6); AAgain the word of the Lord came unto me saying, Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the House of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the Inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, get you far from the lord: unto us (Jews) is this land (Palestine) given in possession.@ (Ezekiel 11:14)594 A And the Glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side.@ (Ezekiel 11:23)Thus fulfilling God's words which He spoke to Ezekiel 11:23, before this happened. 587 A Thus saith the Lord God; because the enemy [Israel's enemy - The Jews] hath said against you, aha, even the Ancient High Places are our's in Possession.@ (Ezekiel 36:2)586: Destruction of Jerusalem; mass deportation to Babylonia. Exile of Judeans in Babylonia. (2 Kings 25:20-11) 585-???: Murder of Gedaliah. 6th cent. Canonization of the Pentateuch (in Babylonian Exile). 580: King Nebuchadnezzar builds Hanging Gardens of Babylon. 563: Buddha is born. 560: Jehoiachin (Jeconiah) released from prison in Babylon. 551: Confucius is born. 550: Belshazzar slain by Median/Persian army as Babylon falls. 540: Cyrus in his third year decrees the rebuilding of the Temple. 539: Cyrus takes Babylonia. 538: First return under Sheshbazzar. Cyrus' edict. (Ezra 1) 525: Haggai the prophet. The Temple is rebuilt; Zechariah the prophet. Egypt conquered by Cambyses. 522: Zerubbabel governor. (Haggai 1:1) 520-515: Temple rebuilt. 475: Esther is made queen by Ahasuerus. Ezra returns to Jerusalem. 465-424: Artaxerxes I. (Ezra 4:7) 450: Artaxerxes Longimanus decrees to rebuild walls of Jerusalem. Nehemiah governs Judah. Malachi the prophet. 428-???: Second return under Ezra. 445: Walls of Jerusalem reconstructed under Nehemiah; Ezra reads the Law. 411: Destruction of the temple of the Jewish colony at Elephantine. 404-358: Artaxerxes II. Egypt regains freedom. 350: Alexander the Great. Ptolemies and Seleucids (Greek kings of Egypt and Syria). 348: Artaxerxes III deports a number of Jews to Hyrcania. 4th cent. Canonization of the Prophets Section of the Bible. 343: Egypt reconquered by Persia. 332: Alexander the Great conquers Egypt and Palestine. 323-285: Ptolemy I. Death of Alexander the Great. Chandragupta founds first Empire of India. 312-280: Seleucus I. Mid-3rd cent. Pentateuch translated into Greek in Egypt. 301: Ptolemy I conquers Palestine. 285-246: Ptolemy II, Philadelphus. 250: Septuagint - Old Testament translated into Greek. 246-221: Ptolemy III, Euergetes. 223-187: Antiochus III. 221-203: Ptolemy IV, Philopator. 219-217: Antiochus III conquers most of Palestine. Ptolemy IV defeats Antiochus III in the battle of Rafah and recovers Palestine. 215: Great Wall of China is built. 203-181: Ptolemy V, Epiphanes. 198: Battle of Panias (Banias): Palestine passes to the Seleucids. 175: Antiochus Epiphanes. 172: Jerusalem becomes a polis (Antiochia). 171-167: Menelaus high priest. 170: Book of Ben Sira written. 169: Antiochus IV plunders the Temple treasuries. 168: Antiochus IV invades Egypt, storms Jerusalem; gentiles settled on the Acra. 167: Antiochus IV outlaws the practice of Judaism; profanation of the Temple; the rebellion of the Hasmoneans begins. 166-160: Judah Maccabee, leaders of the rebellion, victorious over several Syrian armies. 164-163: Antiochus V. Judah Maccabee captures Jerusalem and reeducates the Temple. 161: Judah Maccabee defeats Nicanor and reconquers Jerusalem, treaty between Judah and Rome. 160: Judah Maccabee falls in battle against Bacchides, Jonathan assumes the leadership; guerilla warfare. 157: Treaty between Bacchides and Jonathan, withdrawal of Seleucid garrisons, Jonathan enters Jerusalem. 152-145: Jonathan high priest. Alexander Balas. 150: The Maccabean Revolt. 142: Jonathan treacherously murdered by Tryphon. Simeon assumes leadership; Demetrius II recognizes the independence of Judea; renewal of treaty with Rome. 140: Great Assembly in Jerusalem confirms Simeon as ethnarch, high priest, and commander in chief. 134-132: War with Antiochus Vii; Jerusalem besieged; treaty between John Hyrcanus and Antiochus VII. 134-104 Simeon assassinated. John Hyrcanus. Latter second century First Book of Maccabees written. Treaty with Rome renewed. 79 The Sadducees were constant opponents of the Pharisees and their imported Babylonian paganism, which they misrepresented as the Tradition of the Elders, the AOral Law@ transmitted privately to Moses and on down the line, superseding anything written in the Bible. In the six years of civil war between them and Alexander Jannaeus, King and High Priest of Jerusalem, 50,000 were killed on both sides before this Sadducean ruler succumbed and his widow Salome turned affairs over to the Pharisees in 79 B.C. Her brother, Simon ben Shetah, had been waiting for such an opportunity.67-63: Civil war between Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus. 63 The continued civil war resulted in the sons of Alexander, Hyrcanus and Aristobulus, both going hat in hand to Pompey, Caesar's Roman general who was in Syria at the time, and asked him to invade Palestine and slaughter their respective opponents. Pompey decides in favor of Hyrcanus II. Temple Mount besieged and captured by Pompey. This is how Rome happened to be in power when Christ was born. And it was only after Christ's Ascension that the Pharisees triumphed. 63-40: Hyrcanus II ethnarch and high priest. Judea loses its Independence. 55: Julius Caesar conquers Gaul, invades Britain. 53: Palestine conquered by the Romans under Pompey 50: Julius Caesar. 48: Hyrcanus II and Antipater help Caesar in Alexandria. Caesar confirms Jewish privileges. 44: Assassination of Caesar. 37-4: Jerusalem captured by Herod. Herod Shemaiah and Avtalion. 5-1 Christ was born. Caesar Augustus begins his rule as Roman emperor. Philip, Herod Anitpas, Archelaus - tetrarchs of Palestine. AFor unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour@ Tiberius Caesar - emperor of Rome. Pontius Pilate, provincial governor of Judaea. The gospel of the Kingdom is preached.6-41 Judea, Samaria, and Idumea formed into a Roman province (ludaea) under a praefectus beginning of 1st cent. death of Hillel. Tiberius expels the Jews. Claudius, Roman Emperor, as recorded in AEpistolae:@ A{Jews were} fomenting a general plague on the whole world.@26-36: Pontius Pilate praefectus. 27-14 A.D.: Augustus. Temple rebuilt by Herod. A It is highly probable that the bulk of the Jew's ancestors 'never' lived in Palestine 'at all,' which witnesses the power of historical assertion over fact.@ (H.G. Wells, The Outline of History)There are basically two concepts of religious theory in Judaism, the orthodox principle and the reformed principle. The Orthodox Jew is strictly a Talmudic worshiper. The Talmud {a written continuation of the Oral Laws of the Jews} was not compiled by one person, or at one time. Generations of scholars and jurists took a period of several centuries to complete it. In one version, Rabbi Aschi began it in 327 A.D. and labored over it for sixty years; he was followed by Rabbi Maremar about the year 500 A.D. This part of the Talmud includes thirty-six chapters of interpretations. For nearly 500 years after the Talmud was completed, the study of the Talmud produced a variety of theories, partly due to public calamities and partly caused by dissensions among the Jewish scholars. In the eleventh century, others wrote further editions to the Talmud, while present day rabbinical scholars still write their interpretation of the Jewish Law. The great confusion created by the different versions of Jewish Law has led many Jews to fall away from religious belief. Several rabbis have verified that the Jewish congregation is predominantly agnostics and atheists. Weary of waiting for the coming of the Messiah, the Jews have tended to identify the Messiahship with the Jewish nation itself and not with any particular individual. This is the religion of the Reformed Jew. Regardless of whether a Jew is an Orthodox or a Reformed believer, almost all the Jews contribute and give their wholehearted support to their Zionist political government. 30 The Spirit of God is poured out upon the Apostles on Pentecost. Stoning of Stephen - first martyr. Christ crucified by the Jews (Luke 23:23-33; 24:20; John 19:6; 19:14-18; Acts 2:36; 3:14-15; 4:8-10; 4:11-12; 5:30; 10:39; 13:27-29; 1 Thessalonians 2:14-15); death of Shammai. The Jews are the enemy of Christians. They tried to destroy The Lord Jesus Christ by Crucifying Him and persecuted His followers, killing and torturing them Historically speaking, scripture believers had accepted Christ as the Messiah foretold. They were no longer AJews,@ but called themselves AChristians.@ These were the True Israelites, not Jews, the Jews have never accepted Christ, nor the Christian religion. They were persecuted as such by the Pharisees.31: Jews allowed to return to Jerusalem. 35: Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus. The Gospel comes to the Gentiles; Cornelius baptized 37-41: Cahguta. Crisis caused by Caligula's insistence on being worshiped as a deity. Anti-Jewish riots in Alexandria. 40: Legation of Jews of Egypt lead by Philip to Rome. Until 40 Philo writes in Alexandria. Believers first called Christians at Antioch. 41-44: Agrippa I. Claudius issues edict of toleration. 43: James beheaded by Agrippa I; Peter freed from prison by an angel. 45: Paul's first missionary journey. 47: Council at Jerusalem. 