The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ

Sadly, these authors make claims as factual information. As someone interested in these matters and widely read, this book seemed to have a "pat answer" for every detail in a convoluted, disjointed way. If your interested in the Turin Shroud, read The Second Messiah by Knight and Lomas. Their theory of the shroud makes more sense than saying its an elaborate joke as these authors have.

Authors get into the mysterious world of the Freemasons, the Cathars, the Knights Templar, and the occult to discover the truth behind an underground religion with roots in the first century that survives even today. Chronicling their fascinating quest for truth through time and space, the authors reveal an astonishing new view of the real motives and character of the founder of the Christianity, as well as the actual historical—and revelatory—roles of John the Baptist and Marry Magdalene. The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ claims that an ancient religion was suppressed by the Catholic Church because itwas telling a different story, than that the Church fathers wanted to impose upon the masses. Going through the history of the southern France, especially through that of Languedoc, history of the heretical Cathars comes to attention. Almost every church in the region is dedicated to either John the Baptist or Mary Magdalene. Suddenly folk legends describing Mary’s voyage (with two children) to this region come to mind. Holy Grail in French is St.Graal (which sounds very much like Sang royal-holy blood/bloodline)