]> 2026-04-25T14:45:30+00:00 Innocents 0 en Innocents A nick‐name given to the Initiates and Kabbalists before the Christian era. The “Innocents” of Bethlehem and of Lud (or Lydda) who were put to death by Alexander Janneus, to the number of several thousands (B.C. 100, or so), gave rise to the legend of the 40,000 innocent babes murdered by Herod while searching for the infant Jesus. The first is a little known historical fact, the second a fable, as sufficiently shown by Renan in his ''Vie de Jésus'' [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. A nick‐name given to the Initiates and Kabbalists before the Christian era. The “Innocents” of Bethl... Innocents Innocents Innocents 2022-08-30T04:39:46Z 2459821.6942824 Innocents