50: Paul's second missionary journey. 53: Paul's third missionary journey. 54-68: Nero accepts Judaism and becomes a Jew. Rome under Nero is partly destroyed by fire. ¦60: Paul at Rome 65: Rome burns and Nero persecutes Christians. Death of Paul; Nero commits suicide. 66: Massacre of the Jews at Alexandria. Beginning of revolt against Rome. 67: Vespasian conquers Galilee the Zealots take over in Jerusalem. 69-79: Vespasian. 70: Jerusalem besieged and conquered by Titus; the Temple destroyed. Destruction of Qumran community. Sanhedrin established at Jabneh by Johanan Birth of Zakkai. 72: Judea completely conquered; the AFiscus Judaicus@ instituted by Vespasian.73: Temple in Leotopolis closed. Fall of Masada. 79: Eruption of Vesuvius destroys Pompeii. 79-81: Titus. Josephus completes Jewish Wars. 80: Christian persecutions under Domitian. 93: Josephus completes Jewish Antiquities. 115: The Jews of Babylonia, Palestine, Egypt, Cyprus, Cyrene, and Libya rise against Trajan. 116-117: AWar of Quietus.@118: The Jews of Palestine rise against Trajan and Hadrian; AWar of Lucius Quietus.@132-135: Bar Kokhba war. Fall of Bethar; Aelia Capitolina established; Akiva executed. 133: Rebellion of Bar Kokba against Hadrian; restoration of the Jewish state. 135: Fall of Bethar; end of Bar Kokba's rebellion. 135-138: Persecutions of Hadrian. 138-161: Antoninus Pius. 2nd cent. Canonization of the Ketuvim (Hagiographa). 140: Sanhedrin at Usha. 164: Revolution in Palestine against Antoninus Pius. 170: Sanhedrin at Bet She'arim. 185 Earliest Secret Chinese Societies. The earliest notice we have of a secret Chinese league is towards the close of the Han Dynasty (A.D. 185). Three patriots, having then associated themselves, defended the throne against the AYellow Cap@ rebels, a society numbering among its members the flower of Chinese littérateurs. From that time until the establishment of the Tartar dynasty (twelfth century), the League showed few sings of vitality. But at the beginning of the eighteenth century five monks and seven other persons bound themselves by an oath, which they ratified by mixing blood from the arm of each, and drinking it in common, to overthrow the Tsings, the Tartar dynasty, and restore the Mings, the dispossessed Chinese dynasty. The name of the society they founded was Pelin-kiao, or the White Lily. The members relied on a prophecy that one of them should be emperor of China. The leaders were Wang-lung and a bonze named Fan-ui. The former made himself master of the town of Shoo-chang-hien, but was soon driven thence, and eventually captured, and executed with many of his followers.In 1777 the Pe-lin-kiao again appeared, only to be defeated again; the heads of the leaders, including those of two women, were cut off and placed in cages for public inspection. In 1800 a sect called the Wonderful Association, and another, called the Tsing-lien-kiao, supposed to be the Pe-lin-kiao under a new name, conspired against the ruling dynasty, but unsuccessfully. Under the reign of the Emperor Kia-King (1799-1820) arose the Th'iën-Hauw-Hoi'h, that is, the family of the Queen of Heaven, spread through Cochin-China, Siam, and Corea, with its headquarters in the southern provinces of the empire. The society on being discovered and, as it was thought, exterminated, arose again under the name of the Great Hung League; Hung literally means flood, and the leaders adopted the name to intimate that their society was to flood the earth. To avoid appearance of all belonging to one society, they gave different names, some borrowed from previously existing sects, to the branches they established. Thus they were known as the Triad Society, the Blue Lotus Hall, the Golden Orchid District, and others. These soon attracted the attention of Government, and for some time they were kept in check. About 1826 the chief leader of the League was one Kwang San. It was reported that, to make himself ferocious he once drank gall, taken out of a murdered man's body, mixed with wine. He resided chiefly at the tin-mines of Loocoot, where the brethren then swarmed. The directing power was vested in three persons; the chief, with the title of Koh, i.e., the Elder; the two others took that of Hiong Thi, i.e., Younger Brothers. In the Malacca branches the three chiefs were called Tai-Koh, eldest brother, Ji-Koh, second brother, and San-Koh, third brother. The oath of secrecy was taken by the aspirant kneeling before an image, under two sharp swords. While the oath was being administered the Hiong Ghi had also to kneel, the one on the right, the other on the left of the aspirant, and hold over his head the swords in such a fashion as to form a triangle. The oath contained thirty-six articles, of which the following was the most important: AI swear that I shall know neither father nor mother, nor brother nor sister, nor wife nor child, but the brotherhood alone; where the brotherhood leads or pursues, there I shall follow or pursue; its foe shall be my foe.@The aspirant, with a knife, then made an incision into his finger, and allowed three drops of blood to fall into a cup of arrack; the three officials did the same thing, and then drank the liquor. In order further to ratify the oath, the newly-sworn member cut off the head of a white cock, which was to intimate that if he proved untrue, his head should be cut off. In 1850 Tae-ping-wang, the noted revolutionary leader, made a fresh attempt to restore the Ming dynasty, from whom he pretended to be descended. With his defeat and death the League again subsided into obscurity. In the spring of 1863 a quantity of books were accidentally found by the police in the house of a Chinaman, suspected of theft, at Padang (Sumatra), containing the laws, statutes, oaths, mysteries of initiation, catechism, description of flags, symbols, and secret signs of the League, all of which were published in English in a volume at Batavia in 1866. But this discovery showed the League to be still in existence, and about the year 1870 it started into activity again; in Sarawk it assumed such a threatening aspect that the Government made a law decreeing death to every member ipso facto. The disturbances at Singapore in 1872 also were due to the secret societies of the Chinese in the Straits Settlements. On that occasion the Sam-Sings, or Afighting men,@ were the chief rioters, taking the part of the street hawkers, against whom some severe regulations had been issued. Murder and incendiarism, torturing and maiming, are the usual practices of the League, which again made itself very obnoxious in 1883 and 1885.The section of the ABlack Flag,@ the remnant of the Taepings, as also the AWhite Lily,@ were the most active in their demonstrations against the Tsing dynasty. The last police reports from the protected state of Perak, in the Malay Peninsula, say that in 1888 secret societies Acaused endless trouble and anxiety,@ although in 1887 four members of the Ghee Hin Association were sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for conducting an agency for their society. half the Chinese in Perak are members of secret societies, tickets being found upon them whenever the police have occasion to search them.The Straits Times of the 17th September 1889 contained full particulars of the trial of a number of prisoners who were proved to be members of the Ghee Hin or Sam Tian secret society at Sarawak. The six leaders were shot; eleven, being active members, carrying out orders of the leaders, beating, frightening, or murdering non-members, were sentenced to receive six dozen strokes with a rattan, to have their heads shaved, to be imprisoned during the Rajah's pleasure; seven others, against whom no specific charges were made out, were dismissed on swearing to have no further dealings with the society. Toward the end of the year 1895 a number of Mohammedans rose against the Chinese Government and captured the capital of the province of Kansu; the secret societies in Central China joined the Mohammedan insurgents. Their success, however, was of short duration; in the month of December of the same year the insurrection was crushed, and some fifteen of the leaders were captured and beheaded. Others made their escape. Among these was Sun Yet Sun, or, as he is also called, Sun Wen, a medical man, well known in Hong-Kong. His being made a prisoner in the house of the Chinese Ambassador in London in the month of October 1896, until, at the instance of Lord Salisbury, he was released. He asserted that he was kidnaped by the Chinese Ambassador's people, by being induced to walk into the Ambassador's house; but it is a curious circumstance that San Wen, who evidently knew something of London, should not have known where the Chinese Embassy was located, especially after all the excitement caused by Li Hung Chang's visit to the Continent and to England. In justice to the Taepings and other secret associations in China, it must be stated that the insurrection was and is the war of an oppressed nationality against foreign invaders. The Mantchoos or Tsing dynasty are an alien tribe, ruling over the vast Chinese empire; their government was one of the most despotic the world has ever seen; their laws were so ruthless and unjust, that it would seem they could never be carried out, did not the blood of millions, perishing by every kind of frightful death that the most diabolical cruelty could invent attest the fact of their being obeyed. Yet British ministers did sanction the enlistment of British officers, Bible Gordon being their leader, what a satire! and men in the service of the Mantchoos, whom they further supplied with arms and artillery. From the book published at Batavia, and mentioned above, we extract the following information: AThe lodge is built in a square, surrounded by walls, which are pierced at the four cardinal points by as many gates; the faces are adorned by triangles, the mystic symbol of union. Within the enclosure is the hall of fidelity and loyalty, where the oaths of membership are taken. Here also stands the altar, and the precious nine-storied pagoda, in which the images of the five monkish founders are enshrined. The lodges, of course, only appear in out-of-the-way places, where they are safe from the observation of the Mandarins; in towns and populous neighborhoods the lodge is dispensed with; the meetings are held at the house of the president. The instruments of the lodge are numerous. First in importance is the diploma; then there are numerous flags; there is the 'bushel,' which contains among other articles the 'red staff,' with which justice is done to offenders against the laws of the society; the scissors, with which the hair of the neophytes is cut off; a jade foot measure, a balance, an abacus, etc.