relics?

November 22, 2007

Cyprian wrote:

Actually, one could say the origins are in the Old Testament when a corpse was thrown in the cave with the remains (relics!) of the Prophet Elisha and was resurrected. Therefore, it is biblical.

It started even before that, with the keeping of the remains of Joseph by the Israelites until the Exodus and the carrying of his remains to the Promised Land. (I was referring to New Testament times with St. Polycarp.)

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