#relics — Public Fediverse posts
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"Explore the medieval world of saints, relics and pilgrimage, and discover why people were willing to lie, spy and steal to get their hands on a piece of holiness. Uncover how someone officially became a Saint, what being a saint was really like, and the murky business of acquiring relics.
Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Simon Yarrow and comedian Rachel Paris for this episode."
I took a medieval history course in undergrad taught by a prof who really knew how to hold the attn of the hundreds of students doing their Western Civ requirement. He told great stories about fights over relics and how relics were stolen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91jUOKxKWy8 #Catholicism #MiddleAges #Relics
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Even when faced with hard facts, people don’t budge from their beliefs 🤦🏽♂️:
“The Shroud Of Turin”, Michael Shermer (https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/the-shroud-of-turin).
Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41871427
#Books #Excerpt #ShroudOfTurin #Relics #Christianity #RadiocarbonDating #Science #Religion