FINAL WARNING: The Curtain Falls
He went from the west coast to the east, to Mylapore (near Madras in
southern India, now called St. Thomas Mount), on the Bay of Bengal,
where in 72, he was killed by an assassin sent by the ministers of the
king, while he was kneeling in prayer. After being pierced by the spear,
he fell on a hand-carved stone cross. This cross was rediscovered by
some Portuguese workers on March 22, 1547, as they were digging the
foundation for the church that was built on the site. His relics were
preserved in a cathedral dedicated to him. The Roman Catholic Church
considers the Cathedral of St. Thomas a Basilica, because it was
erected over his tomb. However, another source said he was buried six
miles away at the church he built, near Fort St. George in Tamil Nadj in
India.Notovich published his findings in New York in 1890 as The Life of
Saint Issa, and in London in 1894, as The Unknown Life of Christ. He
said that the Roman Catholic Church was aware of the existence of
these manuscripts, and in fact have 63 complete, or partial copies of
similar manuscripts in various languages.Notovich was treated by Dr. Karl Marx (not the Russian Revolutionary),
who recorded the information in his diary that is in the possession of
the Moravian Christian Mission at Leh. However, the New York Times
published a story about J. Archibald Douglas who visited the same
monastery, and they told him they never saw Notovich, and knew
nothing of a Saint Issa. They labeled Notovich’s book a forgery.In 1921, a tourist named Henrietta Merrick visited the monastery at
Hemis, was told about Issa, and that there were documents that had
been in their possession for 1500 years that talked about him.In 1922, Swami Abhedananda, a scholar, Hindu monk, and a disciple of
Ramakrishna, went to India, visited the same monastery at Hemis, and
was also told about St. Issa from their copy of the scroll; and he was
shown an original copy of the scroll at the monastery in Lhasa, Tibet,
which vindicated the incredible claims of Notovitch. He translated it
into English, and then in 1929 to Bengali.In 1928, Professor Nikolai Roerich also traveled to Ladakh and
Kashmir, where he visited the Hemis monastery, saw many scrolls,
and found out that the writings concerning Issa were kept in the most