The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-30
Record Of Christ's Trial
Contained in Library
at Rome, Says Gordon
COPIED FOR AMERICANS
Presbyterian Minister Raised
Fund and Paid for Trans
lation Of Documents

fIun iu the fact that 10 wa a reason
ulIn ihirE 10 expect that the ,lNIl
..Hr' D.. Jerusalem hp' made records
OF IHo atJDst. t.Il gUd execution Of
J.s.s Chu.. tlo Man OF Galiioc,
Hp, had Kept trom.
rho legal profession Of today
'Wus that such records certainly
r..D have been lDpt some place.
iuu ubt they ought ip tH A,Do be-
ilr and open tor iuepcctiun
But for 1000 ycurs th, ruhlic has
Nrou kopt iu ignorance of thin court
trial.
SO ono sDnmot 10 know whothcr
Christ was tried hY - kangaroo
court" and mo- public notice taken
OF y. OF whether he was tried boy y
count clothed with authority by tho
pov.umrnt. with official clerks,
whose business was 90 record ovcry
nCt ot the court
Believes II Was legal.
WhllU Christian people believe
that tho evidence produced at tho
trial OF Christ, as given 10 va by tho
New Testament writer's. was not suf-
fIciout for conviction, ana that
soma Of the witnesses wcre bribcd,
and more boro false testimony, and
that the verdict was not In accord
ance with the evidence and not alto
gcthcr iu accord with the laws OF
tho jews or Roman government, yot
WO must believe that Christ was
tried by court lognlizcd by tho
government with lpEnllv-sclcCtcd
Judges and n legally selected jury.
And while In that day they may not
have had Shorthand" reporters. or
stonogrnphers, yet they certainly
had clerks officially appointed, who
kept accurate records OF tho whole
proceedings OF the courts
Now we have reason 10 believe
that those "civic records" which
have been hidden 30 long from tho
public have been found ana can be
seen and translated.
These records are now In the Vat
ican In Rome.
Some OF them are also among the
jewish Talmuds In Constantinoplc.
Americans got on the trail OF
these records" humanity speaking.
by accident.
But since this is a day of now dis
covorles. and men are finding evil
donCo everywhere OF the truth OF
Gods Word. and ancient history. wo
believe that God has had n hand In
keeping these hidden and IA hand In
their late discovery. .,
This is an ago OF doubt and her
csy. and at this critical time God IL
bringing forth indisputable evidence
of the truth OF the New Testament
record.
German Saw the Records.
Some years ago "A German was
travelling In this country on some
minor business. One evening, caught
In storm. he called at n house and
asked permission to stay all night.
The request was granted. This
house was tho home OF n prcsbyte-
rian minister and hia family.
This stranger made known that
night to tho family that he had lived
in Rome, Italy for five years: that
he was given an official position In
conncCtiono with the Vatican in
Rome and this position gave him ac-
cess 10 the library in the Vatican,
and that this library was where all
the ancient, sacred records were
kept, and he incidentally mentioned
that he had often seen the civic
records of the Jewish and Roman
courts in the trial of Jesus Christ.
lie also told this minister that he
would soon return to Rome. and
gave him his city address
! do not know the name of this
preacher. for he II now dead. But
before his death he consulted with
n number OF his friends and told
them what he had heard. and with
their help secured sufficient money
to carry out IA plan he had In mind.
In due time he began oorre-
spondence with this German. now
again In Rome. and through him
arranged to secure n copy OF these
"Court records"
There are n number OF educated
men employed In the Vatican whose
business II Is to get records when
wanted, who transcribe them.
TWO good educated linguists, for
oigners. were employed to do this
work. Tor the usual fee paid such
men. This arrangement was made
through "A monk, who was one OF
the guards at the Vatican.
Exact Copies Obtained.
These two Copyists and transla
tors were officially permitted to en-
ter tho library, and made an exact
and accurate copy OF the civic rec.
ords" OF tho arrest, trial and cruel
fiNion OF the Christ, and IA short rec.
ord of some other important events
and translated these into English
These two men have declared
upon oath, that these arc the true
records
There arc moro than 500 900 vol.
this library.
There is copy written by Homer
placed there at least 500 years be-
fore Christ
Constantine. the emperor, had 5C
copies OF the Bible made. one copy
was two and one-halt feet squar,
and two feet thick, with n gold clasp