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foreign
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the holy lands
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a weapon also called the Spear of
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Destiny
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the spear that is believed to have
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pierced Christ's side at his crucifixion
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let's go back to the origins to the
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fateful day of his death
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he is indigo in ordeal which prevails of
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the hands of the Romans it's the
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crucifixion
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crucifixion an extreme torture that was
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always fatal so why the need for a spear
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what evidence do we have of a spear was
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used against Christ
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and do we know who used it
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as incredible as it may seem the holy
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lands has become sacred the spear is now
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a major religion
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why has this instrument of death evolved
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into one of the most important relics in
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Christendom
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the relics of The Passion of Christ are
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incredibly rare which makes them the
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most valuable thing
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we'll go in search of the Holy lands
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following its extraordinary Journey
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coveted and owned by some of the world's
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most powerful people Charlemagne
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St Louis
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Napoleon and Hitler
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we will travel to Vienna Jerusalem Paris
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and the Vatican
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on our journey we'll see how the very
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subject of the Holy lands is
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controversial some even dispute its
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existence
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we have no idea if there was a lens and
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if there was a lens we have no idea
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where it is
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and other think that the relics of the
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passion including the holy lands are
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real we know that they are still there
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but we do not show them anymore
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will disentangle fact from the fiction
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investigating one of the great Legends
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of Christendom
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The Mystery of the Holy lands
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the story of the Holy lands began over
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2000 years ago
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Jesus of Nazareth died on the cross
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according to the gospels a Roman soldier
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grabbed his Spear and pierced Christ's
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side his weapon later called the lands
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of Destiny became a vital relic of the
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passion sacred because it came into
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direct contact with Christ
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ancient texts and even songs evoke the
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holy lands throughout the centuries it
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is said to have passed into the hands of
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famous historical people but what is it
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question 733
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Charles Martel is said to own it when he
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crushed the Muslim Army
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at the beginning of the 9th century the
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lands passed into the hands of
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Charlemagne he fights 47 Victorious
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battles with it at his side
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in the 13th century Louis IX known as
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Saint Louis bought the holy lands from
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the Emperor of Constantinople bringing
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it back to Paris
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it then stays in Central Europe for 700
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years
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1938 as the second world war approached
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Adolf Hitler seized it taking it to
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Nuremberg
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The Treasure of the Austrian Empire is
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part of the large-scale Looting of
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European Arts
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after the war the lands of Destiny is
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found in a vault hidden by Hitler
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in 1946 the American government returned
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it to the austrians
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today the Lance is thought to be in
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Vienna
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but the story of this spear is not quite
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so simple
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why was this Relic so desired the object
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has a power as such and firstly gives
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its possessor an aura and secondly a
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significant spiritual and temporal power
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symbol of power and righteousness it's
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you to understand why the holy lands was
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the object of desires
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foreign
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but how did this spear even first appear
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and why was it used against Jesus Christ
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what is the true story of the Holy lands
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to find out we must Trace its Journey
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back through time to the origins of
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Christendom itself
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for the Roman authorities Jesus was a
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troublemaker
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makes nothing my father's house and
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House of merchandise
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leaders Jesus questioned everything
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the situation was no longer tolerable
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kaifas the high priest of Jerusalem had
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him arrested
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they decided to deliver Jesus to the
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Romans as his crucifixion nears so does
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the appearance of the Holy lands but
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when was the Christ's passion
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the era of Christ corresponds to the
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reign of Emperor Tiberius the
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crucifixion dates to about the year 30.
