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A relic is an object or a personal item of religious significance, carefully preserved with an air of veneration as a tangible memorial. Relics are an important aspect of some forms of Buddhism, Chr...
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The Shrine of the Holy Relics in Maria Stein, Ohio is the second largest collection of relics in the United States. A relic includes body parts (usually bones) from saints or an object that belonged...
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Similarly Egbert, Bishop of Trier, in 979, doubting as to the authenticity of what purported to be the body of St. Celsus, "lest any suspicion of the sanctity of the holy relics should arise, during Mass after the offertory had been sung, threw a joint of the finger of St. Celsus wrapped in a cloth into a thurible full...
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But one of the biggest problems for non-Catholics are the relics of saints—the bones, ashes, clothing, or personal possessions of the apostles and other holy people which are held in reverence by the Church and sometimes associated with miraculous healings and other acts of God.
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Catholic Christians operate from an Incarnational Principle: they sometimes make use of statues, images, medals, relics, and other objects to call to mind their relationship with the communion of saints of the past.
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Fragments of a cassock worn by Pope John Paul II are being offered for sale to the faithful, causing concern in the Vatican over the resurgence in the veneration of relics.
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Holy relics; (newsphoto); Updated: 2004-05-26 08:50 ... A ceremony is held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre to welcome the arrival of the Buddha finger bone, May 25, 2004. Also called Buddha's "sarira", the finger bone is considered one of the world's great sacred relics.
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Holy Relics Find Final Resting Place In Roseville ... holy relics-christian saints ... Holy Relics-Orthodox Saints...
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Commerce in saints' bits and pieces--long forbidden by the Catholic Church--is thriving. ... Trade in relics arose in the Middle Ages, when Catholic pilgrims returned home from the Holy Land with tokens of the burial places of martyrs or of the martyrs themselves. These relics were believed capable of working miracles.
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