The cross is an important symbol in Christianity since it signifies the sacrifice that Jesus made in order to save all of mankind. The cross is widely accepted as the main symbol of Christianity by almost all denominations. Jesus was killed through crucifixion, but is believed to have risen from the dead on the third day. World View. More From Reference. Could fragments of a tree survive millennia? Or are they fragments of forgery that speak to our need to believe? Science and archaeology offer insights into ancient artifacts that could be linked to Jesus Christ.
Forgery ," broadcasts Sundays at 9 p. At the time, she thought the chest served as a symbolic coffin for a holy person's relics -- ones connected to Jesus' crucifixion. And then, silence. The latest episode of the "true cross," a powerful identifier for the faith of more than two billion people, is symbolic of the pitfalls in the hunt for Jesus relics. Read More. To say something smacks of the "true cross" can mean it's a matter of divine certainty or of utter fraud.
Could fragments of the true cross of Jesus really be among us today? The true cross phenomenon begins with Emperor Constantine, the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.
He sent his mother Saint Helena c. After defeating Israel, Roman Emperor Hadrian built a pagan temple over Jesus's tomb near Calvary -- a grave insult to the new religion. Helena ordered this pagan temple torn down and began to dig beneath it to find relics related to Jesus.
Her workers found three different crosses -- a discovery directly relating to the Gospels, which tell us that Jesus was crucified along with two criminals. Empress Helena discovers the 'True Cross' The historian Rufinus c. The ill woman touched two of the crosses, but nothing happened. Then she touched the third -- and she recovered. The true cross of Jesus had been revealed.
It is because there is the earth that nourished the root, that bore the tree, that yielded the timber, that made the Cross. Under the high altar you are shown a hole in the ground where the stump of the tree stood. A mile or two west of Jerusalem, in a valley among the hills, is the Greek monastery of the Holy Cross, which is the convent referred to by these two travelers.
The foundation dates from a period not long subsequent to the discovery by St. The buildings now standing are of a great age. James Charles Wall was a British author, artist, historian, and antiquarian, well read in the Church Fathers. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he wrote many books, mainly on Church history, and was an early contributor to the Victoria History of the Counties of England magazine.
He was somewhat of a mentor to his nephew, the celebrated author Charles Williams. Don't Neglect Your Vocation to Holiness. Catholic Exchange is a project of Sophia Institute Press. Email Login. Catholic Exchange. Charles Wall. When the world rang with the news that the Holy Cross had been discovered, and everyone was asking for details, according to the working of each individual mind, there arose these questions among others: Of what wood was it made?
Where did it grow? Planting the Seeds for the Wood of the Cross Another common form of the same legend makes the archangel Michael, who refused Seth the oil of mercy, give Seth three seeds from the Tree of Knowledge to be placed beneath the tongue of Adam when he was buried, promising him that from those seeds should grow a tree that would bear fruit whereby Adam should be saved and live again.
Theories about the Wood of the Cross The prevailing idea was that the Cross was formed of three or more woods; either that the various parts were made, each from one of the three in that trinity springing from one root or, an idea not consistently followed, that the three woods were amalgamated, forming one trunk, out of which the upright beam was fashioned, thus containing in one beam the qualities of the three plants.
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