Why every Catholic church altar has a relic inside it

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11 ай бұрын

Relics are parts of the body or material fragments associated with martyrs and saints, whom Catholics venerate. So why are they embedded in the altars of every Catholic church? In this video, you'll learn how relics are classified, how churches acquire relics and what happens to relics in shuttered or abandoned churches that no longer have a home?
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@jameskeener7251 11 ай бұрын

Thank you. Mr. Presenter, you did well.

@DanielFernandez-jv7jx 11 ай бұрын

Very informative. Thank you! But I disadvise the future use of irritating background "music." It adds nothing and only distracts.

@connorlongaphie 11 ай бұрын

"I wont attempt answer that barbaric question" 😂

@susanarrington9371 11 ай бұрын

Omg not even funny!!!

@jameskeener7251 11 ай бұрын

Clarity.

@keithjackman747 7 ай бұрын

I too also laughed out loud.

@beuller7 3 ай бұрын

I know, right?! I was like, yowza. But I have to wonder if he was actually asked a different, more irreverent question by whoever was interviewing him during the actual taping rather the question we heard in the video itself.

@annesaunders7316 11 ай бұрын

Excellent thank you.

@agresseur7184 10 ай бұрын

I can actually say I never knew these facts about relics or that every church altar has one. Thanks I enjoyed the informative video. I did stop when Monsignor said that the Church's family included the people in heaven, the people in purgatory and the people on earth. The Church has a modern problem with the concept of Limbo. The Church does not openly mention Limbo as it conflicts with the concept of God's offer of universal grace from the beginning of a person's existence. This particularly is acute with the current understandings of miscarriages and terminations, so it never mentions it any more.

@rabentdaimary8451 11 ай бұрын

Praise the lord hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah 🙏 Amen Amen Amen Amen

@jobytalk 7 ай бұрын

Do Eastern catholic churches has relics on Altar ?

@lauren9094 8 ай бұрын

What is a reliquery?

@j.g.8494 6 ай бұрын

In a so-called "reliquary are displayed the bones and other body parts and pieces of cloth of dead people! NECROPHILIA!

@el-sig2249 3 ай бұрын

A reliquary is a container used to hold and keep a relic. It is usually designed for that specific purpose and it is usually ornamental in nature.

@user-du5tg4si2j 5 ай бұрын

Would a piece of the TRUE CROSS be considered to be a RELIC? Does that mean its A piece of the dead body of JESUS? So would this be considered to be a GHOST RELIC, or what?

@richardsaintjohn8391 8 ай бұрын

That's not true anymore. After Vatican 2. Altar Stones are be very very rare. Except SSPX.

@robertmanella528 6 күн бұрын

Absolutely nothing to me!!! I believe in jesus christ!!!

@albertolucea-jt6dr 18 күн бұрын

I have been a devout Roman Catholic since 1961, but I renounced my Roman Catholic faith in 2022 for two chief reasons: one, the Roman Catholic faith is not aligned with the Bible; and two, I was spiritually liberated by the book I read entitled "Altar of Secrets: Sex, Politics, and Money in the Philippine Catholic Church" by Aries C. Rufo. I am now a happily born again Christian . . . much better because its Bible-centered! The Word of God, the Bible, is true food and real drink (John 6:63) not transubstantiation.

@geralddissanayaka7168 7 ай бұрын

Deu 5:8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Deu 5:9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

@Obedience33 5 ай бұрын

Question, have you read the description of The Ark of The covanent? Your cellphone or television could be "strange" ungodly images. Statues and Art of Holy Angels and Saints ARE not disallowed.

@geralddissanayaka7168 5 ай бұрын

The bible clearly states not serve or mention the names of other gods.@@Obedience33

@geralddissanayaka7168 5 ай бұрын

Who are the saints you are referring?@@Obedience33

@reverendcoffinsotherson5807 3 ай бұрын

@@Obedience33I love when Prots try to use laws that were specifically for the ancient Israelites and apply them to Christians today.

@TuggyBear7 2 ай бұрын

Apostle Paul went through this also in Athens And read Isaiah 44 All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame. (Isaiah 44:9, ESV) RCC we see what they do regarding Mary , and see how God is not pleased, it not only OT teachings it still applies in the NT Time of Ignorance God over looked , Apostle paul say this also in Athens and addressed those pagans who were gentiles not Israelites 29 Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. 30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead." (Acts 17:29, ESV) Peter what did he say 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. (1 Peter 1:18, ESV) Yes we do see this relics and other nonsense in these churches that God has no part in because we see many standing be side them Boeing , praying, crying kissing , if you don’t believe me pictures say a 1000 words go on you tube and see through RC what they do , or walk in any RCC you just might catch some in front of these statues in idolatry.

@melsab2864 7 ай бұрын

This is idolatry,Moses body was not found and Jesus body didn't remain in the tomb if not we would be worshipping dead people ...

@Obedience33 5 ай бұрын

The relics from St. Paul The Apostle have healing powers. Didn't you know this?

@beuller7 3 ай бұрын

There’s a world of difference between an idol (something that’s always an end unto itself) and an icon (something that points beyond itself to the sacred, to the transcendent, i.e., to God). These relics basically serve as icons, not idols.

@albertolucea-jt6dr 18 күн бұрын

The Roman Catholic church concept of "relics of saints" is antithetical to the gospel.