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Records of the superstition are rarely found before the 20th century, when it became extremely common. The connection between the Friday the 13th superstition and the Knights Templar was popularized in Dan Brown's 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code and in John J. Robinson's 1989 work Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry. On Friday, 13 October 1307, hundreds of the Knights Templar were arrested in France, an action apparently motivated financially and undertaken by the efficient royal bureaucracy to increase the prestige of the crown. Philip IV was the force behind this ruthless move, but it has also tarnished the historical reputation of Clement V. From the very day of Clement V's coronation, the king falsely charged the Templars with heresy, immorality and abuses, and the scruples of the Pope were compromised by a growing sense that the burgeoning French State might not wait for the Church, but would proceed independently. However, experts agree that this is a relatively recent correlation, and most likely a modern-day invention.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th

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ORIGINAL: BenevolentM

It is my understanding that Friday the 13th is infamous due to what happened years ago to the Knight Templars on that day. I heard that a document was found in the Vatican archive that shows that the Pope did not brand them heretics. It was the King of France. Today is Friday the 13th and so I thought to bring up the topic.

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Records of the superstition are rarely found before the 20th century, when it became extremely common. The connection between the Friday the 13th superstition and the Knights Templar was popularized in Dan Brown's 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code and in John J. Robinson's 1989 work Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry. On Friday, 13 October 1307, hundreds of the Knights Templar were arrested in France, an action apparently motivated financially and undertaken by the efficient royal bureaucracy to increase the prestige of the crown. Philip IV was the force behind this ruthless move, but it has also tarnished the historical reputation of Clement V. From the very day of Clement V's coronation, the king falsely charged the Templars with heresy, immorality and abuses, and the scruples of the Pope were compromised by a growing sense that the burgeoning French State might not wait for the Church, but would proceed independently. However, experts agree that this is a relatively recent correlation, and most likely a modern-day invention.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th

I suppose this is an example of efficient government in action and the sort of thing efficient government is capable of.

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ORIGINAL: LookieNoNookie

I had a good day....you're bringing me down.

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ORIGINAL: BenevolentM

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ORIGINAL: LookieNoNookie

I had a good day....you're bringing me down.

Think of it this way. It's movie night.

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ORIGINAL: hlen5

In numerology the compound number thirteen translates to the single number 4 (1+3), the number of destiny.

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ORIGINAL: littlewonder

Friday the 13th is infamous due to the Last Supper, not the Knights Templar

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The Evangelists and critics generally agree that the Last Supper was on a Thursday, that Christ suffered and died on Friday, and that He arose from the dead on Sunday.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14341a.htm

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Justice is a necessary, but not sufficient, step in becoming fully human. ... that something in the world is dangerously out of balance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_(Tarot_card)