@The supreme government is vested in the grand masters of the five principal lodges, and the affairs of each lodge are administered by a president, a vice-president, one master, two introducers, one fiscal, thirteen councilors, several agents, who are otherwise known as 'grass shoes,' 'iron planks,' or 'night brethren,' and some minor officials, who, as indicative of their rank, wear flowers in their hair... Henry Pottinger, in a despatch to Lord Aberdeen (1843), perhaps alludes to a secret society, saying: AThe song being finished, Ke-Ying, the Chinese commissioner, having taken from his arm a gold bracelet, gave it to me, informing me, at the same time, that he had received it in his tender youth from his father, and that it contained a mysterious legend, and that, by merely showing it, it would in all parts of China assure me a fraternal reception.@The Ko lao Hui: The secret society which at the present time seems to be the most powerful in China. It was at first a purely military association whose object was mutual protection against the plunder and extortion practiced by the civil officials in dealing with the pay and maintenance of the troops. It is believed that the initiation consists in killing a cock and drinking the blood, either by itself, or mixed with wine. It is also believed to use a planchet, whose movements are attributed to occult influence; gradually persons not connected with the army were admitted; the ticket of membership is a small oblong piece of linen or calico, stamped with a few Chinese characters. The possession of one of these, if discovered, entails immediate execution by the authorities. The society is anti-foreign and anti-missionary, and is believed to be at the bottom of all the riots against foreigners, and especially against foreign missionaries, which have occurred in China. Of course, as long as missionaries, instead of making it their business to convert the heathens at home, will go among people who don't want them, and in China will establish themselves outside Treaty limits, they should be prepared to take the risks they voluntarily incur, but whenever attacked, they make the Chinese Government pay them liberally for any inconvenience or loss they may have suffered, of course, with the assistance of English gun-boats. In 1891 the Ko lao Hui, which is also anti-dynastic, caused inflammatory placards to be posted up in various parts of the empire, which the authorities immediately tore down, only to be posted up afresh; the society also distributed anti-missionary pamphlets, with titles such as: AThe Devil Doctriners ought to be killed,@ wherein the missionaries are charged with every kind of crime against morals and life; the Roman Catholics are more severely handled than the Protestants.In September 1891 it would appear that the society was organizing a rising against the Government, and a Mr. C.W. Mason, a British subject, and a fourth-class assistant in the Customs at Shanghai, was implicated in the project, he having been instrumental in introducing arms and dynamite into the country for the use of the conspirators. He was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labor and he was further at the expiration of that period, to find two sureties of $2500 to be of good behavior and failing in this he was to be deported from China. This latter happening on his release, he was sent out of the country in September 1892. In November 1891 a famous Ko lao Hue leader named Chen-kin-Lung fell into the hands of the Chinese Government. He had been staying at an inn with about thirty of his followers. Gagged and bound, he was taken on board a steam-launch kept ready to start, and carried to Shanghai. His examination was conducted with the greatest secrecy by the magistrate and deputies of the Viceroy and the Governor. On his person were found several official documents issued by the Ko lao Hui, and a short dagger with a poisoned blade. He was addressed in the despatches as the AEighth Great Prince,@ and was evidently the commander of a strong force. Three examinations were held, but Chen preserved the strictest silence. Torture was employed, but in vain; the only words that could be extracted form him were, ASpare yourselves the trouble and me the pain; be convinced that there are men ready to sacrifice their lives for the good of a cause which will bring happiness to this country for thousands of generations to come.@Then more gentle means were employed, but with what result is not known...That the popular feeling against Christian missionaries in China was and still is very strong cannot be denied, and has displayed itself in frequent attacks on their persons and property. Such outbreaks are almost regularly reported in the European Press, but is not allowed to be known in the United States. A plain intimation was given to Sir Ratherford Alcock on his bidding adieu to a high Chinese official. AI wish,@ said the functionary, Anow you are going home, you would take away with you your opium, and your Christian missionaries.@... (The Secret Societies of all Ages and Countries, Charles William Heckethorn, vol. ii, pp. 131-138)200: Sanhedrin at Sepphoris. 210: Reduction of the Mishnah to writing. 212: Jews (together with most of subject of the empire) become Roman citizens. Expulsions of Jews from Host Nations: 1). A.D. 250, Carthage; 2). 415, Alexandria; 3). 554, Diocese of Clement (France); 4). 561, Diocese of Uzzes (France); 5). 612, Visigoth Spain; 6). 642, Visigoth Empire; 7). 855, Italy; 8). 876, Sens; 9). 1012, Mayence; 10). 1181, France; 11). 1290, England; 12). 1306, France; 13). 1348, Switzerland; 14). 1349, Hielbronn (Germany); 15). 1349, Hungary; 16). 1388, Strasbourg; 17). 1394, Germany; 18). 1394, France; 19). 1422, Austria; 20). 1424, Fribourg & Zurich; 21). 1426, Cologne; 22). 1432, Savory; 23). 1438, Mainz; 24). 1439, Augsburg; 25). 1446, Bavaria; 26). 1453, Franconis; 27). 1453, Breslau; 28). 1454, Wurzburg; 29). 1485, Vincenza (Italy); 30). 1492, Spain; 31). 1495, Lithuania; 32). 1497, Portugal; 33). 1499, Germany; 34). 1514, Strasbourg; 35). 1519, Regensburg; 36). 1540, Naples; 37). 1542, Bohemia; 38). 1550, Genoa; 39). 1551, Bavaria; 40). 1555, Pesaro; 41). 1559, Austria; 42). 1561, Prague; 43). 1567, Wurzburg, Genoese Republic; 44). 1569, Papal States; 45). 1571, Brandenburg; 46). 1582, Netherlands; 47). 1593, Brandenburg, Austria; 48). 1597, Cremona, Pavia & Lodi; 49). 1614, Frankfort; 50). 1615, Worms; 51). 1619, Kiev; 52). 1649, Ukraine; 53). 1654, LittleRussia; 54). 1656, Lithuania; 55). 1669, Oran (North Africa); 56). 1670, Vienna; 57). 1712, Sandomir; 58). 1727, Russia; 59). 1738, Wurtemburg; 60). 1740, LittleRussia; 61). 1744, Bohemia; 62). 1744, Livonia; 63). 1745, Moravia; 64). 1753, Kovad (Lithuania); 65). 1761, Bordeaux; 66). 1772, Jews deported to the Pale of Settlement (Russia); 67). 1775, Warsaw; 68). 1789, Alace; 69). 1804, Villages in Russia; 70). 1808, Villages & Countrysides (Russia); 71). 1815, Lubeck & Bremen; 72). 1815, Franconia, Swabia & Bavaria; 73). 1820, Bremes; 74). 1843, Russian Border Austria & Prussia; 75). 1862, Area in the U.S. under Grant's Jurisdiction; 76). 1866, Galatz, Romania; 77). 1919, Bavaria (foreign born Jews); 78). 1938-45, Nazi Controlled Areas; 79). 1948, Arab Countries. (International Jewish Encyclopedia). The degrading fate of those who mock the wise becomes horribly apparent in the actual text of the Talmud. AHe said: What is your punishment? They replied with boiling hot excrement, since a Master has said: Whoever mocks at the words of the Sages is punished with boiling hot excrement.