Papal Politics
When we examine the symbolism of the English Orders, we see some shocking messages. Why does everyone bow before the Pope - whether they are a religious or a political leader? Why did the Queen visit the pope dressed in black? Why do so many visit the pope dressed in black? And why are political leaders such as Ronald Reagan and George Bush knighted? What service did they do? When we study the symbolism there is much that can be gleaned. The Queen, the Knights, the Orders are all subject to the Pope. England has long ago lost its independent state and is now subject to the Papacy, but most don't know it. Can there be a deeper meaning to the rituals and symbolism?
In 1982 Pope John Paul II visited the UK, kissing the ground at Gatwick airport as a show of authority. BBC News tells us that, "In the afternoon, a crowd of 80,000 gathered for mass at Wembley stadium in what was billed as the first of the Pope's 'outdoor spectaculars.' They sang 'He's got the whole world in his hands' and clapped their hands as he arrived in his 'Popemobile.'"
Source: BBC News (February 2, 2005).
Source: BBC News (February 2, 2005).
A relief of St. Thomas Beckett's murder in 1170. Pope John Paul II and Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Robert Runcie knelt in prayer together at the location of Beckett's death—called the Place of the Martyrdom—when they met in 1982. This was a significant move by the Pope as Thomas Beckett's murder had a huge significance to England.
King John (1167 – 1216). Read King John's Concession of the crown to the Papacy.
"The Crown resigned to the Pope's Legate by King John" (in 1213), from History of England. Learn the context of this historic event.
King John of England signs the Magna Carta, breaking his word to the Church and relinquishing the British crown to the Papacy.Learn the context of this historic event.
Source: Cassell's History of England.
Source: Cassell's History of England.
The regalia of the Knights Templars. Note the Maltese crosses.
Pope Benedict greets the former Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Prince Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie (1929-2008), in the Vatican.
Pope Benedict is greeted by the former Grand Master of the Order of Malta, Prince Andrew Willoughby Ninian Bertie (1929-2008), in the Vatican. Every Knight is subservient to the Pope, and the Queen of England is a Knight.
Rome, 11 April 2008: The recently elected Grand Master of the Order of Malta, His Most Eminent Highness Fra’ Matthew Festing, was received this morning in private audience by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican.
Knight of Malta, Cardinal Egan Archbishop of New York, bowing to the Pope. The Pope is the head of not only the Knights of Malta, but secret societies and religious Orders all over the world.
George Bush Jr. and Al Gore with Cardinal Egan, Knight of Malta.
McCain, Cardinal Egan, and Obama, Knights of Malta.
October 17, 2008: Barack Obama and John McCain put their bitter differences aside and tested out their comedy skills during a charity bash in New York City.
Source: Sky News.
Source: Sky News.
A Knight of Malta depicted in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Queen Elizabeth II in her Maltese robe. Elizabeth is the Sovereign Head of the Order of St. John, a Protestant arm of the Knights of Malta.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip escorted Pope Benedict XVI to the Morning Drawing Room in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen’s official residence in Scotland, in September 2010.
Source: Dan Kitwood, New York Times.
Source: Dan Kitwood, New York Times.
The Queen meets volunteers from St. John Ambulance. Her Majesty is Sovereign Head of the Order of St. John.
Emblem of the Order of St. John, the English Protestant ecumenical branch of the Order of Malta, which is a Catholic secret society.
The Duke of Gloucester installs the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, as a Knight of the Order of St. John in 2007.
Nelson Mandela and the Duke of Gloucester, at the Knights and Dames Investiture on November 23, 2004, at St James’s Palace, when the Duke invested Mr. Mandela as a Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St. John.
The Queen, dressed in her robes as Sovereign of the Order of the Bath.
Symbol of the Order of the Bath. According to the British Monarchy's website, "The title of the Order is late medieval in origin. It arose from the ritual washing (inspired by the washing of baptism), a symbol of spiritual purification, which formed part of a knight's preparations for the conferment of knighthood."
The Prince of Wales, dressed in his robes as Great Master of the Order of the Bath.
Former US PresidentRonald Reagan was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1989.
