The Origin of Christian Saints

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Bibliography
Peter Brown. The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2014.
Lawrence Cunningham. A Brief History of Saints. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2015.
David Eastman. “The Cult of Saints,” in The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual, eds. Risto Uro, Juliette Day, Richar DeMaris, and Rikard Roitto, 676-683. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.
Cynthia Hahn. The Reliquary Effect: Enshrining the Sacred Object. London: Reaktion Books, 2016.
Cynthia Hahn and Holger A. Klein, eds. Saints and Sacred Matter: The Cult of Relics in Byzantium and Beyond. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2015
Troels Myrup Kristensen and Wiebke Friese, eds. Excavating Pilgrimage: Archaeological Approaches to Sacred Travel and Movement in the Ancient World. Taylor & Francis, 2017.
David Pettegrew, William Caraher, and Thomas Davis, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.
Julia M. H. Smith. “Portable Christianity: Relics in the Medieval West (c. 700-1200),” Raleigh Lecture on History, 2010.
Risto Uro, Juliette Day, Rikard Roitto, and Richard DeMaris, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.
Robert Wisniewski. The Beginnings of the Cult of Relics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.

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@ReligionForBreakfast 2 жыл бұрын

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@Cherry-sg4zg 2 жыл бұрын

Are you a Christian sir .

@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69 2 жыл бұрын

Were you there?

@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69 2 жыл бұрын

Idk you have this look on your face as you describe. How do you view yourself? Think you're better then others?

@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69 2 жыл бұрын

Let's focus on the past as we ignore our future.

@Cherry-sg4zg 2 жыл бұрын

@@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69 what?

@theodixon3298 2 жыл бұрын

Throughout Russian Orthodox history, there was a popular folk belief that the bodies of saints would not decay and were incorruptible. When the Soviet's came to power, they initiated an anti-relic campaign which was intended to convince the public that the church had been deceiving them. While bones were found in many of the saint's tombs, some contained mummified bodies which reportedly astonished many locals. Some of the remains of the saints were taken to museums to be displayed as artifacts, but there were faithful Christians who continued to visit and pray before them. A very interesting part of Russian religious history.

@thatdude8850 2 жыл бұрын

Interestingly there are some saints who bodies won't decay

@faithlesshound5621 2 жыл бұрын

So mummifying Lenin and later Stalin was a nod to the orthodox belief in the incorruptibility of the bodies of the saints. Newly-weds used to pay a ceremonial visit to Lenin: when did that start? Lenin is still there, but Khrushchev had Stalin's corpse buried by the Kremlin's wall. The other modern culture where the dead are embalmed is the USA, which goes in for open coffin funerals. Americans collect relics of the famous dead too. They venerate dead heroes at a Cenotaph, as do other Western countries. Does Elvis intercede on behalf of his followers, or Michael Jackson?

@LocatingGoku 2 жыл бұрын

Did they visit the original sites or the museums?

@theodixon3298 2 жыл бұрын

@@faithlesshound5621 I don't think there's much evidence to suggest that either of their bodies inspired popular religious worship in the same way saints did, but the emphasis on maintaining the corpses of Lenin and Stalin does appear to have been inspired by incorruptible saints. Soviet scientists worked not only to preserve the parts of Lenin's body that were visible to the public like his face and hands but also small details like the wrinkles around his pelvis. This suggests his preservation wasn't just a propaganda piece or middle finger to the church but done out of genuine respect.

@theodixon3298 2 жыл бұрын

@@LocatingGoku There are a few different recorded cases. For instance, the remains St. Feodosy were taken from a monastery to a museum and museum workers reported that believers were burning candles and asking to perform prayer services in the building. On the other hand, a convent at Diveevo was filled in with earth to prevent pilgrimages and over a decade later believers would continue to visit the spring water that had emerged around it. I wouldn't call the campaign a complete failure. The tomb of St. Artemy Verkolsky contained no remains at all which resulted in the local monks abandoning their monastery. It's fair to say that the Soviets had mixed results tho.

@sjappiyah4071 2 жыл бұрын

I imagine church services in literal underground catacombs to be the most surreal experience lol

@JiveDadson 2 жыл бұрын

Literal?

@juniorpatriciocruz53 2 жыл бұрын

They're that stupid.

@sjappiyah4071 2 жыл бұрын

@@juniorpatriciocruz53 I wouldn’t say stupid, that’s extreme devotion I can respect that.