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and while it is not totally certain to
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the time when Pontius Pilate was
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governor of Judea
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according to the gospels Pontius bilati
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was forced to condemn Jesus under
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pressure from the Jewish authorities and
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the crowd I do that with Jesus who in
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her shall be released
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crucify you
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the sentence was crucifixion
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is to undergo a no deal at the hands of
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the Romans it's the crucifixion
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victim to some wood then leave him there
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to suffer sometimes for several days at
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the entrance of the city so that all the
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enemies of the Empire can see what
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awaits them should they have The
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Misfortune to revolt against Romans
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Jesus had to carry his own cross to a
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hill outside Jerusalem a place called
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Golgotha the place of the skull
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in the four canonical gospels attributed
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to Matthew Mark Luke and John one can
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read the story of the crucifixion
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but only in the Gospel of John does the
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holy lands take Center Stage
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one of the soldiers thrusts a spear into
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his side and immediately blood and water
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spouts out
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in the 4th Century a book speaks of the
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Centurion and the spear called The
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Gospel of Nicodemus
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the gospel isn't well known but it is
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nevertheless of great importance
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as it has been quoted in nearly 400
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manuscripts medieval encyclopedias
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historical Chronicles and sermons
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this is the first time the Centurion is
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named
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soldiers crowned him with thorns he was
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flogged and he received pilate's
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sentence he was crucified at the place
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of the skull with tooth
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tooth he was made to drink sour wine
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mixed with Goal before Saint longinus
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the soldier pierced his side with his
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spear
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but beyond the gospel
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what really happened during a
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crucifixion
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what were the rituals
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is the use of a spear plausible and was
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it part of the punishment
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the weapon that was used during Christ's
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passion was simply used to check if the
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crucified were still alive or not it was
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not a gratuitous Act of Cruelty on the
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contrary I would dare say it was almost
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humane
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where Christ was concerned this gesture
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was useless because he was already dead
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but there is also a medical explanation
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it does involve also the uh Rising
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liquids in the chest area so that
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piercing or that alleged piercing may
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have been there to release this pressure
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this would make explain the description
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in the gospel
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the soldiers thrust the spear into his
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side and immediately blood and water
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spouts out
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crucifixion a cruel torture from the
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beginning of our era
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during the passion Jesus Christ endured
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this torment without suffering all the
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violations reserved for the crucified
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nevertheless his side was pierced by a
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lance in vain as Christ was already dead
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this spear then became a holy Relic
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longinus the soldier held it and that
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day his Destiny changed
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foreign
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continues in search of the Holy lands
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the spear that pierced Christ's side
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longinus was a soldier who held it in
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his hands that day
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the word lands used in Greek well it's
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and so suddenly we say look the name
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given to this Soldier is a name that
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derives from the word lands and in the
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Christian tradition that's probably
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where his name comes from so we'll all
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come him Longines
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the Christian tradition also says that
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when half-blind longinus pierced
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Christ's side he was covered in blood
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and water and his sight was instantly
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recovered
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half-blind
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there was a miracle it was that the
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semi-blind man recovered his sight
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but we must see this as a symbolic
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blindness
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so he has a sort of Revelation it's in
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this sense that there is a miracle that
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is far more important than that of
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recovering his sights
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after the crucifixion longinus mission
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was to protect the body of Christ
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allowing no one to touch it
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but after attending the resurrection of
