Antique Reliquary Relic True Cross Jesus With Document 1920
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This is a metalpendant, inside a relic (splinter) of the True Cross of our Lord Jesus.Relic inplace and wax seal and threads intact.Comes with its original document signed in1920 .Very nice item.This one Ifound in a Dutch convent.Measures1, 5x1, 3 inch. Shipping and handling US$ 22, 00 by registered priority mail. With multiple items, I will combineshipping. All my items are securely packet, to avoid all possible damage. Iprefure payment by Paypal . P...leasecontact me if you have any questions. Itemscannot be returned!
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Of the Holy Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ
According toseveral Church historians of the 4th and 5th century, the True Cross wasdiscovered in 325 AD when Emperor Constantine the Great ordered the removal ofa pagan temple built by Hadrian over the site of the Calvary and the HolySepulchre. Beneath the structure, in an old cistern, three crosses, the titlewith the inscription "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews", and threenails were found. In the presence of the Empress Helena, mother of Constantine, the Cross of Christ was identified by the 'titulus' and the nail holes, andlater confirmed by a miracle. It was laid upon a sick woman who was immediatelymiraculously cured.
Already in349 AD, St. Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem, stated that the True Cross "hasbeen distributed, fragment by fragment, from this spot (Jerusalem) and hasalready nearly filled the world", confirming the early practise ofdistributing tiny particles of the Most Holy Wood. When St. Paulinus of Nolasent one to a friend in ca. 401 AD, he wrote: "Receive a great gift in alittle case and take this segment as an armament against the perils of thepresent and a pledge of everlasting safety". He stressed that "eventhe smallest particle bears in it the whole power of the Cross ofChrist".