@nunyabiznez6381 2 жыл бұрын

My mother used to attend outdoor masses at the beach that were held by a priest who just liked the beach. Every Sunday afternoon if the weather was nice he'd go down to the beach with everything he needed and say mass in his bathing suit for between 5 and 50 people. He would give his homily standing in the middle of circles of people just sitting in the sand. He almost always used the ocean or the beach or something related as metaphors when he did this. He often picked strange places to say mass or hear confessions. He has said mass in grocery stores, movie theaters, jail cells, a land fill and on a regularly scheduled flight from Boston to Orlando. My Mom told me that was the first time she ever heard of first class passengers slumming it in coach. Oh and yes, he has said mass in cemeteries as well.

@01ombladon 2 жыл бұрын

Christians meet at this very moment in secret places in Canada due tot the coofid restrictions. Same for many Christians here in Romania, they went for nighttime Divine Liturgy an secluded monasteries because they weren't allowed to go to church by the state

@israeltovar3513 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I am so early that Paul is still attacking the early apostles...

@fghgl 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, it sounds like he was pretty Saul-ty

@sjappiyah4071 2 жыл бұрын

@@fghgl nice looool

@depressedperson9002 2 жыл бұрын

@@fghgl hear hear

@franciscoscaramanga9396 2 жыл бұрын

@@fghgl A punchline 1,900 years in the making.

@jenniferjack2888 2 жыл бұрын

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@StefanMilo 2 жыл бұрын

You're a legend RFB!

@hummad7547 2 жыл бұрын

You too!

@MadHatter42 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, a true hero for modern times. Perhaps, when he dies, we shall put his bones in a box and slater them in oil, thus making the oil holy with his divine essence? Just a thought...

@Mark_GL 2 жыл бұрын

And you are a G Stefan, love to see you posting here!

@adhitripras8945 2 жыл бұрын

No. Your Spoon is a legend

@That-Google-Guy 2 жыл бұрын

Game recognize game! The True Legend Stefan Milo shouting out The God Legend Relig for Brekkies. Either that or he’s referring to Reel Fig Bish, the Reel Big Fish cover band!

@exoplanet11 2 жыл бұрын

My aunt (R.I.P.) was actually blessed by a saint! In the 1950s, she lived in Italy where she visited the famous stigmatic Padre Pio, who took her confession. She later went on to become a Catholic nun in the Carmelite order in the US. Padre Pio died in 1968 and was later canonized. More recently, other family members visited Saint Pio's shrine and returned with some holy oil, which was shared around for anointing, especially for those with injuries.

@sirephraimgrayson202 Жыл бұрын

that's cool tho

@T-eu1tr 8 ай бұрын

Confessing to a man. Implying that believers need an intercessor between them and God. Kind of goes against the whole point of Christianity, don’t you think?

@origamitraveler7425 5 ай бұрын

Nah, because Jesus gave the apostles the ability to forgive sin according to the gospel of St. John. You could do either. I do agree the overemphasis of it in Catholicism and Orthodoxy can be harmful.

@jercoleman 2 ай бұрын

Father "Pio" is as obviously fraudulent as every other saint/miracle...................it's depressing how gullible people are and rather than educating themselves about where everything came from and easily learning about what we are where we came from , they continue to believe in 2000-10000 year old nonsense that evolved from our primitive lack of understanding how the world works and where we came from and prop up the Abrahamic religions methods of societal control by keeping the masses under their influence as ignorant as possible!

@Cashiyado 2 ай бұрын

I remember Padré Pio from unsolved mystories

@GaiusIuliusCaesar1 2 жыл бұрын

A interesting occurrence is also that when a Christian church replaced or took over a pagan temple, many times there is overlap in the sphere of influence of the hero and the saint that replaced him/her. Example, as shrine with a hero that was thought to say protect babies and pregnant mothers, the saint that replaced the hero will also be someone with some connection to babies and mothers. Not always, but enough times it isn't just random either.

@kellydalstok8900 2 жыл бұрын

A while back I watched a documentary series about the Romans with Mary Beard. She showed silver votives depicting bodyparts which were offered to gods by people looking to be cured of an ailment in the corresponding bodypart. (Italian) catholics continue this practice with their saints.

@MirekBrc 2 жыл бұрын

@@kellydalstok8900 Religions are still the same show. Only the decorations and costumes of actors change.