@ (Git. 56b)Thrown Out: Jews have claimed over and over at every opportunity that they have been innocent victims of anti-Semitism time and time again. They are always portrayed on television and in the movies as being guilty of no wrong doing, desiring only to practice their faith, and make an honest living. An inquiring mind cannot help but wonder that, if this is the case - that the Jews are innocent - why have the Jews been the brunt of persecution so many times without cause? If a man were accused of a serious crime and tried and found guilty by a jury of his peers, we would find but little cause to put faith in a claim by him of persecution. However if he insisted that this was exactly the case, and that only because he believed differently than others was he charged of misconduct, then we might grant him a second trial to assure ourselves he had not been the victim of misjustice, believing with confidence that the people would not a second time find an innocent party guilty of crime that he did not commit. If, at the conclusion of the second trial by another jury of peers, the man is found guilty of an offense against the people, we have no reason to listen to or place belief in continued cries of persecution. What does this have to do with the Jew? Quite simple. Since the year 250 A.D., the Jews have, by their own records and count, been expelled from eighty-one (81) countries, nations, or political entities. Let's see now. Eighty-one countries, eighty-one people's courts, eighty-one guilty verdicts, and eighty-one cries of persecution. The first time, maybe. The second time doubtful. But eighty-one times to have been found worthy of expulsion for crimes against the people of the countries they were in at the time? Such a claim stretches the limits of human credulity beyond its most liberal bounds of endurance. It has been said that the Jews protest to much. When one comes to the realization of the fact that these different peoples in most cases did not know of each other, or for that matter had not even heard of the others existence, and yet determined, independently, over a two thousand year span of time that the Jews were committing such serious crimes that it was necessary to uproot them lock, stock and barrel in order to drive them from their homes, many times with loss of life and great destruction of property, it is then and only then, that a true appreciation of the Jewish question is obtained. 268: Goths invade Greece. 286: Judah III., son of Judah II., patriarch, collects a tax from foreign communities.
306: Council of Elvira forbids Christians to eat with Jews or to intermarry with them. 306-337: Constantine I. 321: Jews in Cologne. 325: First Nicene Council separates the celebration of Easter from that of the Jewish Passover. Christian Church formulates its policy toward the Jews; the Jews must continue to exist for the sake of Christianity in seclusion and humiliation. 329: Constantius forbids, under penalty of death, marriage of a Jew with a Christian woman, and circumcision of slaves. 337-361 Constantius II. Death of Abbaye. Constantius II prohibits marriage between Jews and Christians and possession of Christian slaves by Jews. 351: Jews and Samaritans revolt against Gallus; destruction of Bet Sh'earim. 359: Permanent calendar committed to writing. 361: Restoration of the Temple at Jerusalem undertaken under Julian the Apostate. 362: Julian the Apostate abolishes the Jew tax. 363: Julian the Apostate allows Jews to start rebuilding the Temple. 370: Asian Huns invade Europe. 400: Moses, the False Messiah of Crete. Death of Judah IV. 406: Vandals invade Gaul; Romans leave Britain. 415: Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, drives the Jews from Alexandria. 418: Jews excluded from all public offices and dignities in the Roman empire. 425: Extinction of the patriarchate. Patriarchate abolished. Angles, Saxons, and Jutes invade Britain. 427: Death of Ashi. 5th cent. Yose b. Yose earliest liturgical poet known by name. 433: Attila the Hun begins reign. 438: Theodosius II Novellae against the Jews and heretics. 455: Persecution of the Babylonian Jews under Yezdegerd III. Jews forbidden to keep the Sabbath. 465: The Council of Vannes (Gaul) prohibits the clergy from taking part in Jewish banquets. 470: Persecutions by the authorities; Huna b. Mar Zutra the exilarch and others executed by the authorities. 471: Persecution of the Babylonian Jews under Firuz (Perozes); the exilarch Huna Maria and others suffer martyrdom. 476: End of Western Roman Empire. Goths depose Western Roman Emperor, Romulas Augustus; Middle Ages begin. 481-511: Clovis I king of the Franks. 495-502: Revolt of Mar Zutra the exilarch. 499 Babylonian Talmud completed. You may ascertain by turning to top Jewish authorities today that the Babylonian Talmud, the written form of the Tradition of the Pharisees, is the sole authority of the so-called AJewish@ religion, or Judaism.The 1905 Jewish Encyclopedia, concerning the Pharisees, states: A With the destruction of the Temple (70 A.D.) the Sadducees disappeared altogether, leaving the regulation of all Jewish affairs in the hands of the Pharisees. Henceforth, Jewish life was (is) regulated by the Pharisees; the whole history of Judaism was reconstructed from the Pharisaic point of view, and a new aspect was given to the Sanhedrin of the past. A new chain of tradition supplanted the older priestly tradition. (Abot 1:1) Pharisaism {has} shaped the character of Judaism and the life and thought of the Jew for all the future.@Historically speaking, True Israelites have accepted Christ as the Messiah as foretold in the Scriptures. They were NOT JEWS and called themselves AChristians.@ They were persecuted as such by the Pharisees. In fact the word APharisee@ comes from the word Aseparated,@ because they were separated and different from the True Israelites.Rabbi Finklestein's history of the Jews, states: A The Talmud derives its authority from the position held by the ancient academies (Pharisee academies). The teachers of those academies, both of Babylonia and Palestine, were considered the rightful successors of the older Sanhedrin...At the present time, the Jewish people have no living central authority comparable in status to the ancient Sanhedrins or the later academies. Therefore, any decision regarding the Jewish religion must be based on the Talmud as the final resume of the teaching of those authorities when they existed. @ (The Jews - Their History, Culture, and Religion, Vol. 4, p. 1332, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1949)A The Talmud; Heart's Blood of the Jewish Faith,@ was the heading of a November, 1959, installment of a best-selling book by the Jewish author, Herman Wouk, which ran serially in the New York Herald-Tribune. AThe Talmud is to this day the Circulating Heart's Blood of the Jewish Religion. Whatever laws, customs or ceremonies we observe, whether we are Orthodox, Conservative, Reform or merely spasmodic sentimentalists, we follow the Talmud. It is our common Law.@The Babylonian Talmud is composed of Mishnah (or AHalacha@), or laws, formulated by the Pharisees whose teachings comprise the Talmud, and AGemara,@ or argumentative teachings about these laws. There are 63 books in the Babylonian Talmud, largely divided without topical organization.All Talmud books have AMishnah@ (plural AMishnaim@). Some lack a AGemara.@ The AMishnah@ or law of one or another Pharisee may be referred to, for example, as the AMishnah of Rabbi Akiba,@ or of AEliezer ben Jacob.@ The name Mishnah is applied in particular to the collection of Halachoth, or laws, made by Judah Hanasi (generally known as Rabbi) and his colleagues at the beginning of the 3rd Century C.E. (Note: AC.E.@ stands for ACommon Era,@ to avoid AA.D.@ or AYear of Our Lord,@ from the Latin, Anno Domini).A The Mishnah represents the culmination of a series of attempts to bring order into the vast mass of traditions which had been transmitted orally for many centuries...The compilation of the Mishnah is not, however, the work of one man, or even of the scholars of one age, but rather the result of a long process extending over a period of two centuries.A In the Palestine Pharisee Talmudic center at Jabneh (for it was never in Jerusalem but at Jabneh where the Jerusalem Talmud was composed) there was a concerted effort on the part of the sages of Jabneh (about 90 C.E.) to assemble and harmonize the Halachah...Akiba (died about 135 C.E.) arranged the Halachoth in logical order and probably constructed the frame work of the present day Mishnah; the collection of the Akiba was enlarged and brought up to date by his disciples Meir (Note: Who, the Talmud says, was a descendant of Nero, a convert to Talmudaism {Judaism}), it became the custom, after the time of Akiba, for every head of an academy to compile his own Mishnah so that the confusion that resulted...motivated Judah Hanasi to compile a standard authoritative Mishnah; although it is reported that Judah made use of thirteen different collections of alachoth in his work, his Mishnah is based largely upon the collection of Meir, and indirectly, therefore, upon that of Akiba.@ (Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, AMishnah@)Judah Hanasi, who compiled the Mishnah, was born about A.D. 135 and died after A.D. 200 (same authority, AJudah Hanasi@). ANasi,@ meaning Aprince@ of Jewry, was the title given the head of the Sanhedrin court (Beth Din), which meted out life and death under Talmudic Law. The Talmud is divided into six main divisions called ASedarim@ (orders), but each division and each volume is a hodge-podge of every subject imaginable.The main and overall characteristics of the Talmud are: pomp, silliness, obscenity and more obscenity, a setting up of laws seemingly for the purpose of inventing circumventions, and evasions; delight in sadistic cruelty; reversal of all Biblical moral teachings on theft, murder, sodomy, perjury, treatment of children and parents; insane hatred of Christ, Christians and every phase of Christianity. The Six Divisions of the Babylonian Talmud, called ASeder@ (plural Sedarim), are:1). Zeraim (seeds), composed of the following books: a). Berakoth. The name of this book supposedly means benedictions, but is as foul a collection of obscenity as one could find, with 405 pages of what is nothing but Aprivy talk.