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Christ longinus became a different man
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he changed his life gave up his weapons
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and converted in our own lucky we were
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told that he's going to get producer
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that he decides to leave as anemic but
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he's persecuted for his faith
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he was arrested and forced to renounce
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his God but he refused and was beheaded
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becoming a martyr
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story of longinus has been told
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throughout the ages
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we even canonized him so he's called sin
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longinus and in the west the Roman
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Catholic Church grants him a very
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important status perhaps precisely
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because he's a Roman
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and we are of course in Rome
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in the Vatican in Rome we will not
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hesitate to erect a large statue which
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will reach an incredible stature in
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Christianity especially in the West
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and what stronger a symbol of
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Christendom than the Vatican in the 17th
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century in Saint Peter's Basilica
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Bernini created niches displaying huge
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statues for the exhibition of holy
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relics among which is Saint longinus
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spear
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here we clearly see the importance that
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the church Accords to Saint longinus
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the soldier who became Saint longinus
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and his Lance are anchored in the
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history of the Christian religion from
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the gospels to the present day
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Jesus made sacred the object longinus
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held in his hands on the day of the
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crucifixion
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now that we have seen the importance of
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Saint longinus and the holy lands in
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history let's go in search of this
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mysterious Relic
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what has become the Spear of the
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illustrious logic where is it today
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our Quest brings us to Austria
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to where the holy lands is believed to
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be
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museum of art history in Vienna
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we meet the person who watches over
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this is the holy lands of Vienna
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it is part of the Imperial jewels of the
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Holy Roman Empire
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the Lance which is here in Vienna has
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been revered for centuries as a very
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important relics
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that struck the body of Christ
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this is confirmed on the gold sleeve
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here on the spear which Bears the
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inscription Lancia dominate it is the
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Lance of Christ
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the spear has traveled an incredibly
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long way to reach us
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in 1946 The Holy Lance was returned to
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the austrians by the monument men
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the monument men were 350 committed
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Americans curators and historians
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dedicated to the safeguarding of Art
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they discovered Imperial jewels in
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August 1945 in a maze of underground
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galleries north of Nuremberg hidden
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there by Adolf Hitler
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for three days after the onslus the
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annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany on
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March 12 1938 Hitler had brought back
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this treasure from Vienna
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at the beginning of the 19th century
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would Napoleon Waging War across Europe
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and his troops approaching the German
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city of Nuremberg the prussians decided
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to transfer the holy lands to their
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Austrian Neighbors in Vienna that they
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still believe in the mystical powers of
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the Holy lands or was it simply not
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desirable for Bonaparte to possess this
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symbol of power
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history does not give us the exact
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answer
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on the other hand we know that a simple
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messenger alone brought the spear to
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Vienna
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after his victories against the Austrian
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Empire Napoleon could have brought it
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back to Paris but strangely he didn't
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if we go back in time to the 13th
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century the Vatican designates this
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spear as an official relic of the Holy
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Roman Empire
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the holy lands of Vienna has definitely
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belonged to many powerful characters in
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ancient texts like the song of Roland in
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the 11th century speak about it
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Charlemagne by the grace of God has
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obtained the tip and has it enshrined in
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the golden pommel because of this honor
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and Grace the sword received the name
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joyful
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Legend has it that between the 8th and
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9th centuries Charlemagne won 47 battles
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thanks to the holy lands
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a holy Lance is also believed to have
