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10 Times Religious Artifacts Were Stolen
· 27.07.2023 · 20:30:14 ··· Donnerstag ⭐ 1 🎬 6
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10 Times Religious Artifacts Were Stolen
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Religious relics are, by their very nature, held to be sacrosanct by believers. Holy objects are venerated by a number of religions and have been for millennia. Something touched by the divine was thought to help worshippers become closer to their gods. Therefore, you might think that such objects are safe from being stolen. But religious relics have a value, and where there is a possible profit, then there will be someone willing to risk the wrath of God to steal them.
Here are ten times religious relics have been purloined throughout history. Related: Top 10 Intriguing Cases Involving Art About Jesus 10 The Holy Foreskin The Holy Foreskin of Jesus Christ In Catholicism, holy relics were thought to offer miracles to the faithful. Something associated with a saint in life could do the trick, but even better was a part of their body. Even better than bits of saints were artifacts connected to Jesus. Unfortunately, when Jesus was taken bodily into heaven, he took most of his flesh with him. One part that was thought to still exist on Earth was the foreskin that was cut off him while he was still an infant. The Holy Prepuce, as it was known, was claimed by a number of churches in Europe.
One of the holy foreskins was held in a golden cross in Rome until the city was sacked in 1527. This is not the theft that interests us, however. From Rome, it was taken to the village of Calcata and paraded annually for believers to see.
In 1983 the parish priest made a shocking announcement to his flock—the foreskin was gone. He said that thieves had taken the relic from his home. There are some, however, who think that there may be more to this theft. By the 20th century, the Catholic church had become a bit embarrassed by people going to visit a part of Jesus’ penis. Writing or talking about the Holy Prepuce became punishable by excommunication. Was the foreskin stolen by the church itself to remove it from sight? Until it is rediscovered, the truth will likely never be known. [1] 9 Temple Menorah Is the Vatican Hiding the Menorah? Unpacked If you visit Rome, you can still see the Arch of Titus, erected in the 1st century AD, to celebrate Titus’s victory over the Jewish rebels and the capture of Jerusalem by the Romans. One of the panels carved into it shows booty carried through Rome in triumph. Held aloft by the soldiers is a candelabrum with seven branches. This is the menorah which once stood in the temple of Jerusalem.
According to the Hebrew bible, it was made of solid gold and burned with consecrated olive oil throughout the night. The menorahs which had stood in the first temple were stolen by the Babylonians centuries earlier, and the one shown on the arch of Titus came from the second temple. What happened to the menorah after its trip to Rome? According to a 2nd-century rabbi, it could still be seen in Rome at that time, but after that, it fell out of the historical record. It may have been one of the treasures the Romans displayed in their Temple of Peace. When that temple burned down, the menorah might have been destroyed, though later sources claim it was stolen again by Vandals and carried off after they took Rome. [2] 8 A Holy Bell Visitors to Loch Shiel in Scotland could once go to an island holy to St. Finan and see a bell that might have been there for 1,000 years. Unfortunately, in 2019, it was taken by a thief and has yet to be recovered. Security on the quiet island was not particularly effective. The bell was once attached to the altar of the ruined church by a chain that came from a lavatory. Not long before the theft, this weak chain was replaced by one hand-forged from bronze to ensure the bell could not be stolen. This did not deter the thief, however, who must have come armed with tools. Because the island is remote and uninhabited, no one knows exactly when the bell was taken. This was not the first time the bell had been removed from the island. During the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, a British soldier had stolen the bell. When he was ca...
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