1204-THE SACKING OF CONSTANTINOPLE
G.D.O'Bradovich III
According to accepted history, in May 1182 there was a massacre of Catholics in Constantinople. To the best of my knowledge, this is only time that the Orthodox turned on Roman Catholics. The first siege last from July 11 to August 1, 1203. The city fell to the Crusaders on April 12, 1204. The city was recaptured from the Latins on July 25, 1261.
The Ottomans attacked from April 6, 1453 to the fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453.
The city was founded in 330 as the capital of the eastern Roman Empire. The city, at the heart of the empire, was secure from any external threat. The fall of the city in 1204 showed the need of protecting walls. We can conclude that the famous walls were constructed after 1261.
Before the fall of the city in 1453, the residents saw a light leave Hagia Sophia. Interestingly, Josephus wrote that the Jews saw the Spirit of God leave the Jewish Temple in the alleged year 70. The Christians and Jews took this as a sign that their respective cities would fall to the enemy.
The Ottomans attacked from April 6, 1453 to the fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453.
The city was founded in 330 as the capital of the eastern Roman Empire. The city, at the heart of the empire, was secure from any external threat. The fall of the city in 1204 showed the need of protecting walls. We can conclude that the famous walls were constructed after 1261.
Before the fall of the city in 1453, the residents saw a light leave Hagia Sophia. Interestingly, Josephus wrote that the Jews saw the Spirit of God leave the Jewish Temple in the alleged year 70. The Christians and Jews took this as a sign that their respective cities would fall to the enemy.
City
Constantinople
Jerusalem |
Date
1453
70 |
Event
a Light leaves Hagia Sophia
Shekhinah leaves the Temple |
Result
City falls to the Ottomans
City falls to the Romans |
The Jewish priests were slaughtered during the sacrifices by the Romans in the Temple.
The Christian priest was killed during the Divine Liturgy by the conquering Moslems in Hagia Sophia.
Jerusalem means "city of peace". This would be an appropriate name for a walled city that could not be taken in battle.
Therefore, the fall of the Jerusalem is the fall of Constantinople. The implication is that Judaism is recent and not several millennium old.
The Christian priest was killed during the Divine Liturgy by the conquering Moslems in Hagia Sophia.
Jerusalem means "city of peace". This would be an appropriate name for a walled city that could not be taken in battle.
Therefore, the fall of the Jerusalem is the fall of Constantinople. The implication is that Judaism is recent and not several millennium old.
Fall ofJerusalem
Jerusalem Constantinople Constantinople |
Year587 BC
70 AD 1204 AD 1453 AD |
DateAviv 9
Aviv 9 April 13 May 29 |
Dayna
na Tuesday Tuesday |
SELECT WORDS
The following dates are from the Oxford English Dictionary. The OED has every word, with every definition, that has ever been used in the English language.
Word
Cherub
Sabbath Hebrew (person) Israel Zion Rabbi Synagogue Hebrew (language) Jew Holy Land Circumcision (as Hebrew) Messiah Babylon Seraphim Israelite Paschal Judaical Adonai Judas (as betrayer) Judaism Jehovah Passover Pentateuch Talmud Torah Sadducean Sheol Elohim Aaron Mishna Judaic Jerusalem Gehenna Mosaic Law Seraph Synagogal Semitic Kosher |
Earliest Date
c825
c950 1000 c1000 c1000 c1000 c1175 a1225 c1275 1297 c1250 a13-- 1362 1382 1382 c1430 c1470 1483 c1489 1494 1530 1530 1530 1532 1577 1593 1599 1605 1607 1610 1611 1615 1623 1662 1667 1682-3 1826 1851 |
Notes
A rank of Angel
A hill outside Jerusalem Place of worship A rank of Angel Annual festival, adjective A name of the Lord A name of the Lord Annual festival First five books of the Old Testament Jewish commentary The laws of the Old Testament Place of the dead Plural of God Brother of Moses Commentary on the Law Place of the Dead A rank of Angel |
The seven words before the sacking of Constantinople are Cherub, Sabbath, Hebrew (person), Israel, Zion, Rabbi and Synagogue. Of these words only Cherub is not a word commonly associated with the religion of the Jews. However, two Cherubs are placed over the Ark of the Covenant and the Ark is the oldest relic associated with history of Judaism, so it is not inappropriate to find Cherub on the list. Although there has been no attempt to be scientific in this listing (the words were chosen from a thesaurus ), it is odd that Cherub is the oldest word on the list.
The nine words dated from between 1204 and 1453 are Hebrew (language), Jew, Holy Land, Circumcision (as Hebrew), Messiah, Babylon, Seraphim, Israelite and Paschal. The remaining 22 words date from after 1453. As always, the gentle reader will come to their own conclusion.
The nine words dated from between 1204 and 1453 are Hebrew (language), Jew, Holy Land, Circumcision (as Hebrew), Messiah, Babylon, Seraphim, Israelite and Paschal. The remaining 22 words date from after 1453. As always, the gentle reader will come to their own conclusion.
