Forget the fairy tales, exactly what was the "holy grail"? Was it a cup, a shroud, or something else?

Question

If anyone had kept a proper icon of the crucified messiah, why pick something as mundane as a cup? A shroud would have been significant of the burial, but not the death or supposed resurection. Why not the hammer used in the crucifixion? Or maybe one of the nails? Let your twisted lil minds roam however you wish on this one.

Answer 1

It was the secret that Jesus had a family and an heir and that his intent was for his wife to take over the Christian faith, not a man like the Pope. So the grail wasn't a cup but a person.

Answer 2

The Holy Grail was the cup that Jesus used at the Last Supper. They say a church in Ethiopia has that cup and will not let anyone near it. I tend to believe the people guarding it they are from an ancient tribe and are very respectful of what they hold dear. The burial cloth is in Turin, Italy, its called the Shroud of Turin and that has been examined many times it still has the seeds from ancient plants in the fibers.

Answer 3

The holy grail is supposedly the cup from which Jesus and his desciples drank the last supper. During the 12th century, the church was collecting as many relics as possible. A lock of hair, a bone or piece of clothing, anything that could be traced directly back to Jesus or the desciples. Many in the pursuit of these relics, went on pilgrimages to the middle east. Lots of those things are fake and a few were believed to have powers to heal and do miracles. Many, through ignorance worshipped those items more than God himself. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

The Holy Grail is supposedly the cup Jesus used during the Last Supper. It has significance because the sacrament of Communion (especially important in the Catholic church) is a ritual re-enacting the Last Supper.

Answer 5

The Holy Grail is believed to be the cup that Jesus used during the Last Supper when He and the disciples broke bread during the Passover and He instituted communion

Answer 6

The word graal, as it is earliest spelled, appears to be an Old French adaptation of the Latin gradalis, meaning a dish brought to the table in different stages of a meal. After the cycle of Grail romances was well established, late medieval writers came up with a false etymology for sangréal, an alternative name for "Holy Grail." In Old French, san graal or san gréal means "Holy Grail" and sang réal means "royal blood"; later writers played on this pun. Since then, "Sangreal" is sometimes employed to lend a medievalizing air in referring to the Holy Grail. This connection with royal blood bore fruit in a modern bestseller linking many historical conspiracy theories.

HTH

Charles

Answer 7

Reckon this one will get reported? Seems on topic to me.
I actually like Dan Brown's take on it in The DaVinci Code. The seed of Jesus etc. blah blah
I saw an ad once in the Sun or some other rag where you could buy a piece of wood that came from the cross that Jesus was crucified on. In the picture it looked like a $10 toothpick to me..
I guess if you believe in that sort of thing......whatever

Answer 8

Supposedly, the holy grail is the cup out of which Jesus drank and served the Last Supper.

Answer 9

I think Indiana Jones explains this in perfect clarity. As does Monty Python. "A g-g-g-grail?"

Answer 10

It was the cup that the disciples drank from during the last supper.