@user-xq4st9ie7r 2 жыл бұрын

@@MirekBrc You are describing universal human behavior and experience , which leads to the assumption that its roots are in the biological construction of the human being itself. As this is also true for experiences like love, affection, awe etc. would you also describe those phenomena as a "show with changing actors and costumes ". If so I go along with you but If you were using this word to indicate that religious believes are less legitimate than other universal experiences I'd like to hear how you make that distinction.

@JM1993951 2 жыл бұрын

Early Christians: “hey, yeah..uh, you guys can keep believing that stuff, just call it Christianity, ok?” Appropriation is easier than flat out recruiting/converting.

@Magnulus76 2 жыл бұрын

@@kellydalstok8900 It happens all over southern Europe.

@Haedox 2 жыл бұрын

You’re a fantastic creator. Learned so much! Thanks for these!!!!

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M a g i c b o n e o i l

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@devcrom3 2 жыл бұрын

Are you at least eating pancakes?

@fugithegreat 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a rebel and watch between meals. 😉

@oliviawilliams6204 2 жыл бұрын

It’s breakfast time here, but since I work night I’m actually going to bed not getting breakfast lol

@mikaylamcfadden7866 Жыл бұрын

Great video as someone raised Catholic it’s fascinating to learn about different religions and practices. Even today Catholics study saints and choose a saint name. Mine was Joan of Arc when I was confirmed.

@johnndamascene 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, Polycarp was a student of John the Apostle

@brycebensing 2 жыл бұрын

@@alanb2325 you mean against Gnosticism? Against Docetism? Against Marcionism? And against worship of Roman gods? Don't want to presume but sounds like you are twisting his epistles to form an argument against the RCC. When in fact St Polycarp of Smyrna was key to preserving the truth passed down by apostolic tradition. As he influenced St Irenaeus of Smyrna greatly. Whom places great importance to the authority of the Church in Rome over the Universal Church.

@stefanpopescu4914 2 жыл бұрын

@@brycebensing Irenaeus of Lyon*

@brycebensing 2 жыл бұрын

@@stefanpopescu4914 thanks! Haha yeah my bad

@thehumancrayon3264 2 жыл бұрын

* Fun fact, *Jerome wrote* that Polycarp was a disciple of John the Apostle. That's not the same as it being true.

@stefanpopescu4914 2 жыл бұрын

@@thehumancrayon3264 fun fact: Irinaeus and Tertullian mention the same thing regarding Polycarp (and Irinaeus actually knew Polycarp). So yeah, I think that makes is as close to true as you might get.

@fiallosestrada 2 жыл бұрын

An interesting continuation for this video would be analyzing the cult of the Virgin Mary.

@ShoulderMonster 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love that!

@____________838 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, that would be wonderful, as these two Catholic ideas are some of the most misunderstood between Catholics and Protestants.

@krakendragonslayer1909 2 жыл бұрын

Step 1. Mesolithic cult of Mother Earth (Gaia) Step 2. Neolithic cult of Mother of Gods (Rhea) Step 3. Bronze Age cult of Ishtar / Ashera / Isis (Hera) Step 4. Virgin Mary the Mother of God

@leelopez4544 2 жыл бұрын

@@krakendragonslayer1909 This would be amazing

@mariainespuigchinet 2 жыл бұрын

comes from Semiramis, the first (at least known) virgin pregant by an imaginary god , then she gave birth a son of god

@derickgabrillo1579 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I just wanted to say that I love this channel. Religious history is one of my favorite aspects of history, so it's sad that it's often overlooked. I blame History Channel for the common perception that history's just about warfare. Thank you and the team behind RFB for making this area of history much more accessible!

@sebastiangudino9377 2 жыл бұрын

There is also the prejudice that if you don't follow a religion you shouldn't study anything about said religion since it is not "the truth" (A Jew reading the Qur'an would be probably concidered blasphemous by other Jews of their community). And the idea by atheist that religions are for "dumb people" and they deserve no study (Thats the worst kind of atheist btw, the one that I'm trying to be smart becomes willfully ignorant) It's astonishing how poorly religious literacy is portrait in our culture, but I'm glad that thanks to KZfaq channels like this, that might slowly change

@JM1993951 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll take warfare over hillbilly bargaining and glorified dumpster divers.