Pharisee 1a c897 c1000 c1160 c1200 a1215 a1300 1303 1340 c1450
1b c1220 c1380 1382 1388 1390 a1500 1526
2 1589 1593 1599 1682
3 1611
1b c1220 c1380 1382 1388 1390 a1500 1526
2 1589 1593 1599 1682
3 1611
Sadducee 1 c975 a1300 c1380 1382 1388 1534 1557 1582 1592
2 1680
2 1680
Essene 1553 1587
Aramaic (the language of Jesus) and Aramaeen 1834
Hebraean 1 1509
2 1637-50
2 1637-50
Hebraic c1384 1530 1632
Hebraical 1601
Hebaician 1610
Hebraism 1 1570 1645
Hebraist 1 1755
Hebrize 1 1645
Hebreish c1000 c1050 a1225 c1250
Hebrew A1 c1000 c1395 c1450 1553 1585 1591 1671
b c1375 1382
2 a1225 a1300 c1400 1526 1645
B. Adjective
a (Nation) 1483 1604 1681
b (Language) a1300 1526 1591 1611
Hebrewess 1535 1611
Hebrewism 1611
Hebrician 1 1542 1565 1570
2 1571 1582 a1661
Hebaician 1610
Hebraism 1 1570 1645
Hebraist 1 1755
Hebrize 1 1645
Hebreish c1000 c1050 a1225 c1250
Hebrew A1 c1000 c1395 c1450 1553 1585 1591 1671
b c1375 1382
2 a1225 a1300 c1400 1526 1645
B. Adjective
a (Nation) 1483 1604 1681
b (Language) a1300 1526 1591 1611
Hebrewess 1535 1611
Hebrewism 1611
Hebrician 1 1542 1565 1570
2 1571 1582 a1661
King Solomons's Temple and environs.
NB- From this image, it could easily be mistaken for a floor plan of a western Roman Catholic church.
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NB- From this image, it could easily be mistaken for a floor plan of a western Roman Catholic church.
Click on image for a larger version.
1584 W. Allen True Def. Eng. Catholiques viii. 166
How the Heresie of the Arrians..discharged itself at length into Machometisme.
1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements i. xxvii. 155
Their detestable Mahumetisme and Turkish religion.
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 301
This is right Mahumetisme, and tendeth to the ouerthrow of the Gospel and church Catholike.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 311
These (they say) are friends to the Islams, that is, Catholike, or right-beleeving Musulmans.
1613a E. Brerewood Enq. Lang. & Relig. (1614) x. 68
In Afrique, all the Regions in a maner, that Christian religion had gained from Idolatry, Mahumetanisme hath regained from Christianitie.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 105
An African expressly affirms that in Mahumedisme were anciently lxxii. Sects, and now but two.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 59
Mahometisme had not yet vtterly extinguished all good literature.
1625 tr. Surrender of Lantore in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. v. xiv. 703
Our Religion of Islam doth not agree with the Christian Religion.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 144
They were..initiated in Mahometanisme.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. e j b ,
That Sect..was in Mahometanism the most Puritanical of all the Sects of the East.
1708 S. Ockley Conquest of Syria I. 253
See you do not renounce Islâm.
1717 J. Chappelow Right Way to be Rich (ed. 2) 164
Reformation, a thing far more frightful..than Popery, Slavery, Mahometism, or the Devil himself.
1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 83
Even Mahometanism was preferable to Calvinism.
1788 F. Gladwin Hist. Hindostan 49
Mohammedism first appeared in Cashmeer about the commencement of the eighth century of the Hegira.
1792 J. Clarkson Diary 3 Nov. in Sierra Leone Stud. (1927) 8 95
Visited by..a Mandingo Maraboo (priest) and his family of Port Logo. This nation is strict in Mahometanism as the Turks themselves.
1793 J. Trapp tr. A. M. Rochon Voy. Madagascar 48
It is surprising that Mahometism should not have made more progress in this island.
1797 J. Dallaway Constantinople 128
The more ingenious are instructed in islàm, and the sciences it deems lawful.
How the Heresie of the Arrians..discharged itself at length into Machometisme.
1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements i. xxvii. 155
Their detestable Mahumetisme and Turkish religion.
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 301
This is right Mahumetisme, and tendeth to the ouerthrow of the Gospel and church Catholike.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 311
These (they say) are friends to the Islams, that is, Catholike, or right-beleeving Musulmans.
1613a E. Brerewood Enq. Lang. & Relig. (1614) x. 68
In Afrique, all the Regions in a maner, that Christian religion had gained from Idolatry, Mahumetanisme hath regained from Christianitie.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 105
An African expressly affirms that in Mahumedisme were anciently lxxii. Sects, and now but two.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 59
Mahometisme had not yet vtterly extinguished all good literature.
1625 tr. Surrender of Lantore in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. v. xiv. 703
Our Religion of Islam doth not agree with the Christian Religion.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 144
They were..initiated in Mahometanisme.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. e j b ,
That Sect..was in Mahometanism the most Puritanical of all the Sects of the East.
1708 S. Ockley Conquest of Syria I. 253
See you do not renounce Islâm.
1717 J. Chappelow Right Way to be Rich (ed. 2) 164
Reformation, a thing far more frightful..than Popery, Slavery, Mahometism, or the Devil himself.
1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 83
Even Mahometanism was preferable to Calvinism.
1788 F. Gladwin Hist. Hindostan 49
Mohammedism first appeared in Cashmeer about the commencement of the eighth century of the Hegira.
1792 J. Clarkson Diary 3 Nov. in Sierra Leone Stud. (1927) 8 95
Visited by..a Mandingo Maraboo (priest) and his family of Port Logo. This nation is strict in Mahometanism as the Turks themselves.
1793 J. Trapp tr. A. M. Rochon Voy. Madagascar 48
It is surprising that Mahometism should not have made more progress in this island.
1797 J. Dallaway Constantinople 128
The more ingenious are instructed in islàm, and the sciences it deems lawful.