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secured the foundations of the college
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and Dynasty because it is said that
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Charles Martel had it in his possession
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against the Muslims in quachi in the
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Years 733.
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thank you
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previously where was it well the story
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of the Holy lands of Vienna ends here in
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the 8th century
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can we be so sure
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it has been studied in the laboratory
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dated and appraised by scientists its
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Constitution leaves us in no doubt it
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does not date from the first century
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the goat's Thief found here in the
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window and bear in the inscription
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Lancia dominate refers to the emperor
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Charles IV
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and therefore dates from the mid-14th
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century
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under the gold leaf is another sheet of
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precious metal that dates back to the
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11th century a sheet of silver
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and under the Silver Leaf is a very
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traditional spear
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s despair is made of iron and was most
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likely manufactured in the 8th Century
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A.D frugal
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in view of the results scientists and
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Specialists are in agreement
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the profile of the spirit itself looks
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more like the much later Carl engine
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Spears rather than the Roman ones so all
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this unfortunately does not coincide
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very well with the scenario According to
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which this fear is be said to be
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authentic
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the holy lands of Vienna was forged
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around the year 700 then embellished
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with silver in the 11th century and gold
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in the 14th century however it is not
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the lands of Saint longinus the spirit
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that pierced Christ's side
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thank you
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trace the true holy lands our
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investigation continues
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we return to the land of its origin
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Jerusalem
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a Christian Relic which is imbued with
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magical virtues an instrument of power
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and greed that was once owned by famous
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historical characters and yet the Spear
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of the Holy Roman Empire was not the
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Spear of Destiny
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so if the lands from Vienna is not the
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spear which pierced the sight of Christ
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where is the true holy lands
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find the holy lands we head to Jerusalem
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to mount Golgotha the place of the skull
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this is where Jesus is believed to have
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been crucified and where the Spear of
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Destiny was used
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is also the location of Christ's tomb it
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is protected by the Church of the Holy
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Sepulcher
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in the first centuries after Christ's
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death golgota became a sacred place of
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pilgrimage
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already around 170 A.D we find
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testimonies of Christian pilgrimages
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notably an Asian Bishop melaton of
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Sardis from what is now modern day
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Turkey
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he says he will go to Palestine
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to see the place where the sacred events
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unfolded but it wasn't until long after
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the crucifixion that pilgrims sought out
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the places of the passion and Relics
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like the holy lands
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since the fourth Century we started
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looking for holy sites we built churches
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on the different places where Christ
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saved where he preached The Sermon on
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the Mount where he multiplied the loaves
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where in Jerusalem he followed the way
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of the Cross well Golgotha is it is in
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the fourth Century that we began to
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formalize Christianity
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with Constantine the Holy Land Jerusalem
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becomes a place of Christian remembrance
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Lane the mother of the Roman Empire
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Constantine and great support of
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Christianity is said to have organized
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the first restoration of the Holy sides
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by visiting them between 326 and 328 A.D
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and fighting the holy lands and the
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other relics of the passion lame
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strengthened Jerusalem as a leading
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pilgrimage site
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foreign
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but in 614 A.D the lunch leaves
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Jerusalem because like the other relics
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of the passion it needed to be protected
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we learned that it goes to
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Constantinople because Jerusalem is
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taken at that time by the Persians the
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Persians staked Jerusalem and so
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suddenly we need to remove a certain
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number of objects including the relics
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it was at this moment that the spear
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would left Jerusalem and would have gone