@The following 10 books occupy one 406-page volume in the Soncino edition: b). Pe'ah (corner). c). Demai (doubtful). d). Kil'ayim (mixtures). e). Shebi'th (seventh). f). Termuah (heave offerings). g). Ma'aseroth (tithes). h). Ma'aser Sheni (second tithe). I). Hallah (dough). j). 'Oriah k). Bikkurim (first fruits). There are 11 books in Zeraim. 2). Seder Moed (festivals): a). Sabbath (laws of endless silly regulations and their evasions). b). Erubin (mingling). c). Pesahim (passover). d). Shekalin (shekels). e). Yoma (Yom Kippur). f). Sukkah (booths). g). Yob Tob (feast day). h). Rosh Hashona (New Year). I). Ta'anit (fasting). j). Megillah (Scroll of Esther, read on Purim). k). Moed Katan (half feasts). l). Hagiagah (feasting). The Megillah is a sadistic celebration of drunkenness and bloodlust, the Talmudic admonition being that it is the day of the Jew to be so drunk on Purim he doesn't know the difference between ABlessed be Mordecai@ and ACursed be Haman.@There are 12 books in Moed. 3). Seder Nashim (women). This section includes a 13-page introduction to the Soncino edition by Rabbi J.H. Hertz. These books are principally distinguished by their sub-sewer filth and obscenity: a). Yebamoth (the dead brother's widow) occupies 2 volumes, 871 pages in the Soncino edition. b). Kethuboth (on the sum due a wife who is divorced, occupies 2 volumes and 728 pages of Talmudic sex filth (e.g. a baby girl being fair prey for adult men). c). Nedarim (vows): 282 pages of filth and immorality, illustrative of what Christ denounced when attacking the Pharisees. d). Nazir (more vows); 253 pages in the Soncino edition, hairsplitting, immoral twaddle, and including the Kol Nidre. e). Soth (the suspected woman), 271 pages in the Soncino edition. f). Kiddushin (betrothal). g). Gittin (on getting the AGet@ or divorce) with space allotted for such things as placing Christ and all Christians in Hell, 439 pages in the Soncino edition.There are 7 books in the Nasham. 4). Seder Nezikin (damages): a). Baba Kamma (the first gate): 719 pages of Talmudic ramblings, a general law on damages being that hurting Gentile property is permissible; injuring Jewish property is like assaulting the Divine, for only AJews@ are Amen@ and non-Jews rank as animals. This is Abrotherhood@ as advocated in the Talmud.b). Baba Mezia (middle gate): 676 pages in Soncino edition of similar import. c). Baba Bathra (last gate): 779 pages in two volumes and replete with anti-Gentile preaching. d). Sanhedrin (781 pages): States the introduction in the Soncino edition of the Talmud: AIt forms, along with Makkoth, the chief repository of the criminal law of the Talmud.@ This section includes the most virulent calumnies of Jesus, including His imaginary stoning, burning in dung, His decapitation, His strangling in dung, His hanging, or crucifixion for Ablaspheming@ the Pharisee Asages.@e). Makkoth (beatings), 175 pages in the Soncino edition. f). Shebuoth (oaths, more vows), 309 pages. g). Edayyoth (testimonies). h). Abodah Zarah on treatment of the presumably non-human, non-Jew, 366 pages. I). Aboth (sayings of the fathers of Talmudism). j). Horayoth (rulings). There are 10 books in Seder Nezikin. 5). Seder Kodashim (sacrifices): a). Zebahim (bloody sacrifices). b). Menahot (meal offering). c). Hulin (killing). d). Bekorot (first born). e). Arakin (estimation). f). Temurah (exchange). g). Keritot (extermination). h). Me'ilah (trespass). I). Tamid (daily offering). j). Middot (measures). k). Minim (birds' nests). There are 11 books in Kodashim. 6). Seder Tohoroth (cleanness): a). Niddah (the menstruant woman) is the prize part in this alleged religious section, devoting 509 pages to discussing smell, color, and examination by the rabbis of menstruation, without apparent medical or any other purpose except wallowing in the repulsive; pomp and asininity also abound. The other 11 books occupy one 589-page volume in the Soncino edition. b). Kelim (vessel, utensil cleanness) illustrates through Anit-picking@ rules the Astraining at a gnat,@ cited by Christ (Matthew 23:24); also: APharisees make clean the outside of cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.@ (Luke 11:39)c). Oholoth (tents). d). Nega'im (plagues). e). Parah (young cow). f). Tohoroth (purification). g). Mikawaoth (ritual bath - such as the menstruant woman should take before having intercourse with her husband, thus ridding her of the evil eye). h). Makshirin (kosher, proper). I). Zabim (flux). j). Tebul Yom. k). Yadayim (hands). l). The last book of Tohoroth is Ukzin (stems). There are 12 books in Tophoroth. The last 11 of these (excepting Niddah) occupy one 589-page volume in the Soncino edition. The 1,098 pages on 'cleanness,' filled with the foulest obscenities of thought, once again justify Christ's disdain for this hypocrisy and serve to illustrate the justification for His attitude toward the Talmudic Pharisees. 500: Abu-Kariba, Kimyarite king, adopts Judaism, converts his army and his people. 516: (May 14, 15) Uprising against Jews of Clermont; synagogue destroyed. 517: The Council of Epaon forbids Christians to take part in Jewish banquets. 518: Persecution of the Jews by Kobad, King of Persia. 525: End of Jewish kingdom in southern Arabia. 532: Justinian I, decrees that the testimony of Jews shall be valid only in Jewish cases. 537: Justinian declares Jews incapable of holding any official dignity. 538: The Council of Orleans forbids Jews to appear on the street at Eastertide. 553: Justinian interferes in the conduct of Jewish worship. 570: Muhammad is born at Mecca. 589: Reccared, Visigothic King of Spain, completely isolates Jews from Christians. Beginning with the period of Geonim. 612, 633, 638: Severe legal measures against the Jews in Spain. 612: Sisebut, Visigoth king, forces the Jews to accept baptism or to emigrate. 614 The persecution and destruction of White Christian people by the Jews is not a recent thing but reaches far back into history. Writing in April, 1921 issue of the AHebrew Christian Alliance Quarterly,@ the Rev. M. Malbert stated:A I am going to show that real religious persecution is uniquely Jewish...In the time of Justinian, in the sixth century, the Jews massacred Christians in Caesarea and destroyed their churches. When Stephanus, the governor, attempted to defend the Christians, the Jews fell on him and slew him. In 608 A.D. the Jews of Antioch fell upon their Christian neighbors and killed them with fire and sword...About 614 A.D. the Persians advanced upon Palestine and the Jews, after joining their standard, massacred the Christians and destroyed their churches. Ninety thousand Christians perished in Jerusalem alone.@ (The International Jew, Vol. IV (1922), pp. 171, 173)614-617: Jewish rule established in Jerusalem under the Persians. 620: Vikings invade Ireland. 622: Muhammad's flight to Medina. 624: The Banu Kainuka's, a Jewish-Arabic tribe, driven from Arabia by Mohammed. 624-628: Jewish tribes of Arabia destroyed by Muhammad. 627: Emperor Heraclius forbids Jews to enter Jerusalem, and harasses the Palestinian Jews. 628-638: Dagobert I expels Jews from Frankish Kingdom. 629: Dagobert orders the Jews of the Frankish empire to accept baptism or to emigrate. 632: Death of Muhammad. Heraclius decrees forced baptism. 633: Visigothic king, and Isidore of Seville, forces converts from Judaism to Christianity. 634: Muslims begin conquest of Near East and Africa. 638: Chintila enacts that only professing Catholics shall remain in Visigothic Spain; Jews emigrate. Jerusalem conquered by the Arabs. 640: Omar, the second calif, banishes all Jews from Arabia; the APact of Omar@ imposes restrictions upon Jews in the whole Mohammedan world.640-642: Egypt conquered by the Arabs. 641: Bulan, khan [chaghan] of the Chazars, becomes a Jew. 694: All Jews in Spain and Gallic Provence declared slaves; children under seven forcibly baptized. 694-711: Jewish religion outlawed in Spain. 711: Spain conquered by the Arabs. 720: Omar II., Ommiad Calif of Damascus, reenacts the APact of Omar.@721: Appearance of the false Messiah Serenus in Syria causes many Spanish Jews to emigrate to Palestine. 740: Conversion of the Khazars to Judaism. The chronological sequence of events from the execution of King Charles in 1649 to the institution of the Bank of England in 1694 shows how the National Debt was increased. The International Bankers used intrigue and cunning to throw Christians at each others' throats. 1649: Cromwell financed by Jews, waged war in Ireland. Captures Drougheda and Wexford. British Protests blamed for persecution of Irish Catholics. 1650: Montrose in rebellion against Cromwell. Captured and executed. 1651: Charles II invades England. Defeated and flees back to France. 1652: England involved in war with Dutch. 1653: Cromwell proclaims himself Lord Protector of England. 1654: England involved in more wars. 1656: Trouble started in American Colonies. 1657: Death of Cromwell, Son Richard named Protector. 1659: Richard, disgusted with intrigue, resigns. 