Francis_of_Assisi founded the Franciscan Order in 1209. In
1342 the Franciscan order was placed in charge of Holy Places. After reading all of their accomplishments,
it appears that the Franciscan Order has not done much work over in the Middle
East area. Most of their efforts were focused on the mission systems in North
America. Their focus appears to be
finding treasures for Spain and enslaving the Native American Indians. Their goal was to remove relics from America and
move them to Spain.
From Wikipedia:
“The Custody of the Holy Land (Latin: Custodia Terræ
Sanctæ) is a custodian priory of the Franciscan
order in Jerusalem, founded as Province of the Holy
Land in 1217 by Saint Francis of Assisi, who also founded the
Franciscan Order. Its mission is to guard "the grace of the Holy Places"
of the Holy
Land and the rest of
the Middle East”
“From 1309 settling in Bethlehem and the Holy
Sepulchre along with the Canons Regular, in 1342 they were officially
declared custodians of the Holy Places
in the name of the Catholic Church by the Papal bulls Gratiam
agimus and Nuper charissimae by Pope Clement VI.”
“Church
of the Holy Sepulchre (1885).
Other than some restoration work, its appearance has essentially not changed
since 1854. The Immovable Ladder, the small ladder below the top-right window, is also visible in
recent photographs; this has remained in the same position since 1854 over a
disagreement to move it.”
Spanish Mission Overview
The Mission settlements in North America started about 1533 in
Mexico and ended about 1834. After that
the missions were abandoned. The 1833 Secularization of the Missions of California act passed by Mexico freed the
Indian that were working for the missions.
In 1865 President Lincoln signed the Missions over to the Roman Catholic
Church.
The Spanish missions
were started by the Jesuits and financed by Spain; however the Spanish
government removed them from service since they had not accumulated any
treasurers for them. Then the Franciscan
Orders was put in charge of the mission system.
Based on reading
various old news articles (below):
·
The
Jesuits and the Franciscans were enemies.
·
The Franciscans did work for the Catholic
Church of Spain and got their orders from the Pope.
·
Early
United States liked the Jesuits and Free Masons that resided in the United
States.
·
Early United States and Free Masons did not
like the Roman Catholic Church.
News Paper Articles about the Missions &
Columbus
1790 Jesuits Revolutionary War News
The Jesuits were the black robe regiment that was behind the
Revolutionary war. Their moto was
“Resistance to Tyrants, is obedience to God”.
Based on reading a few news articles the people of America liked the
Jesuits in America. (Note: back then ‘s’ was an ‘f’.)
Full Story in Col 1 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030483/1790-01-02/ed-1/seq-1.pdf
1790 Jesuits missionary efforts
Full article Col 2 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030483/1790-06-02/ed-1/seq-2.pdf
1837 Columbus came to Pillage, Plunder &
Enslave the Natives
1838 California Mission History & the Jesuits
California was not
part of the United States yet. The
Jesuits had control of the first 11 missions in Baja California; however Spain
took their control away since they did not accumulate treasures. Control was given to
the Franciscans.
See full story in Col 1 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87065592/1838-08-15/ed-1/seq-1.pdf
1852 Franciscan burns bible
1850 Mission History
1852 Franciscan Attempt to Kill Queen of Spain
1852 Control of Holy Land – Greek, Latin, Armenians, & Franciscans
1853 Franciscans had control of the Holy Land
Some things under Franciscan control and some things under
Latin control.
See col 2 regarding the holy places: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045784/1853-06-18/ed-1/seq-8.pdf
1856 US Bill regarding Catholic Monastery of
Franciscan Brothers
1856 Franciscan
collects money for Palestine
He was getting Alms from Spain for the Holy Places in Palestine.
1859 Corporate Tax and Suppression of the Monastic Orders
1866 Easter, Aprils Fools and Franciscan Monk of
Catholic Church
1870 News about Various Franciscan Orders and other
Orders
It talks of a lot of different orders, see this…
1899 Ancient San Antonio & the Alamo
1903 Franciscan Mission of the Alamo
1903 Columbus Discovered America for Spain and
Treasures
1917 Church Politics before WW1
Lots of news here….Full page article.
1492 Columbus sails the ocean blue
Prior to the Missions being built here, Columbus actually set sail to
raid the temples in Mexico. Was the fabled kingdom Jerusalem and the other holy places?
In the book below Columbus referred to America as India since that is
where the indigenous people lived.
Many say Columbus was trying to get to the Orient in current day Asia;
however, he could have taken a horse there.
Orient in Mexico
Columbus was sailing to get to the Orient in Mexico and today there is a mountain range called Sierra Madre Oriental. The word ‘orient’ means east in Latin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Madre_Oriental
1589 Map with Red Circles around Temples/Pyramids
These are the temples that Columbus was looking to
find. Columbus did know where he was
going.
https://www.loc.gov/maps/?sb=date&dates=1100-1199
My Visits to California Missions
I have been to several of the California missions. I checked a couple with a compass and they
appear to be oriented correctly – meaning the people in the church audience are
seated facing east. The sidewalks in their fountain court years appear to be
orientated to the sun also for telling time. These missions have quite a few
artifacts of value and a lot of Catholic items.
The Missions were built by the local native Indians.
About facing east:
San Juan Capistrano Mission
This mission appears to be older than what they say it is;
however I do not know. They state an
earthquake damaged this part of the mission in 1812. It I made with uncut stone and plaster (biblical).
The flag displayed at the mission Levi’s
and Judah’s symbols.
San Gabriel Mission
The mission was named after the Archangel Gabriel that visited the Virgin Mary.
The Tongva Indians lived in the area who were called the Gabrieleño. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongva
See this page for more information on
the cross and cross quarter days.
San Diego Mission
These choir chairs look very old.
Mission Santa Ines
This mission has some really nice oil paintings. They appear to be very old.
Mission Time Line
1533 Spanish Missions
in Mexico
1565 Florida Missions
1568 Georgia Missions
1598 New Mexico
Missions
1609-1625 French
& Spanish Jesuit Missions
1629 Arizona Missions
1634 to 1834 in Baja
California
1645 Sonora Desert
Missions
1680 Corpus Christi
Mission
1689 Texas Missions
1721 Mission Los
Adaes in Louisiana (Original Texas capitol)
1744 Alamo in San
Antonio Texas
1769 to 1833 in Alta (upper)
California
Mission Maps
El Camino Real or Old Spanish Trail
El Camino Real means Royal Road or King’s Highway. They connect the East coast
to the West Coast missions and down into Mexico. The Spanish Missions were on these ancient
highways.
The Franciscans built missions along the El Camino Real; The
Almo in Texas, the California Missions and others.
About the Royal road http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1901-09-15/ed-1/seq-2.pdf
El Camino Real into Mexico
El Camino Real from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Mexico http://www.thehistoryhub.com/camino-real-de-tierra-adentro-facts-pictures.htm (below)
These places are all in a line leading into Mexico:
·
Las Cruces which means the Crosses
I am just pointing
this out and do not know if this is of any importance.
Misc Links..
Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California
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