I had heard this a while back and was wondering if there was any truth to it. This is specifically geared towards Catholics. Thanks in advance for your answers.
2006-07-17 03:20:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not just in a catheral; all catholic churches have some sort of relic in them, though it may not be a first degree relic. A first degree relic is an actual part of the saint's body, while a more common second degree relic is something that touched the saint, like their clothes or personal possesions or something. A third degree relic, which I don't think would qualify to be used, is something that touched something that touched the saint. Kind of like playing the six degrees of Kevin Bacon, only with holy things.
2006-07-17 03:30:35 · answer #1 · answered by Rat 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes, but usually not. Watch the movie "Luther". That tells the truth. There is some weight to it. But I don't think that that makes one cathedral more holy than another if they don't have something of a saint in the altar. I don't think it matters.
2006-07-17 10:23:11 · answer #2 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This was a practice of the medieval world. The amount of relics that are actually horse hair or chicken bones is huge.
Many catholic priests made a VERY good living selling saint's "relics" to the gullible and stupid. You'd think that they could tell a chicken bone from a finger bone but I guess that faith makes you even stupider than you already are...
2006-07-17 10:24:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think so. There are less saints than cathedrals. In our Cathedral, I haven't heard such a rumor, legend or whatever.. I'm a practicing catholic and a member of the pastoral council of our parish.
2006-07-17 10:25:26 · answer #4 · answered by mich 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All Catholic church altars have an "Altar stone".
Traditionally the stone would be embedded with a portion of a saint. Realistically the stone would be consecreated in the name of a saint.
2006-07-17 10:24:56 · answer #5 · answered by cirestan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many cathedrals have "relics" of Saints, but not all.
2006-07-17 10:25:38 · answer #6 · answered by Mamma mia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's true. This was tradition that predates Christianity and continued as Christian mythology evolved into its modern form. Protestants dropped the tradition when they broke away.
2006-07-17 10:25:18 · answer #7 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you're thinking of these boxes sometimes kept on the alter with pieces of the saints in them, i cant really at the moment remeber what they're called but i've seen them in musems before. hope this helps.
2006-07-17 10:24:37 · answer #8 · answered by spazzyzombie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes there are relics of saints in altars.
2006-07-17 10:25:16 · answer #9 · answered by golferwhoworks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand that all Catholic churches have this.
2006-07-17 10:23:16 · answer #10 · answered by freelancenut 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