what is it? who supposedly possessed it?
2007-01-02 13:43:54 · 13 answers · asked by Manga M 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The spear of destiny is the spear that supposidly pierced Jesus on the cross...Some say its in a museum in Germany and others say the Vatican has it in Rome..Heres a nifty little bit of info..Hitler possesed what he thought was the spear...And when he had it he was unstoppable..Heres the twist the myth behind it is if you lose it you die...Well the allies invade Germany and invade where the spear was..They take the spear and 2 hours later hitler dies...Cool eh?
2007-01-02 13:47:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
According to legend, the Holy Lance (also known as the Spear of Destiny, Holy Spear, Lance of Longinus, or Spear of Longinus) is the lance that pierced Jesus while he was on the cross. The Biblical account itself does not give a name to the spear, nor does it otherwise support the legends surrounding this artifact.
The lance is only mentioned in the Gospel of John (19:31-37) and not in any of the Synoptic Gospels. The gospel states that the Romans planned to break Jesus' legs, a practice known as crurifragium, which was a painful method of hastening the death during a crucifixion. Just before they do so, they realized he was already dead and that there was no reason to break his legs. To make sure he was dead, an unnamed soldier stabs him.
... but one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance, and immediately there came out blood and water. John 19:34
The phenomenon of blood and water was considered a miracle by Origen (although the water may be explained biologically by the piercing of the pericardial sinus). Christians generally see in it a deeper meaning: it represents the Church issuing from the side of Christ just as Eve was taken from the side of Adam
The name of the soldier who pierced Christ's side is not given in the Bible but in the oldest known references to the legend, the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus (of uncertain date, possibly 5th or 6th century), the soldier is identified with a centurion and called Longinus (making the spear's "correct" Latin name Lancea Longini).
A form of the name Longinus also occurs on a miniature in the famous Syriac manuscript of the Laurentian Library, Florence, illuminated by one Rabulas in the year 586. In the picture, the name LOGINOS is written in Greek characters above the head of the soldier who is thrusting his lance into Christ's sid. This is one of the earliest records of the name, if the inscription is not a later addition.
Later Christian tradition, harking back to the novel The Spear by Louis de Wohl (1955), further identifies him as Gaius Cassius Longinus.
2007-01-02 14:08:32 · answer #2 · answered by cubcowboysgirl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-14 00:51:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes this is one of the more interesting stories to me.
Good info others have mentioned to add to that I just found this site.
http://www.livingmiracles.net/HolyLance.html
One of the biggest stumbling blocks when researching this subject is the roman senator named Gaius Cassius Longinus who was involved with Caesar's assassination. clearly not the same person as the centurion.
There is a book entitled The Spear of Destiny By Trevor Ravenscroft.
This book tells about Hitler and his obsession with the occult and the spear. I have a copy of it and its quite a read.
Supposedly many conquerors and leaders either possessed it or sought to possess it like, Mauritius, Constantine, Barbarosa, Napoleon, Hitler and others..
2007-01-02 14:58:33 · answer #4 · answered by sociald 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's a spear, possessed by Jack Black and the guys from Tenacious D, along with the pick of destiny.
2007-01-02 14:18:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Arthurian Legend, the spear of destiny was the weapon that had wounded the Fisher King that the grail knights encountered in one of their many quest to find the Holy Grail.
And yes it was the spear that pierced the side of Jesus when he was dying on the cross.
2007-01-02 15:02:11 · answer #6 · answered by David C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, I thought it was a myth but it seems it is real and many people have sought to attain it. Hitler had a piece of it during his reign for instance. Its origin is that it was supposed to be the spear that pierced Jesus's side to finally kill him while he was being crucified.
2007-01-02 13:47:55 · answer #7 · answered by Georgi Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a plot device in the movie "Constantine". lol
2007-01-02 13:56:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's like the "Holy Hand Grenade".
2007-01-02 14:22:16 · answer #9 · answered by smilindave1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the spear that pierces Christ when he was on the cross.
Hitler supposedly owned it
2007-01-02 15:20:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