1660: General Monk occupies London. Charles II proclaimed King. 1661: Truth revealed regarding intrigue entered into by Cromwell and his cohorts Ireton, and Bradshaw, causes serious public reaction. Bodies are exhumed and hung from gallows on Tyburn Hill, London. 1662: Religious strife is engendered to divide members of the Protestant denominations. Non-Conformists to the established Church of England are persecuted. 1664: England is again involved in war with Holland. 1665: A great depression settles over England. Unemployment, shortages of food undermine the health of the people and the Great Plague breaks out. (The outbreak of the Great Fire of London, known as AThe Great Cleaner@ ended the plague)1666: England involved in war with France and Holland. 1667 Cabal agents start new religious and political strife. (The word Cabal is closely related to Cabala, a mysterious Jewish theosophy dating back into antiquity but which became very active during the 10th and succeeding centuries. Cabala was announced as Aa special revelation@ which enabled Rabbis to explain to the Jewish people the hidden meanings of the Sacred Writings of the Talmud. Pear's Cyclopedia 57th edition, page 529 says ACabalism was later carried to great excess.@Cabalist leaders pretending to read signs, and evidence, in letters and forms, and numbers, contained in the Scriptures. The French named this mysterious Rite Cabale. The French used the term Cabale to designate any group of political or private intriguers. The English coined the name Cabal because the chief personages concerned with Cabalistic intrigue in England were Clifford Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, and Lauderdale, in that order. The first letter of their names spells Cabal! Cabalists were the instigators of various forms of political and religious unrest during the unhappy reign of Charles II) 1674 England and Holland make Peace. The men directing international intrigue change their characters. They become match-makers. They elevate Mr. William Stradholder to the rank of Captain-General of the Dutch Forces. He became William Prince of Orange. It was arranged that he meet Mary, the eldest daughter of the Duke of York. The Duke was only one place removed from becoming King of England. 1677 Princess Mary of England married William Prince of Orange. To place William Prince of Orange upon the Throne of England it was necessary to get rid of both Charles II, and the Duke of York, who was slated to become James II. 1683 The Rye House Plot was hatched. The intention was to assassinate both King Charles II and the Duke of York. It failed. 1685 King Charles II died. The Duke of York became King James II of England. Immediately a campaign of L'Infamie was started against James II. The Duke of Monmouth was persuaded, or bribed, into leading an insurrection to overthrow the king. On June 30, the Battle of Sedgemoor was fought. Monmouth was defeated and captured. He was executed July 15th. In August Judge Jeffreys opened, what historians have named, AThe Bloody Assizes.@ Over three hundred persons concerned in the Monmouth Rebellion were sentenced to death under circumstances of atrocious cruelty. Nearly one thousand others were condemned to be sold as slaves. This was a typical example of how the Secret Powers, working behind the scenes, create conditions for which other people are blamed. They in turn are liquidated. King James still had to be disposed of before William of Orange could be placed on the throne to carry out their mandate. Every person in England was bewitched and bewildered. They were not allowed to know the truth (the people are never allowed to know the truth, and when it is presented to them they will not believe it). They blamed everyone, and everything except the ASecret Powers@ who were pulling the strings (the same thing that is happening at the present time in America). Then the conspirators made their next move.1688 They ordered William Prince of Orange to land in England at Torbay. This he did on November 5th. King James abdicated and fled to France. He had become unpopular by reason of the campaign of L'Infamie, intrigue and his own foolishness and culpability. 1689 William of Orange and Mary, were proclaimed King and Queen of England. King James did not intend to give up the Throne without a fight. He was a Catholic, so the Secret Powers set up William of Orange as the Champion of the Protestant Faith. On February 15, 1689, King James landed in Ireland. The Battle of The Boyne was fought by men of definite, and opposing, religious convictions. The Battle has been celebrated by Orangemen on the 12th of July ever since. There is probably not one Orangeman in ten thousand who knows that all the wars and rebellions fought from 1640 to 1689 were fomented by the Jewish International money-lenders for the purpose of putting themselves in position to control British politics and economy. Their first objective was to obtain permission to institute a Bank of England and consolidate and secure the debts Britain owed them for loans made to her to fight the wars they instigated. History shows how they completed their plans. In the final analysis, none of the countries and people involved in the wars and revolutions obtained any lasting benefits. No permanent or satisfactory solution was reached regarding the political, economic, and religious issues involved. The only people to benefit were the small group of Jewish money-lenders who financed the wars and revolutions, and their friends and agents, who supplied the armies, the ships, and the munitions. It is important to remember that no sooner was the Dutch General sitting upon the throne of England than he persuaded the British Treasury to borrow ,1,250,000 from the Jewish Bankers who had put him there. The school book history Informs our children that the negotiations were conducted by Sir John Houblen and Mr. William Patterson on behalf of the British Government with money-lenders whose identity remained secret. A search of historical documents reveals that in order to maintain complete secrecy the negotiations regarding the terms of the loan were carried on in a church. In the days of Christ the money-lenders used the Temple.In the days of William of Orange they desecrated a church. The International Jewish money-lenders agreed to accommodate the British Treasury to the extent of ,1,250,000 providing they could dictate their own terms and conditions. This was agreed to. The terms were in part:1). That the names of those who made the loan remain secret; and that they be granted a Charter to establish a Bank of England. (The identity of the men who control the Bank of England still remains a secret. The MacMillan Committee appointed in 1929 to throw light on the subject failed completely. Mr. Montague Norman, the official Head of the Bank of England was most evasive and non-committal in any answer he made to the committee) 2). That the directors of the Bank of England be granted the legal right to establish the Gold Standard for currency by which; 3). They could make loans to the value of ,10 for every ,1 value of gold they had on deposit in their vaults.4). That they be permitted to consolidate the national debt; and secure payment of amounts due as principal and interest by direct taxation of the people. Thus, for the some of ,1,250,000, King William of Orange sold the people of England into economic bondage. The Jewish money-lenders gained their ambitions. They had usurped the power to issue and control the currency of the nation.And, having secured that power they cared not who made the laws. The International Jewish Bankers never intend that England be allowed to pay off the national indebtedness. The plan was to create international conditions which would plunge ALL nations concerned deeper and deeper into their debt. (If such a policy is carried to its logical conclusion it is only a matter of time before the International Jewish money-lenders will control the wealth, natural resources, and man-power of the entire world. History shows how rapidly they have progressed toward their goal since 1694) The Secret Power behind the World Revolutionary Movement pulled the necessary strings and brought about AThe Wars of the Spanish Succession.@ In 1701 the Duke of Marlborough was made Commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Holland. No less an authority than the Jewish Encyclopedia records the fact that for his many services the Duke of Marlborough received not less than ,6,000 a year from the Dutch Jewish Banker, Solomon Medina.The Encyclopedia Americana calls Hyrcanus a Jewish high priest [135-105 B.C.] who forced the Idumeans to become AJews.@ Idumea is the Greek for Edomites. The works of Josephes relates how the Idumeans were forced to accept Judaism. In the Bible Esau, Edo, Mt. Seir and Idumea are interchangeable for the offspring of ESAU, Jacob's twin brother.760: Halakhot Pesukot (attributed to Yehudai b. Nahman). 761: The Karate schism led by Aan ben David. 762-767: Aan b. David lays the foundation of Karaism. 768-814: Reign of Charlemagne begins. 797: Isaac sent by Charlemagne on an embassy to Harun al-Rashid. 800: Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 814: ACapitula de Judefs@ of Charlemagne and Ludwig decide that Jews should not have church utensils in pledge. Arabic numerals are established.827: Eberard, AMagister Judaeorum@ under Louis I. the Pious, king of the Franks, protects the Jews against Agobard, Bishop of Lyons.845: Council of Meaux, under Amolo, bishop of Lyons, enacts anti-Jewish decrees, renewing those of Constantine and Theodosius II. 850: Al-Mutawakkil orders the APeoples of the Book@ to wear yellow kerchiefs.862: Viking Russ tribe seizes control of Northern Russia. 