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to constitute
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Constantinople at the time Bears this
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name because it is Constantine the
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emperor Constantine who converted to
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Christianity in the 4th Century so the
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city of Constantinople was at the time a
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sort of world capital of Christianity
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that's where the spear stays for several
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centuries
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the holy lands is brought to
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Constantinople known today as Istanbul
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where it will stay for 600 years
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in 1204 the Crusaders besieged and
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ransacked Constantinople
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miraculously the land seems to have
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escaped their clutches
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a few years later in 1241 Louis IX who
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is better known as Saint Louis takes the
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holy lands from the Emperor of
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Constantinople Boudoir II and brought it
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to Paris
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yes the holy mat was brought back to
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Paris
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but why would Buddha II let go of such a
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treasure
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he Parts with it because he is stuck in
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Wars he cannot get out of he simply
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needs to raise new armies and he needs
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money he will speak to Saint Louis and
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tell him to go buy them and keep them in
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a deserving place
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as for Saint Louis what was his interest
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in acquiring these relics
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Louis was interested in these relics for
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several reasons indeed this fact must be
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placed in the context of the Middle Ages
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where the relics of Christ's passion are
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unheard of that is what gives them the
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most value but the spiritual value is
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even more important for Saint Louis who
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wants to establish France's position in
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Western Christian Europe France has
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arrived at an important point in its
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development with two hundred thousand
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inhabitants Paris is one of the most
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populated cities in Europe there is in
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University there is an important
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economic Center but there is still
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something missing in Paris
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St Louis had one ambition to give Paris
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spiritual Grandeur an indisputable
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recognition
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Saint Louis buys the relics from bodwan
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II he buys them in two lots initially in
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1239 he will buy the crown of thorns and
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then two years later he buys a fairly
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considerable set of relics
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in the second lot we find the wood of
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the Holy Cross a nail of the crucifixion
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and the holy lands
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larive
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the arrival of the relics the great
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relics in Paris this rather astonishing
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set that was bought by Louis the 9th
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from Baldwin II and that Buddha II
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certifies in a charter in 12047 is
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absolutely extraordinary and really
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turns Paris into the Western city with
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the most relics
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which was the foremost holder of relics
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before this transfer takes place is
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completely overtaken
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but this Prestige this New Aura for
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France comes at an exorbitant price
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thank you
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he spends 135 000 pounds to acquire
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these relics which is half of the state
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budget
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above all what is important is that this
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amount is higher than the construction
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costs of the Sanchez
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San Chapel cost 40 000 pounds that's
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three times less than the 135 000 pounds
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spent on the relics it houses
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so it is a very considerable sum and I
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believe that one can measure through
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this sum the value of the relics to the
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man in the Middle Ages
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so what did the holy lands really look
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like when it arrived in Paris we
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searched for evidence in ancient
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archives incredibly we found it
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00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:34,740
among the israelics of the San Chapel
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there was the Holy lands the holy lands
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or more precisely a fragment of it A
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Relic is never the whole item it's a
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small part it's not an object that was
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spectacular in itself
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00:28:43,798 --> 00:28:47,839
so it was necessary to make it
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spectacular
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that's why this small fragment was
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installed in a cross
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[Music]
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a fragment was too small to be displayed
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as it was so it was enshrined in the
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center of this cross
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00:29:00,900 --> 00:29:05,038
this cross was then placed in a great
581
00:29:02,940 --> 00:29:08,400
reliquary with many of Saint Louis's
582
00:29:05,038 --> 00:29:10,679
other Acquisitions it was then set at