"It is the Order of the Bath into which Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush were knighted after each left office" (Joan Veon, Prince Charles, The Sustainable Prince , 1998).
Photo source: http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page4883.asp
"It is the Order of the Bath into which Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush were knighted after each left office" (Joan Veon, Prince Charles, The Sustainable Prince , 1998).
Photo source: http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page4883.asp
Britain's Prince Charles (L) and Prince Andrew depart after attending the Garter service at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, in south-east England, 18 June 2007.
The Order of the Garter was founded not only as a continuation of the legend of King Arthur's Round Table, with all the mysticism and occultism that entails, but also as the overseer of the inner circles of the Priory of Zion, the Knights Templar, and the Rosicrucians, with the Temple Knights having just been thrust out of Europe. Very loosely speaking, where French Freemasonry tends to be atheistic, and was a precursor to Socialism and Communism, English Freemasonry is more spiritualistic, and was a precursor to Capitalism and Fascism.
Tim Cohen, The AntiChrist and a Cup of Tea (Aurora CO: Prophecy House, 1998): 165-166.
The Order of the Garter was founded not only as a continuation of the legend of King Arthur's Round Table, with all the mysticism and occultism that entails, but also as the overseer of the inner circles of the Priory of Zion, the Knights Templar, and the Rosicrucians, with the Temple Knights having just been thrust out of Europe. Very loosely speaking, where French Freemasonry tends to be atheistic, and was a precursor to Socialism and Communism, English Freemasonry is more spiritualistic, and was a precursor to Capitalism and Fascism.
Tim Cohen, The AntiChrist and a Cup of Tea (Aurora CO: Prophecy House, 1998): 165-166.
Charles II of England (1660-1685) in the robes of the Order of the Garter.
The Most Noble Order of the Garter (1348). The Queen is Sovereign of the Order. Five members of the royal family are Ladies of the Order or Royal Knights, and there are 24 Knights and Lady Companions including three ex-Prime Ministers. Six foreign monarchs are at present Extra Knights Companions and Ladies. Initials KG or LG.
Garter members must be royalty.
Third row: Lord Indg, The Duke of Abercorn, Lord Ashburton, The Register, The Dean of Windsor, Sir Edmund Hillary, The Bishop of Winchester, Sir Timothy Coleman, Secretary Hubert Chessyre, Sir William Gladstone and Sir Anthony Acland.
Second row: Page of Honour John Bowes-Lyon, Black Rod Sir Michael Willcocks, Sir Edward Heath, The Duke of Devonshire, Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover, The Duke of Wellington, The Chancellor Lord Carrington, Lord Richardson of Duntisbourne, Lord Kingsdown, Lady Thatcher, Garter Peter Gwynn-Jones, Page of Honour Lord Carnegie.
Front row: The Duke of Grafton, The King of Spain, The Queen of Denmark, The Duke of Gloucester, The Princess Royal, The Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II, The Prince of Wales, The Duke of Kent, Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, The Queen of the Netherlands, The King of Norway.
Third row: Lord Indg, The Duke of Abercorn, Lord Ashburton, The Register, The Dean of Windsor, Sir Edmund Hillary, The Bishop of Winchester, Sir Timothy Coleman, Secretary Hubert Chessyre, Sir William Gladstone and Sir Anthony Acland.
Second row: Page of Honour John Bowes-Lyon, Black Rod Sir Michael Willcocks, Sir Edward Heath, The Duke of Devonshire, Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover, The Duke of Wellington, The Chancellor Lord Carrington, Lord Richardson of Duntisbourne, Lord Kingsdown, Lady Thatcher, Garter Peter Gwynn-Jones, Page of Honour Lord Carnegie.
Front row: The Duke of Grafton, The King of Spain, The Queen of Denmark, The Duke of Gloucester, The Princess Royal, The Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II, The Prince of Wales, The Duke of Kent, Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, The Queen of the Netherlands, The King of Norway.
At his coronation as Prince of Wales in 1969, Prince Charles sat on a chair with a large red dragon emblazoned on it.