@manusiabumi7673 2 жыл бұрын

@@sebastiangudino9377 what a stupid "prejudice" to have, by the same logic we shouldn't learn about ancient greek myths/religious practices/etc unless we believe in greek gods

@DorktimeBwuds Жыл бұрын

Clearly, History is about ancient aliens, digging a hole in the ground for a decade, and shopping for antiques

@raphaelwalterlin1681 Жыл бұрын

The "History" Channel is anyways nowhere close to history ...

@enchantingdan3449 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Although one note. There are actually three classes of relics! First is the body of the saint, second is something the saint owned or used while alive and third are items that have touched first or second class relics.

@minithankappan1226 2 жыл бұрын

So this echoes the holy relics in Buddhism where they are divided into three categories. 1. Sharirikam- Bodily remains of the Buddha. Eg. Tooth kept at the temple at Candy in Sri lanka. 2. Paribhogikam- Objects used by the Buddha. 3. Uddheshakam- Things that symbolize the Buddha. Eg. Bodhi tree. In early Buddhism, the Buddha was not physically represented. Instead the Bodhi tree ie., the tree of enlightenment with the foot prints of the Buddha beneath it symbolised the Buddha's presence.

@enchantingdan3449 2 жыл бұрын

@@minithankappan1226 oh wow. I wasn’t familiar with that. That’s really interesting!

@2adamast 29 күн бұрын

You mean there are also three classes of sport memorabilia

@j.k.6865 2 жыл бұрын

Will you ever do a video discovering Eastern Catholic Churches like the Maronites for example? I find them extremely underrated with a deep history worthy of discussing.

@miledhayek7005 2 жыл бұрын

I am a Maronite and I agree!!

@00MSG 2 жыл бұрын

That would be amazing

@jonathanmitchell2040 2 жыл бұрын

"I just love this salad dressing! What's your secret?" "Promise you won't tell anyone?... The oil was poured over the bones of Saint Olivia of Palermo!" "Oh, um.... That's nice... You know, I just realized I'm full."

@DRSulik 2 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA!

@KingfisherTalkingPictures 2 жыл бұрын

Olivia oil & vinegar

@jmpht854 2 жыл бұрын

This is a pretty common human tendency. It's interesting to look into the localized roots of specific practices a little more, but generally speaking this is fairly universal (even if the details vary from religion to religion and culture to culture).

@wednesdayschild3627 2 жыл бұрын

Agree 100 percent. This custom is found all over the world.

@chickadeestevenson5440 2 жыл бұрын

not just in humans either! I mean Elephants are very interested in the bones of their dead

@2adamast 29 күн бұрын

Sports memorabilia were part of the cult.

@ktkatte6791 2 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating. Thanks, once again. At this point probably my favorite YT channel.

@atlasconnections 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome topic! I read Peter Brown’s The Cult of the Saints, at university and have been fave been fascinated ever since. Keep up the outstanding work.

@babyruthless9670 2 жыл бұрын

You never disappoint! Thank you for your consistency and hard work 💖

@Fermillon9181 2 жыл бұрын

I was looking forward to this one!

@jayhawk184 2 жыл бұрын

i am so unfathomably fascinated by your videos. you do such an amazing job with the flow and lead through understanding much appreciation for you hard work!

@souperonion9990 2 жыл бұрын

You break it down so well, thank you! I always learn so much from your videos.

@darksideatheist6299 2 жыл бұрын

I always enjoy your content and find it fascinating and well delivered.

@briansebor 2 жыл бұрын

That was great! Would love to see more videos about saints, I find them fascinating!

@foxhound963 2 жыл бұрын

saints are great and all, but I want more on hero cults, and apotheosis.

@GameTimeWhy 2 жыл бұрын

Religions are a cool way of seeing what the regional culture/s were like at that period of time. Like with Christianity being able to see how the religion changed as it met new cultures or as it changed through the centuries to meet the new cultural norms.

@Inhumantics 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for doing these videos. I have learned so much and always look forward to new videos.

@betweenearthandsky4091 10 ай бұрын

A fascinating topic elegantly presented. Thank you again, Dr Andrew! ☺

@neitan6891 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always! I’d love to hear your analysis of forms of American Christianity (SDA, LDS, JW, etc.)

@namebrandmason 2 жыл бұрын

I hope this leads to a video on folk saints or Mexican Catholicism. I was at an international grocery store the other day and got stuck examining the votive candles for Santa Muerte and Jesus Malverde.

