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Oct 31, 2016 · Metherell adds, "We know that many people would die from this kind of beating even before they could be crucified." But Christ survived, only to face more suffering on the Cross. Metherell then provides further medical analysis as he describes the site of the Cross where there was a vertical beam already in the ground.
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- The Jewish historian, Flavius Josephus (A.D. 37-100) The first non-Christian author to mention Jesus is thought to be the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (born Yosef ben Matityahu), who wrote a history of Judaism in about the year 93, the famous Antiquities of the Jews.
- Tacitus (A.D. 56-120) Scholars point to the Roman historian Tacitus for confirmation that the crucifixion of Jesus actually took place. Writing in his Annals, he records the death of Jesus at the hands of Pontius Pilate
- Pliny the Younger (A.D. 62-11) The writings of a Roman governor in Asia Minor, Pliny the Younger, establish that early Christians worshiped Jesus as a god.
- Jewish Rabbinical literature. A number of works of classical Jewish rabbinic writing (the Babylonian Talmud in particular) contain references to Jesus.
Biblical Views: Images of Crucifixion: Fresh Evidence. The Easter season is a time of year when Christians reflect on the death, burial, resurrection and post-mortem appearances of Jesus. Good Friday, as it is called, focuses specifically on the death of Jesus, which in my view likely transpired during the Passover season in April 30 A.D. Much ...
- Uncovering The True Cross
- Real Or Fake?
- Veneration of The True Cross
- The True Cross Today
- Santa Croce, Italy
- Notre-Dame de Paris, France
- Scuola Grande Di San Giovanni Evangelista, Italy
- The Moskva, Black Sea
It is said that it was Helena Augusta, the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, who discovered the True Cross at the site of the Holy Sepulchre - the hill on which Jesus was crucifiedalongside the criminals Gestas and Dismas. According to the 4th century historian Socrates Scholasticus, Helena had the pagan temple that occupied the site torn do...
Most of the cross was sent to Constantinople, and after the sacking of that city during the Fourth Crusadeof 1204, it was broken up and distributed across Europe. Eventually, there were so many churches claiming to have a piece of the True Cross that it prompted the theologian John Calvin to say that if they were all added together, it would be pos...
Many pieces of the True Cross were encased in precious metal boxes adorned with jewels. These were placed in specially-built ‘reliquaries’ that also held other supposed relics such as the bones of saints, parts of the nails used in the Crucifixion and even the baby teeth of Christ. These became focal points for worshippers, and several religious ve...
While most of the supposed pieces of the True Cross have been lost over centuries of religious and secular upheaval, there are still some fragments in existence today. Some of the largest pieces to survive can be found in Europe’s major religious institutions such as St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. One fragment, mean...
Three small pieces of the True Cross are held in the Cappella delle Reliquie of the Sante Croce in Gerusalemme church in Rome, alongside two thorns from the Crown of Thorns, part of one of the nails used during the Crucifixion and a piece of the Titulus Crucis. The church once held a larger fragment of the cross, but this was moved to St. Peter’s B...
Originally housed in the church of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, this fragment of the True Cross was acquired by King Louis IX from Baldwin II of Constantinople in the 13th century. During the French Revolution, the preservation of relics was banned except where they were judged to have high artistic merit. The piece of the True Cross held in Sainte-Ch...
The Chancellor of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Philip de Mezières, gave this school in Venice a piece of the True Cross in 1369. A reliquary was built to house the fragment, and a miracle is supposed to have quickly followed. It is said that during a procession, the piece of the cross was accidentally dropped into a canal. Instead of sinking, the frag...
Many other places claim to have a piece of the True Cross, including St. Peter’s Abbey in the Belgian town of Ghent and the Monastery of Koutloumousiou in Greece. One of the most surprising places where a piece of the True Cross apparently can be found is at the bottom of the Black Sea. The district archpriest of the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol cl...
Mar 7, 2018 · Helena joined Christ’s faithful, alongside her son, the Roman Emperor Constantine I, and at the age of 80, went off in search of the most sought-after relic: the Cross of Jesus. First disappearance
Jan 14, 2024 · However, according to more recent archaeological findings, it is likely that Jesus’ cross was actually just one vertical beam inserted into the ground, with no separate crossbeam. This shape is sometimes called a crux simplex. In 1968, excavators discovered the remains of a crucified man named Yehohanan in Jerusalem.
Apr 7, 2014 · New Research. Some Visions of the Crucifixion Aren’t T-Shaped. Jesus and others who were crucified didn’t necessarily die with their arms pinned straight out, the way we often imagine them....