874: Vikings settle Iceland. 875: Nahshon b. Zadok researches on the Jewish calendar. 878: Ibrahim ibn Ahmad orders Jews of Sicily to wear a badge. 900: Spain begins to drive out the Moors (Arabs). 932: Printed books from wood blocks are developed in China. 981: Eric the Red begins settlement of Greenland. 998: End of Khazar Kingdom. 1000: Vikings begin exploration of North America. 1007: Persecution at Rouen by Robert the Devil. 1012: Jews driven from Mayence by Emperor Henry II. Expulsion of Jews from Mainz. 1013: (Apr. 19) Massacre at Cordova by soldiers of Sulaiman ibn al-Hakim. 1021: Al-Hakim renews the 'Pact of Omar' in Egypt. Muslim Druse sect is found by Caliph al-Hakim. 1054: Byzantine Empire breaks with Holy Roman Church. 1066: Banishment of the Jews from Granada. Jews settle in England. England conquered by William of Normandy. 1078: Pope Gregory VII. (Hildebrand) promulgates canonical law against Jews holding office in Christendom. Jerusalem conquered by the Seljuks. 1079: Jews repulsed from Ireland. This is the origin of St. Patrick's Day, as when he drove the snakes from Ireland. 1085: Pope Gregory VII. protests against Jews being placed by the King of Castile in authority over Christians. 1090: AFuero@ (decree) of Alfonson VI, appoints duel means of settling litigation between Christian and Jew. Henry IV, grants Judah ben Kalonymus and Jews of Speyer protection to life and property.1096-99: First Crusade; Jews massacred along the Rhine and elsewhere. Contemporary history deletes the killing of Jews and falsely records the Crusade was to oust the Muslims from the Holy Land. 1099: The Jews of Jerusalem burned in a Synagogue by the Crusaders under Godfrey of Bouillon. 1103: The AConstitutio Pacis@ of the imperial court at Mayence assures the Jews of the emperor's peace.1117: Persecution at Rome; appearance of a false Messiah at Cordova. 1120: Calixtus II, issues bull ASicut Judaeis,@ the charter of the Roman Jews.1124: Ladislaus I, of Bohemia decrees that no Christian shall serve Jews. 1144: Alleged martyrdom of St. William of Norwich (first case of blood accusation). 1144 A.D. Norwich: A twelve-year-old Christian boy was crucified and his side pierced at the Jewish Passover. His body was found in a sack hidden in a tree. A converted Jew, called Theobald of Cambridge, confessed that the Jews took blood every year from a Christian child because they thought that only by so doing could they ever obtain their freedom and return to Palestine; and that it was their custom to draw lots to decide whence the blood was to be supplied; Theobald said that last year the lot fell to Narbonne, but in this year to Norwich. The boy was locally beatified and has ever since been known as St. William. The Sheriff, probably bribed, refused to bring the Jews to trial. (Close and Patent Rolls of the Realm, London, Winchester and Oxford) There is an illustration of an old painted rood-screen depicting the Ritual Murder and Sacrifice of St. William; the screen itself is in Loddon Church, Norfolk, unless the Power of the Jewish Money has had it removed. No one denies this case as a historical event, but the Jews of course say it was not a Ritual Sacrifice. (J.C. Cox's Norfolk Churches, Vol. II, p. 47; Victoria County History of Norfolk, 1906, Vol. II) The Jew, C. Roth stated, in reference to this case: AModern enquirers, after careful examination of the facts, have concluded that the child probably lost consciousness in consequence of a cataleptic fit, and was buried prematurely by his relatives.@ (The Ritual Murder Libel and the Jew (1935), C. Roth) How these so-called enquirers arrived at a conclusion like that after all those years, Mr. Roth does not say; nor is it a compliment to the Church to suggest that its ministers would allow the boy's death to be celebrated as a martyrdom of a saint without having satisfied themselves that the wounds on the body confirmed the crucifixion and the piercing of the side. John Foxe's Acts and Monuments of the Church records this Ritual Sacrifice, as did the Bollandists and other historians. The Prior, William Turbe, who afterwards became Bishop of Norwich, was the leading light in insisting that the crime was one of Jewish Ritual Sacrifice; in the Dictionary of National Biography (edited by a Jew) it is made clear that his career, apart from this Ritual Sacrifice, is that of a man of great strength of character and moral courage.1146-1148: Second Crusade; Jews massacred throughout France and Germany. Beginning of the Almohad persecution in northern Africa and Southern Spain; Jews flee, or pretend to accept Islam. 1150: Statutes of Aries appoint a special Jewish oath. 1156: Jews of Persia persecuted on account of Pseudo-Messiah, David Alroy. Civil wars fought in Japan. 1160 Gloucester: The body of a Christian child named Harold was found in the river with the usual wounds of crucifixion. Sometimes wrongly dated 1168. (Recorded in Monumentsa Germania Historia, Vol. VI (Erfurt Annals); Polychronican, R. Higdon; Chronicles, R. Grafton, p. 46) 1161: Abraham ibn Daud completes Sefer ha-Kabbalah. Chinese use explosives in warfare. 1168: Latins and Greeks, Jews and Saracens, granted right of being judged by their own laws in Sicily. Maimonides completes commentary on the Mishnah. 1171: Thirty-one Jews and Jewesses of Blois Burned on the charge of having used human blood in the Passover. Destruction of the Blois community; 1171. Blois, France: At Passover, a Christian child was crucified, his body drained of blood and thrown into the river. (Monumenta Germania Historica, VI, 520; Magd. Cent. 12, c. 14 and 13, c. 14) 1172: Persecution of the Jews of Yemen. Messianic excitement. 1174: Sultan Nureddin Mahmud removes all Jews of Syria and Egypt from public offices. 1178: Riot at Toledo, at which Fermosa, the Jewish mistress of Alfonso VIII., is killed. 1179 The third Lateran Council passes decrees protecting the religious liberty of the Jews. Jews of Boppard and Neighborhood slain because body of Christian woman found on banks of Rhine. Jews expelled from Bohemia. 1179 Pontoise: A Christian boy named Richard was tortured, crucified and bled white. Philip Augustus's chaplains and historians, Rigord and Guillaume l'Armorician, attested this case. The body of the boy was taken to the Church of the Holy Innocents in Paris and he was canonized as St. Richard. (Acta, Vol. III, March, 591; Magd. Cent., 23, c. 14; Spec. Vinc., 129, c. 25; and Cosm. Munst., 23, c. 14) 1180: First Maimonidean controversy. Maimonides completes Mishneh Torah. 1181 Bury St. Edmunds: A Christian child called Robert was sacrificed at Passover. The child was buried in the church and its presence there was supposed to cause Amiracles.@ (Rohrbacher, from the Chronicle of Gervase of Canterbury)1182: (April) Philip Augustus of France banishes the Jews from his hereditary provinces and takes one-third of their debts. 1187: Jerusalem captured by Saladin. 1189: Attack on the Jews of London at coronation of Richard I. Third Crusade. Last recorded Viking voyage to North America. 1190: (May 17) Self-immolation of 150 Jews at York to avoid baptism. Anti-Jewish riots; massacre at York. Maimonides completes Guide of the Perplexed. Genghis Khan begins conquest of Asia. 1192. Winchester: A Christian boy crucified. (The Jewish Encyclopedia says this was a false charge) Braisne: Philip Augustus attended to this case personally, and had the criminals burnt. It was a case of the crucifixion of a Christian sold to the Jews by Agnes, Countess of Dreux, who considered him guilty of homicide and theft. (Histoire des Ducs et Comtes de Champagne, IV, 1 st part, p. 72, Paris, 1865, by A. de Jubainville; Spec. Vinc., 129, c. 25; Gauin, L. 6, De Francis; Magd. Cent., 12, c. 14, col. 1670) 1194: AOrdinances of the Jewry@ passed in England for registering Jewish debts, thus preparing the way for the exchequer of Jews.1198: Jews permitted to return to France by Philip Augustus for 15,000 livres in silver. 1200: Bishop Conrad of Mayence issues an oath in German for Jews of Erfurt. 1204: Crusaders capture and sack Constantinople. 1205: (July 15) Innocent III. writes to Archbishop of Sens and Bishop of Paris laying down the principle that Jews are bound to perpetual subjection because of the Crucifixion. 1209: Council of Avignon issues restrictive measures against the Jews. (July 22) French Jews attacked and plundered; 200 murdered. 1210: Jews of England imprisoned by King John. Extortions of John Lackland. Mongols invade China. 1210-11: French and English rabbis emigrate to Palestine. Settlement of 300 French and English rabbis. 1212: The Jews of Toledo killed by Crusaders under the Cistercian monk Arnold; first persecution of Jews in Castile. 1215 Magna Carta of England signed by King John which limits rights of the crown in Jewish debts to the principal. Pope Innocent III. Among many anti-Jewish measures, decrees the Jew badge. 1221: Jews killed at Erfurt. 1222 Golden Bull of Hungary refuses Jews the right to hold public office. Council of Oxford imposes restrictions on the English Jews. 1227: Council of Narbonne reenacts the anti-Jewish decrees of the fourth Lateran Council. 1228: Sixth Crusade results in capture of Jerusalem. 