@SoldierOfChrist316 2 жыл бұрын

It’s all demonic. God is Spirit and He is worshiped in spirit. Not by items made by the hands of man. All of these statues, candles etcc are just demons masquerading as something else

@epic-zc3oo 2 жыл бұрын

santa Muerte iis Heretical

@Eloieux 2 жыл бұрын

santa muerte is condemned by that catholic church it is demonic

@Eloieux 2 жыл бұрын

@@SoldierOfChrist316 not all only ones like the santa muerte that is demonic. us catholic only worship God and God alone

@SoldierOfChrist316 2 жыл бұрын

@@Eloieux as long as you repent (try to turn from sin) and put your faith in Jesus and Him alone (only God, no saints or Mary) and live for Him then you’ll be saved “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved” Romans 10:9. Jesus loves you so much 🙏🏽❤️✝️

@earwigg 2 жыл бұрын

this is a very well done video.

@AI-hx3fx Жыл бұрын

As a Catholic, I have exactly the same sort of thing in the introduction. A friend gave me Oil of Saint Charbel, which is a small amount of pure olive oil mixed with a tiny amount of oil that was in contact with the bones of the Maronite monk Saitn Charbel Makhlouf. Same principle: oil touches his relics, oil has his powers to intercede to God and work miracles, power diffuses into the larger batch of olive oil for wider distribution.

@That_Trans_Kid 3 ай бұрын

What did it taste like?🤓

@AI-hx3fx 3 ай бұрын

@@That_Trans_Kid I don't know. External use only, I guess?

@user-ll9hb3sd8h 2 жыл бұрын

As a Greek myself it must be noted that even do the pagan beliefs were cut dawn, their traditions survived and evolved in the Orthodox Byzantine church until today. In Ancient and Hellenistic Greece, when the boys got to their 15 birthday, their hair was cut dawn and the practice was keeped by the Byzantine orthodox church until now. When a Byzantine city was on siege, the reliques of the patron saint were moved to the city to help in the defense just like in Classical/Hellenistic Greece. Our Byzantine saints are clones of the ancient Greek heroes that each city had as patron just that they were christians, they both could make miracles, they both were warrios and from humble beginnings ect. Just like in Classical and Hellenistic Greece, a statue of a god wasen't divine until it was consacrated. The same applies for our Byzantine icons that weren't divine until consacrated. The most famous classical Greek heroes were replaced by our most famous Byzantine saints ho were practically their clones in a christian fashion for example: Demetrios and Theodore tooked the place of Herakles and Asclepius and the prayers that were made to this Demi-gods remained the same for the Byzantines just that now the names would be changed by that of Theodore and Demetrios. Our orthodox tradition is a christian-Hellenic one since its very beginnings.

@user-ll9hb3sd8h 2 жыл бұрын

@@draganvesic9655 Not really, they never saw themeselves as "eastern romans" they were "Basileia Rhomaion" or the kingdom of the Romans that were Greeks.

@numbernine8571 Жыл бұрын

As a (fill in the blank) my opinion is very important.

@mikegardner5319 2 жыл бұрын

Pagan influence (roman religion) influence on Catholicism would be a good video. They basically merged Hebrew religion and theirs

@nosuchthing8 2 жыл бұрын

As a catholic I agree.

@mikegardner5319 2 жыл бұрын

@oaktree_ no I meant the Hebrew's religion. As they certainly practice more than just Judaism back then

@chetthebee1322 2 жыл бұрын

Romans religion can be traced to Babylon just like Hebrew

@DL-rl9bd 2 жыл бұрын

@oaktree_ that’s exactly what it was, and by design…to make christianity more attractive and palatable to the Greeks and Romans. Voila - Catholicism!

@ruthanneseven 2 жыл бұрын

@@DL-rl9bd 'St.' Patrick was so successful in converting the Irish by respecting local traditions.

@SagaciousEagle 2 жыл бұрын

Why is this channel not at 1M subscribers yet with this quality of video and information? I don't understand.

@Dagarar 2 жыл бұрын

This is so interesting, Andrew. Your channel is awesome!

