Priory of Sion: Myths and legends

Although Priory of Sion did not had a significant historical and social role, the general public today is amused with various legends that are associated with this company. The most interesting is one that speaks about Plantard conspiracy. Pierre Plantard wanted Priory of Sion to become crypto-political esoteric-Christian Knights order, whose mission is to set up the Great King to the French throne, and whose arrival is predicted by Nostradamus. Some independent researchers speculate that this whole story was pre-planned prank that Plantard built his own cult of personality in esoteric circles. In the period between the 1961st and 1984. Plantard the company earned mystical "pedigree." He claimed that the new Priory of Sion successor to the Roman Catholic religious order founded in Sion Church, the abbey in the kingdom of Jerusalem during the First Crusade War 1099th , and by the 1617th in its ranks absorb Jesuits. People often confuse Abbey Sion and Priory of Sion, not knowing the difference.

Also, 1960. Plantard began creating manuscripts and possessed "a medieval parchment" that contained an encrypted message for the alleged Priory of Sion. Alleged parchment were also forged, and made by his friend Philippe de Cherisey.

Opus Dei: Fact and fiction

Opus Dei (Latin for "the work of God") is an organization within the Catholic Church that emphasizes the Catholic belief that everyone is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity. The order was founded in Spain, 1928 by a Catholic priest Josemaría Escrivá with the approval of Pope Pius XII. All the members follow the so called "plan of life," made up of spiritual practices such as daily Mass, rosary, spiritual reading, and mental prayer, as well as Opus Dei prayers and customs. Opus Dei has often been described as the most controversial force within the Catholic Church. Contraversies about Opus Dei have been centered around of its alleged secretiveness, its recruiting methods, and the alleged right leaning politics of its members. Dan Brown calls Opus Dei a sect and a cult. He claimed in his book Da Vinci Code that Opus Dei was a secret organization aim was to defeat the Priory of Sion and those who seek to uncover the truth about Christianity and Jesus Christ. According to Brown, Opus Dei covers up Christ’s alleged marriage to Mary Magdalene. There has been also a great deal of controversy over Opus Dei because of the strictness of its religious structure.
Opus Dei has more than 80,000 members worldwide in more than 90 different countries, they are wealthy and influential in politics and business.

The Priory of Sion: Myth or Reality?

The Priory of Sion, is a name given to multiple groups, both real and fictitious. It was a organisation created in 1956 by Pierre Plantard.
In the 1960s, Plantard created a fictitious history for that organization, describing it as a secret society founded in the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1099, which serves the interests of the Merovingian dynasty and its alleged bloodlines. This myth was expanded and popularized by the 1982 controversial book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, written by Dan Brown, later claimed as factual in the preface of the 2003 conspiracy fiction novel The Da Vinci Code. The Priory of Sion is portrayed in the book as an ancient, powerful organization guarding a historical secret of great importance. According to Dan Brown the Priory preserved the truth about Jesus and Mary Magdalene for centuries. Isaac Newton, Sandro Botticelli, Victor Hugo and da Vinci all belonged to the Priory.
Many conspiracy theorists persist in believing that the Priory of Sion is an age-old cabal that conceals a subversive secret.