1230: (Dec.) AStatutum de Judeis@ in France by Louis IX prohibits Jews from making contracts or leaving their lords' lands.1232 Winchester: Christian boy crucified. Details lacking. (Hayamon's History of the Jews in England; also in Annals of Winchester; and conclusively in the Close Roll 16, Henry III, membrane 8, 26.6. 1232) 1234 (Dec. 10) Jews of Fulda find a murdered Christian; 261 Jews killed as a consequence. 1235 Norwich: In this case, the Jews stole a Christian child and hid him with a view to crucifying him. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (1847), says: AThey (the Jews) circumcise and attempt to crucify a child at Norwich; the offenders are condemned in a fine of 20,000 marks.@ (Huillard Breolles, Grande Chronique, III, 86. Close Roll, 19 Henry III, m 23)1235: Blood libel at Fulda. 1236 Frederick II. takes Jews of Sicily under his protection as being his Aservi camerae@ (first use of this term). Persecutions in West France. Frederick II Hohenstaufen introduces the concept of servicamerae. 12th-13th cent. Hasidei Ashkenazi; Sefer Hasidim compiled. 12th-14th cent. Tosafot (France and Germany).1238 Fulda, Hesse-Nassan: Five children murdered; Jews confessed under torture, but said the blood was wanted for healing purposes. Frederick II exonerated the Jews from suspicion, but the Crusaders had already dealt with a number by putting them to death. Frederick II called together a number of converted Jews, who denied the existence of Jewish Ritual Sacrifice. But Frederick's bias is evident in his own words when, in publishing his decision, he gives his objects in calling these people together, Aalthough our conscience regarded the innocence of the aforesaid Jews adequately proved on the ground of several writings.@ Had Frederick II lived today, he would have relied little upon religious literature in deciding whether Jewish Ritual Sacrifice exists or not. (Chron. Hirsaug., and Magd. Cent., 13, c. 24)1240 (June 25) Disputation before Louis IX. of France between Nichoias Donin and the Jews represented by Jehiel of Paris, Moses of Coucy, Talmudist and itinerant preachers and two others. Disputation of Paris. Mongols capture Moscow, destroy Kiev. 1241 (May 24) Riot at Frankfort on account of a Jewish convert, Jewish Parliament summoned to Worchester, England. Tatars reach the frontiers of Silesia. 1242: Burning of Talmud at Paris. 1244 Archduke Frederick II. the Valiant, of Austria, grants privileges to the Jews ( APrivilegium Frede ricianum@). Twenty- four wagon-loads of Talmuds and other manuscripts (1200) burned at Paris. Jerusalem captured by the Khwarizms.1244 London: A Christian child's body found unburied in the cemetery of St. Benedict, with ritual cuts. Buried in St. Paul's. (Social England, Vol. I, p. 407, edited by H.D. Traill) 1246 James I. of Aragon, in the Ordenamiento of Huesa declares Jews to be Ain commanda regis,@ Council of Bčziers forbids Jews to practice medicine.1247 Valreas, France: Just before Easter, a two-year-old Christian girl's body was found in the town moat with wounds on forehead, hands and feet. Jews confessed that they wanted the blood of the child, but did not say that it was for ceremonial purposes. Pope Innocent IV said that three of the Jews were executed without confessing, but the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1903, Vol. III, p. 261, says they confessed. 1250 Saragossa: A Christian boy crucified, afterwards canonized as St. Dominiculus. Pius VII, 24th November 1805, confirmed a decree of the Congregation of Rites of 31st August, according this canonization. 1255 Lincoln: A Christian boy called Hugh was kidnaped by the Jews and crucified and tortured in hatred of Jesus Christ. The boy's mother found the body in a well on the premises of a Jew called Joppin or Copinus. This Jew, promised by the judge his liufe if he confessed, did so, and 91 Jews were arrested; eventually 18 were hanged for the crime. King Henry III himself personally ordered the juridical investigation of the case five weeks after the discovery of the body, and refused to allow mercy to be shown to the Jew Copinus, who was executed. (Henry III, 39, m. 2, 7.10 1255; 39, m. 2, 14.10.1255; 40, m. 20, 24.II, 1255; 40, m. 13, 13.3.1256; 42, m. 6, 19.6.1258. Patent Rolls, Henry III, 40, m. 20, 26.II.1255; 40, m. 19, 9.12.1255; 40, 27.3.1256; and 40, m. 5, 20.8.1256) 1249: Innocent IV issues bull against blood libel. 1254: (Dec.) Louis IX. expels Jews from France. 1255 (July 31) St. Hugh of Lincoln disappears, and the Jews are accused of murdering him for ritual purposes. Blood libel at Lincoln. 1257. London: A Christian child sacrificed. (Cluverius, Epitome Historia, p. 541) 1259 Jahudan de Cavalleria becomes Abayle-general@ and treasurer of Aragon. Provincial council of Fritziar for province of Mayence repeats several of the canonical restrictions, including the badge (first time in Germany).1261 Pforzheim, Baden: An old woman sold a seven-year-old Christian girl to the Jews, who bled her, strangled her and threw the body into the river. The old woman was convicted on the evidence of her own daughter. A number of Jews were condemned to death, two committing suicide. (Bollandists, Acta, Vol. II, p. 838; Rohrbacher, L'Histoire Universelle de l'Englise Catblique, Vol. XVIII, pp. 697-700; Thos. Cantipranus, De ratione vita, Vol. II, xxix) 1261: Expulsion from Brabant, by Henry III. of all Jews except those living by trade. 1263-64: Disputation at Barcelona between Pablo Christiani and Nahmanides. Jews of London sacked. 1264 Massacres at London, Canterbury, Winchester, and Cambridge by the barons in revolt against Henry VII. Charter of Boleslav V the Pious. 1265: (May 2) Persecution at Sunzig; 72 persons burned in synagogue. 1267: (May 12) Synod of Vienna, under Cardinal Guida, orders Jews to wear pointed hats. 1270: (June 23) Persecution at Weissenburg. Death of Nahmanides. 1273 (Nov. 4) Jews of Lerida obtain permission to substitute oath by the Ten Commandments for the oath Amore Judaici.@1274: (July 7) Gregory X. issues bull against blood accusation. Mongols attempt invasion of Japan but fail. 1275 Jews expelled from Marlborough, Glouchester, Worchester, and Cambridge, at the request of Queen- mother. 1276. London: Christian boy crucified. (Close Roll of the Realm, 4, Edward I, membrane 14, 3.3.1276) 1279 Northampton: A Christian child crucified. AThey (the Jews) crucify a child at Northampton for which 50 are drawn at horses' tails and hanged.@ (Haydn's Dictionary of Dates, 1847, Reiley, Memorials of London, p. 15; H. Desportes, Le Mystere du Sang)1280 Alfonso X. orders all Jews of Leon an d'Castile to be imprisoned till they pay 12,000 maravedis, and 12,000 for every day of delay in payment. English Jews forced to attend sermons of Dominicans. 1286 (June 28) Meir ben Baruch of Rothenburg (1220-93), chief rabbi of Germany, imprisoned when about to emigrate. Sancho of Castile in Cortes of Palencia orders Jews to submit their cases to the ordinary alcaldes (abolition of legislative autonomy). (Nov. 30) Bull of Honorius IV. to archbishops of York and Canterbury against Talmud. Zohar in final form completed by Moses b. Shem Tov de Leon. 1286 Oberwesel, on the Rhine: A Christian boy named Werner was tortured for three days at Passover, hanged by the legs and bled white. The body was found in the river. A sculptured representation of this Ritual Sacrifice is still in the Oberwesel Church. (Aventinus, Annals of Bavaria, 1521, 17, p. 576; Chron. Hirsaug., Magd. Cent., 13, c. 14) 1287 Berne: Rudolf, a Christian boy, was murdered at Passover in the house of a rich Jew called Matler. Jews confessed that he had been crucified; many were put to death. (Bollandists, Acta, Vol. II, April; Helvetia sancta (H. Murer); Karl Howard, Die Brunnen zu Bern, 1848, p. 250; Cosm. Munst., 13, p. 482) A stone monument still exists in Berne commemorating the crime. It is called The Fountain of the Child-Devourer, and is now on the Kornhausplatz. It represents a monster, with a Jewish countenance, eating a child. The figure wears the Judenbut, the hat prescribed for the Jews to wear by decree of the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215. This monument was first placed in a street of the Jews' quarter as a reminder of the monstrous crime and as a punishment for the whole of Berne Jewry. Later, it was removed to its present location. 1287: (May 2) All Jews in England thrown into prison. 1288: Jews burned at Troyes. Troyes, France: some Jews were tried for a Ritual Sacrifice and 13 were executed by burning. (Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906, Vol. XII, p. 267) 1290 Oxford: The Patent Roll 18 Edward I, m. 21, 21st June, 1920, contains an order for the Gaul delivery of a Jew, Isaac de Pulet, detained for the murder of a Christian boy at Oxford. One month later, King Edward issued his decree expelling the Jews from the Kingdom. It was the Oxford murder which proved the last straw in toleration for the English. Hugh was locally beatified, and his tomb may still be seen in Lincoln Cathedral, but the Jewish Money Power has evidently been at work, for between 1910 and 1930, a notice was fixed above the shrine which reads as follows: AThe body of Hugh was given burial in the Cathedral and treated as that of a martyr. When the Minster was repaved, the skeleton of a small child was found beneath the present tombstone.There are many incidents in the story |