Secrets of the Vatican Secret Archives

What is concealed from the public eye in the archives of the Vatican? There are those who think that after nine locks store information about extraterrestrial life. Others believe that they are stored ancient texts that deny the existence of Jesus. Who knows what kind of secrets that may compromise, perhaps even to destroy the Church, there are hidden?

At least one incorrectly translated from the Latin word could give reason to believe that perhaps the sacred, historical writings believers misunderstand. This led to a variety of conspiracy theories.

The secret archives of the Vatican or the Latin "Archivum Secretum Apostolicum Vatican" are historical records, describing in detail about the intriguing historical events. Archives was stolen by Napoleon and moved to Paris, where they were kept for a long time.

So, what is actually stored in the secret archives of the Vatican? First, a document that launched the Protestant Reformation of the church. 1521, Pope Leo X decree Martin Luther.

It also kept a petition, signed by 85 of the English clergy and Lord, which was requested by Pope Clement VII to annul King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Each signature has been sealed and marked with a red ribbon. Holy See refused to comply with a request, and this has led to the Anglican church separation.

Another interesting document secret archives - Michelangelo's letter to the Pope, warning that the Vatican guards did not receive salary for three months, so they are threatening to leave the job.

In the year when K. Columbus landed in North America, Pope Alexander VI issued Inter Cetera " , 1493 years of papal bull, which divided the New World to Spain and Portugal.

Also, the Vatican kept letters from US President Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, who wrote to Pope Pius IX, in order to convince the South became the innocent victim of aggression in North America.

Here, protected 1854 Immaculate Conception doctrine of parchment, which makes clear that Mary conceived, without original sin.

The secret archives of the Vatican courts traces manuscripts, including the Order of Templars case XIV century astronomer Galileo Galilei case in the seventeenth century, which was tried in the Vatican for heresy and sentenced to house arrest for life.

When the 1654 Queen Christina of Sweden Vasa abdicated, she converted to Catholicism, although before it was Lutheran and moved to Rome. Today it is one of the few women buried in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Secret archives stored in a noble woman a letter in which it announced its conversion.

It is interesting that in fact the secret archives of the Latin name " secret " means more personal, rather than secret things. They are stored in private letters and historical records of the former pope. The archives has been kept secret until 1881, as Pope Leo XIII opened them to researchers.

Pope Paul V consisted of 1612 the secret archives. After 400 years the Vatican celebrated for the first time released a public 100 documents. The exhibition, entitled "Lux in Arcana" was available at the corner of the eye to look at the pope's past and historically significant events and repercussions.

Be that as it may, one thing is clear: the Vatican's secret archives are still documents that the general public is not made ​​public. The question is: why? Professor and author David Kertzer, investigated the archives, considering "Are there things that have not been made ​​public because they were not in favor of the Catholic church?". D. Kertzer book "The Pope and Mussolini" wrote to Pope Pius XII, struck a deal with Mussolini to protect the interests of the church, in turn, promising to turn a blind eye to the power emitted by the anti-Semitic propaganda.

Some researchers, excessive misery gets permission to gain access to the secret archives, but they are not exploring the creation of favorable conditions. For example, a ban on taking pictures. In addition, they are not allowed to persons who are not directly involved in the secret archives storage. Scientist to obtain any document must first request and then wait for that document to be presented to him. Research in these places takes a lot of time. Maybe someone does not want to light some secrets to light, or at least as late as possible? Over the years, scientists examine about a thousand, sometimes a bit more documents from the secret archives of the Vatican.

There are rumors that the Vatican's secret archives are stored on the shelves, which continues even 84 kilometers, but only in selected catalogs are approximately 35,000 volumes. Inaccessible to the public the documents that are not older than 75 years. Compared new documents carefully concealed in order to protect the government and diplomatic information. The required documents, people can find, with bibliographies.