@LangThoughts 2 жыл бұрын

Comparative Religion: In traditional Judaism, there are people who are believed to be a "Maaleh Yotzer", that is, Gd will listen to prayers said "in their merit". It is not that one asks them to intercede, but that their memory will intercede. While their are no relics, the gravesites are important places of prayer: The Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank doubles as a synagogue and mosque for that reason. Their is also Rachel's Tomb outside Bethlehem, and David's tomb just west of the Old City of Jerusalem. Often, post-biblical Maaleh Yotzers will have a day that attracts pilgrims, often their Yortzeit, or anniversary of there deaths. For example, many flock to Meron in the Galilee on Log B'omer, since Rabbi Shimon B. Yochai is buried their and Log B'omer is his yortzeit. In the Ukraine, Rosh Hashanah attracts many to the tomb of Rabbi Nachman Breslover in the town of Uman, even though it is not his yortzeit, since proceeding his death he asked that Rosh Hashanah be the pilgramage day, not his yortzeit. There is even a major shrine of Rabbi MM Scheerson in Queens, New York, outside of the cemetery he is buried in. Even outside their tombs' environs, a Maaleh Yotzer can have prayers said "in their merit". For example, their is a segulah, a kind of "charm" for finding lost objects that consists of calling upon Gd as the "Gd of Rabbi Meir Baal HaNeis.

@ANDROLOMA 2 жыл бұрын

The Clan of the Cave Bear worship their god Yogi, who grants them pickanic baskets during times of famine. 🐻

@LangThoughts 2 жыл бұрын

@@ANDROLOMA Relevance, please?

@ANDROLOMA 2 жыл бұрын

@@LangThoughts The Yiddish are coming! The Yiddish are coming!

@tangerinetangerine4400 2 жыл бұрын

It's spelled god.

@calicoixal 2 жыл бұрын

@@tangerinetangerine4400 There's a practice among some Orthodox Jews not to write out the English word "God" out of respect for a practice in Hebrew not to spell out certain names of God

@mikedonald8742 2 жыл бұрын

Can't blame people for keeping Saint Corpses. I heard they give you something called a "Stand".

@LangThoughts 2 жыл бұрын

Is that.......a JoJo's reference?!?

@mfaizsyahmi 2 жыл бұрын

GUGUGUGUGUGUGUGUGU

@adhitripras8945 2 жыл бұрын

The further this cult practice goes, others began to call it pagan

@mahiru20ten 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe this is what inspired Araki for those "Saint Corpse Parts"

@OctaviaOG Жыл бұрын

omg i've been trying to understand the use of "cult" for the past few days! thanks for the explanation. love your channel

@mitsunori222000 Жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation.

@Nobody_Special310 2 жыл бұрын

Sure hope he does a video on the Cult of the Blue Oyster.

@everythingman987 2 жыл бұрын

I hear that they don't fear the reaper unlike other cults.

@merrittanimation7721 2 жыл бұрын

They accept veterans. Veterans of the Psychic Wars

@jasonGamesMaster 2 жыл бұрын

They venerate the Transmaniacon, to my understanding

@chetthebee1322 2 жыл бұрын

The "blue oyster cult" is a race of aliens that controls human history that the world's leaders are answerable to.

@jasonGamesMaster 2 жыл бұрын

@@chetthebee1322 That would make sense of their holy doctrine of Dominance and Submission. Perhaps more could be divined through Astronomy.

@kelseyperkins7618 2 жыл бұрын

Orthodox Christian here. Just one clarification to this amazing video. For the Orthodox a saint is *anyone* who is in heaven, which is one reason why we say we don’t know all their names. Canonized saints are the ones who we feel confident are in heaven and whose lives we should imitate (and this is the reason martyrs were the first saints), but we consider anyone who enters the Kingdom to be a saint- not just the very special dead.

@marcusayers3638 2 жыл бұрын

Same for us Roman Catholics, we got a list, but it is in no way exhaustive

@Linnet09 2 жыл бұрын

I think that's a common view in different branches of Christianity - and one easily misunderstood by non-Christians who only hear about the "official" saints.

@kevydjegnan3393 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as usual!

@grimmace2131 2 жыл бұрын

That was fascinating. I had always wondered.

@renatolopes3609 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! A related topic that could be addressed in a future video is the medieval cult of relics as descibed by John Calvin.

@snorlax6691 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I’d love to see your take on Santa Muerte.

@cjwhitmore1881 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely!

@Crossword131 2 жыл бұрын

Santissima Muerte, cavron! Ten cuidado, o ella... Nevermind. I don't want that bch at my back... IJS

@devcrom3 2 жыл бұрын

Dead Santa? Sounds pretty metal.