![Prince Charles' coat of arms represents the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. These are the animal symbols for France, the leopard; Germany, the Bear; and England, the lion. These nations represented the western arm of the Holy Roman Empire.
According to Tim Cohen, The AntiChrist and a Cup of Tea, (Aurora, CO: Prophecy House, 1998): 172, 'the overall message conveyed at the base [of the coat of arms] is
'Ich, the Black Prince, dien the Red Dragon,' or 'I, the Black Prince, serve Satan.''](albums/p/6/Prince-Charles-Coat-of-Arms-Red-Dragon.jpg)
Prince Charles' coat of arms represents the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. These are the animal symbols for France, the leopard; Germany, the Bear; and England, the lion. These nations represented the western arm of the Holy Roman Empire.
According to Tim Cohen, The AntiChrist and a Cup of Tea, (Aurora, CO: Prophecy House, 1998): 172, "the overall message conveyed at the base [of the coat of arms] is 'Ich, the Black Prince, dien the Red Dragon,' or 'I, the Black Prince, serve Satan.'"
According to Tim Cohen, The AntiChrist and a Cup of Tea, (Aurora, CO: Prophecy House, 1998): 172, "the overall message conveyed at the base [of the coat of arms] is 'Ich, the Black Prince, dien the Red Dragon,' or 'I, the Black Prince, serve Satan.'"
The Vatican crest. In Scripture, the dragon symbolises Satan.
The flag of Wales, approved in 1953.
"The Royal Badge of Wales consists of the British monarch's crown, the red dragon, and an encircling riband with the motto motto Y Ddraig Goch Ddyry Cychwyn, meaning 'The red dragon gives the lead.'"
Tim Cohen, The AntiChrist and a Cup of Tea, (Aurora, CO: Prophecy House, 1998): 176.
Tim Cohen, The AntiChrist and a Cup of Tea, (Aurora, CO: Prophecy House, 1998): 176.
![The books Burke's Peerage & Baronetage and Burke's Landed Gentry have, for 175 years, recorded the genealogies of the UK and Ireland's titled and landed families...these are without comparison as a genealogical reference to the influential figures and families of Great Britain and Ireland. They say this:
'[Bush] is closely related to every European Monarch both on and off the throne.”
'Gore's family tree includes Charlemagne and three Holy Roman emperors and England's Edward I.'
'Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe, but took his stepfather's name as a teenager. Clinton's ancestry can be traced back, on his mother's side, to King Henry III who ruled England from 1227 to 1272. He is descended from King Robert I of France.'
Source: US Presidents are descendant from the British & French Royal, thecounterpunch.](albums/p/6/howland-Family-Chart.jpg)
The books Burke's Peerage & Baronetage and Burke's Landed Gentry have, for 175 years, recorded the genealogies of the UK and Ireland's titled and landed families...these are without comparison as a genealogical reference to the influential figures and families of Great Britain and Ireland. They say this:
"[Bush] is closely related to every European Monarch both on and off the throne.”
"Gore's family tree includes Charlemagne and three Holy Roman emperors and England's Edward I."
"Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe, but took his stepfather's name as a teenager. Clinton's ancestry can be traced back, on his mother's side, to King Henry III who ruled England from 1227 to 1272. He is descended from King Robert I of France."
Source: US Presidents are descendant from the British & French Royal, thecounterpunch.
"[Bush] is closely related to every European Monarch both on and off the throne.”
"Gore's family tree includes Charlemagne and three Holy Roman emperors and England's Edward I."
"Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe, but took his stepfather's name as a teenager. Clinton's ancestry can be traced back, on his mother's side, to King Henry III who ruled England from 1227 to 1272. He is descended from King Robert I of France."
Source: US Presidents are descendant from the British & French Royal, thecounterpunch.
Telegraph Obama McCain descendant royal
Robert Matthew Festing, Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta.
We see here that the Knights of Malta and the Order of St. John are one and the same.
Source: Edith Simon, "The Knights of the Maltese Cross," Horizon Volume 111 (New York: James Parton, 1961): 52.
Source: Edith Simon, "The Knights of the Maltese Cross," Horizon Volume 111 (New York: James Parton, 1961): 52.