583
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the very top of this platform dominating
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the faithful
585
00:29:14,058 --> 00:29:19,019
the holy Chapel was really built to
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house these relics and then it kept them
587
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for an extremely long time
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00:29:23,058 --> 00:29:28,038
so the sacred Lance has been preserved
589
00:29:25,980 --> 00:29:31,620
here for a long time
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550 years punctuated by great ceremonies
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the kings of course attend and also
592
00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:39,000
celebrate extraordinary occasions for
593
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special characters in order to make them
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enjoy the virtues of the relics
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[Music]
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men's stayed in Paris until French
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Revolution where it was taken with other
598
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relics to the National Library
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unfortunately during this period it was
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00:29:52,859 --> 00:29:58,558
lost without the trace
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we also lose all trace of the lands of
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Jerusalem
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a Vienna Alliance that turns out to be
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old but not old enough to be from the
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crucifixion of Christ a spear of
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Jerusalem that vanishes in the chaos of
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the French Revolution
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but where is the holy lands now do we
609
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have any other leads
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[Music]
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the Spear of Destiny is no longer in
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Jerusalem has disappeared from Paris and
613
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the Spear of Vienna does not date from
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the first century we still have some
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ways of finding the holy lands which is
616
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said to have pierced the flank of Jesus
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Christ because we know several others
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[Music]
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ones in Krakow Poland
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and Armenia and even lances in Izmir and
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ancho in Turkey
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if we inquire we realize that there are
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Spears in Armenia and in Poland it seems
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that everyone everywhere wants to stake
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a claim saying I own the spear
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even today there are several places in
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the world in which Holy Spirit are
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preserved
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they are numerous but among the most
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notable is a spear in Krakow Poland
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it can be found in the treasure room of
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the vaval cathedral a symbol of Polish
633
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royal power but it dates from the 10th
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Century
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[Music]
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indeed the Holy Spirit kept in Krakow is
637
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definitely only a replica of the Lance
638
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of Vienna Davina
639
00:31:39,179 --> 00:31:43,798
in Armenia the holy lands of edgemian is
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still displayed in this country's
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religious capital in a wing of the
642
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:51,179
cathedral it has never been a weapon but
643
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:53,519
it is rather the tip of an enzyme from
644
00:31:51,179 --> 00:31:57,679
the Byzantine period in the form of a
645
00:31:53,519 --> 00:31:57,679
perforated rhombus of a great cross
646
00:31:58,579 --> 00:32:04,759
as for that
647
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in Armenia we can also exclude it
648
00:32:04,759 --> 00:32:10,500
because the shape of this Relic is very
649
00:32:08,278 --> 00:32:13,740
different from that of the Roman arms
650
00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:16,339
and Spears of the Roman soldiers at the
651
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time of Christ
652
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in Turkey two other so-called holy
653
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Spears are enthroned in the anchov and
654
00:32:22,740 --> 00:32:27,839
Izmir but no historian today supports
655
00:32:25,500 --> 00:32:31,339
the hypothesis that it may be the spear
656
00:32:27,839 --> 00:32:31,339
from the crucifixion of Christ
657
00:32:31,859 --> 00:32:37,199
if none of these is the true Spear of
658
00:32:34,619 --> 00:32:39,379
Destiny where do all these Spears come
659
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from
660
00:32:42,980 --> 00:32:48,778
these are not Roman Spears I think I can
661
00:32:46,619 --> 00:32:51,298
even go as far to say that they are not
662
00:32:48,778 --> 00:32:53,519
real Spears at all they are ceremonial
663
00:32:51,298 --> 00:32:55,798
objects that were made by people who had
664
00:32:53,519 --> 00:32:59,538
no intention whatsoever of producing
665
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weapons that can be used in combat
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State objects but do we know what the
667
00:33:03,898 --> 00:33:08,058
real Spear of Destiny looks like
668
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[Music]
669
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we see
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here in this reproduction we see a
671
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Horseman holding a spear which is
672
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:20,038
probably the weapon that longitus the
673
00:33:18,359 --> 00:33:23,298
soldier who was at the foot of Christ's
674
00:33:20,038 --> 00:33:23,298
cross probably has
675
00:33:24,259 --> 00:33:29,220
it is an extremely simple weapon which
676
00:33:27,119 --> 00:33:31,739
has a long wooden handle with a very
677
00:33:29,220 --> 00:33:33,659
thin iron tip intended to thrust as
678
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deeply as possible into the body of an
679
00:33:33,659 --> 00:33:36,019
enemies
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00:33:37,819 --> 00:33:44,359
as this document shows we see a Horseman
681
00:33:41,159 --> 00:33:47,159
who uses it as a throwing weapon
682
00:33:44,359 --> 00:33:49,619
however it was also used indeed more
683
00:33:47,159 --> 00:33:52,140
frequently by foot soldiers held by hand
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00:33:49,619 --> 00:33:54,500
or with both hands to stab the enemy and
685
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kill him
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in conclusion
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the lances of Armenia turkey or Poland
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aren't genuine
689
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the real holy lands is not among them
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[Music]
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disperfusion of Spears is amazing to say
692
00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:24,358
the least how can we explain it
693
00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:26,269
the answer lies in how the relics were
694
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moved
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[Music]
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the great relics of the passion have
697
00:34:31,260 --> 00:34:36,419
moved from Jerusalem to Constantinople