@Lucas-iy1ve 2 жыл бұрын

@@devcrom3 Wtf, no, Holy Death, or La Virgen de Santisisma Muerte

@Crossword131 2 жыл бұрын

@@devcrom3 That is effing hilarious. I just forced coffee up my sinuses reading that.

@MatthewCaunsfield 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating glimpse at the early church

@GBart 2 жыл бұрын

I like your "building blocks" analogy - that works for holidays too

@christophmahler 2 жыл бұрын

The difference between the Hellenistic hero cult and the Christian veneration of saints follows, arguably the difference between *'apotheosis'* - _man becoming an immortal demi-god, like Achilles and Alexander_ - and an *'apostolic life' or 'discipleship'* - _participating in, or accompanying the suffering of God when becoming man, like the martyrs who confessed the truth of the Christian faith against repression_ - which transforms or 'transfigures' the human body towards resurrection (as martyrdom is not a natural, but supernatural act, an act towards the 'deification of the world' or 'theosis'). There's also the aspect of 'historicity' and *'succession'* within the veneration of saints - as with the unbroken succession of priests, ordained by the apostles - which converted a Manichean like Augustine of Hippo, despite struggling to grasp a seemingly abstract Christian doctrine - and lastly: man cherrishes 'keepsakes' like the lock of hair of a loved one - not as a _symbolic representation_ - but as a form of their _actual presence_ (as the gospels not only teach that the dead are alive, but that *the living are already dead, unless they enter the **_'Kingdom of God'_* ): *"Let the dead bury their own dead* ." (Luke 9:60) "(...) *not the God of the dead but of the living* (...)" (Luke 20:37-38)

@thecriticalscholar8680 2 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic video!!! Would you consider doing a similar video focusing on saints and relics in Shia Islam?

@uncannyvalley2350 2 жыл бұрын

I just noticed how similar Salafi ideologies are to Soviet ideas too

@StallionFernando 2 жыл бұрын

Islam doesn't have saints.

@thecriticalscholar8680 2 жыл бұрын

@@StallionFernando Yes it does.

@shawntee.8461 2 жыл бұрын

Man, this videos are awesome.

@JoaoSantos-mr6nk 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video!

@reppepper 2 жыл бұрын

When I saw the Gethsemane Rock, we weren’t invited to touch it.

@lyokianhitchhiker 2 жыл бұрын

What about the holy stone of Clonrichert?

@meatstack 2 жыл бұрын

I've just got home from a vacation in Boston, where I visited the graves of American historical figures, which makes me want to revisit your religion of America series.

@olinayoung6287 2 жыл бұрын

Super interesting, thank you!!

@LuthienAlexandra 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this very interesting video. I am orthodox and where I'm from pilgrimages to the remains of saints are widely practiced - even during the pandemic hundreds of people would go and kiss the box containing the remains. It always baffled me, but at the same time I figured this type of behavior won't dissappear very soon because it must be very deeply imbedded in the collective mentality and it must be rooted in a very old practice. I just didn't know what that practice was. I can't believe I didn't make the corelation with the ancient greek hero cults. Again, thank you for this!

@ZephLodwick 2 жыл бұрын

Could you do an episode on demi-gods, please?

@ChristianMcAngus 2 жыл бұрын

Like so many of these examples, its more a case of parallel evolution rather than direct copying.

@deannmiller4758 Ай бұрын

Such good information for my post reform. Mind and explanation for all i saw in Greece.

@DecadesApartProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Such an informative video, I always wondered why Catholics held the saints in such a high regard. The holy oil thing was very interesting. I'm gonna need some of that when I go fight Dracula.

@chainz983 2 жыл бұрын

lets not forgot the Tribunal cult in Morrowind

@JonEliasV 2 жыл бұрын

Three Gods. One True Faith,0

@Quetsalcoatvl 2 жыл бұрын

it actually would be pretty cool to see some videos on the various pantheons of tamriel, since he has done videos on faiths from video games before its not outside the realm of possibility

@adhitripras8945 2 жыл бұрын

are you still selling skooma ?

@____________838 2 жыл бұрын

@@Quetsalcoatvl I need to look these videos of his up…

@edj8008 2 жыл бұрын

It's very interesting and you explain in a way that is easy 2 understand