698
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and then the Crusades encouraged and
699
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even developed this transfer to further
700
00:34:38,398 --> 00:34:40,638
west
701
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after 2004 and the terrible ransacking
702
00:34:45,539 --> 00:34:51,429
of Constantinople we start seeing many
703
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things moving to the westino
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[Music]
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as the relics are of increasing
706
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importance in the religious world and
707
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among Believers everyone wants to
708
00:35:00,420 --> 00:35:06,119
possess or worship A Relic
709
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so they are fragmented
710
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everyone wanted a relic so we
711
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dismembered the holy bodies pieces of
712
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the wood of the Cross there are several
713
00:35:13,380 --> 00:35:17,338
of them pieces of different materials
714
00:35:15,179 --> 00:35:19,460
which make up the relics there can also
715
00:35:17,338 --> 00:35:22,440
be several of these
716
00:35:19,460 --> 00:35:25,019
so there are fewer space than pieces of
717
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:27,599
the Cross of Christ or pieces of shins
718
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so we obviously have a lot fewer relics
719
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from that point of view I do not think
720
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it's the real problem when we refer to
721
00:35:32,099 --> 00:35:37,200
the multiplicity of Spears I think
722
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moreover that is due to the fact that in
723
00:35:37,199 --> 00:35:42,480
different places of Christianity in the
724
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east in the west one feels the need at a
725
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:46,280
given moment to have strong relics
726
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[Music]
727
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but we must also ask ourselves the
728
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:57,619
following question why did the faithful
729
00:35:53,159 --> 00:35:57,618
want to own a relic like the holy lands
730
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:05,400
its own right and gives its possessor an
731
00:36:02,039 --> 00:36:07,559
aura at first and an important spiritual
732
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and temporal power
733
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I think that's actually what is
734
00:36:10,199 --> 00:36:16,098
sometimes a bit difficult for our 21st
735
00:36:12,539 --> 00:36:16,099
century world to understand
736
00:36:19,639 --> 00:36:24,480
the need for relics was such that it was
737
00:36:22,858 --> 00:36:27,179
impossible to cope with the growing
738
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:30,019
demand so people had to find ways of
739
00:36:27,179 --> 00:36:30,019
multiplying them
740
00:36:31,940 --> 00:36:36,780
since we did not have enough relics in
741
00:36:34,619 --> 00:36:39,059
the end we had to create them for
742
00:36:36,780 --> 00:36:41,460
instance placing a small rag a small
743
00:36:39,059 --> 00:36:44,219
piece of material on the end of a stick
744
00:36:41,460 --> 00:36:46,559
a rod which one touches Against The
745
00:36:44,219 --> 00:36:50,899
Relic and in turn becomes a contact
746
00:36:46,559 --> 00:36:53,639
Relic which we can put in a really query
747
00:36:50,900 --> 00:36:57,320
a contact Relic has pretty much the same
748
00:36:53,639 --> 00:36:57,319
meaning as an authentic Relic
749
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:04,280
in the Middle Ages mentalities were very
750
00:37:02,099 --> 00:37:07,800
different from those of today
751
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:11,160
it was possible to convey the power and
752
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:14,760
the meaning of a relic an object became
753
00:37:11,159 --> 00:37:16,639
holy merely by coming into contact with
754
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:19,320
a real Relic
755
00:37:16,639 --> 00:37:22,618
because it was possible to transmit the
756
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:25,800
this power our holy lamps of Vienna
757
00:37:22,619 --> 00:37:28,160
alone would have allowed the creation of
758
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:32,000
15 other lances
759
00:37:28,159 --> 00:37:35,519
at the time this was not a problem
760
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:38,400
once the contact had been made all these
761
00:37:35,519 --> 00:37:39,699
lances were considered in turn to be
762
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:43,440
authentic
763
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[Music]
764
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tense period for trading relics was the
765
00:37:46,019 --> 00:37:51,599
Middle Ages during this period theft was
766
00:37:49,559 --> 00:37:54,358
not uncommon
767
00:37:51,599 --> 00:37:57,300
the relics are the subject not only of a
768
00:37:54,358 --> 00:37:59,460
trade but even a theft and this thieving
769
00:37:57,300 --> 00:38:01,200
was allowed because it was the proper
770
00:37:59,460 --> 00:38:03,838
thing to do
771
00:38:01,199 --> 00:38:06,539
the theft of relics was no problem on
772
00:38:03,838 --> 00:38:08,820
the contrary an object stolen from an
773
00:38:06,539 --> 00:38:12,440
official Place such as a church somehow
774
00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:12,440
certified its authenticity
775
00:38:12,539 --> 00:38:17,400
but there was a fine line between theft
776
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:19,510
and trafficking fakes a line which at
777
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:21,260
the time was blatantly crossed
778
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[Music]
779
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everyone knows quite well that we have
780
00:38:23,820 --> 00:38:28,320
four little fingers of one Saint five
781
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:31,880
skulls of another so there are a number
782
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,880
of these relics that are obviously
783
00:38:33,858 --> 00:38:38,940
we talked about the problem of really
784
00:38:36,358 --> 00:38:40,559
trafficking saying nonetheless that at
785
00:38:38,940 --> 00:38:43,079
one time there were a lot of relics
786
00:38:40,559 --> 00:38:45,838
circulating so we trade them we sell
787
00:38:43,079 --> 00:38:48,000
them and we can also ask ourselves if
788
00:38:45,838 --> 00:38:50,838
the lens was not a victim of this trade
789
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,838
victim
790
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:57,119
of course the traffic was motivated by
791
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:59,578
the power conferred by the relics their
792
00:38:57,119 --> 00:39:03,559
spiritual power but the market value of
793
00:38:59,579 --> 00:39:03,560
the object cannot be excluded
794
00:39:05,059 --> 00:39:10,980
one of the reasons we kept all this was
795
00:39:07,858 --> 00:39:14,759
the quality of reliquary work all these
796
00:39:10,980 --> 00:39:17,059
relics were in early queries the Israeli
797
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:20,579
queries were made of precious materials
798
00:39:17,059 --> 00:39:24,489
precious stones precious metals a
799
00:39:20,579 --> 00:39:26,099
treasure it was also a cash Reserve
800
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[Music]
801
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and a relic placed in a public place
802
00:39:28,139 --> 00:39:33,019
generated regular income
803
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yeah
804
00:39:33,019 --> 00:39:40,739
there are purely material reasons indeed
805
00:39:37,679 --> 00:39:42,139
when you have relics you have a place of
806
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pilgrimage
807
00:39:42,139 --> 00:39:47,159
that is to say you attract people people
808
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:50,719
who come
809
00:39:47,159 --> 00:39:50,719
people who spend money
810
00:39:51,059 --> 00:39:55,799
but what did the church say
811
00:39:53,639 --> 00:39:58,559
it seems that all this was happening
812
00:39:55,800 --> 00:40:01,019
literally with its blessing
813
00:39:58,559 --> 00:40:03,960
but some people did try to stop these
814
00:40:01,019 --> 00:40:06,059
practices around the 4th Century Saint
815
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Augustine was reproaching this trade
816
00:40:06,059 --> 00:40:12,259
with vagrant monks and the debates were
817
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:12,260
Lively in the Middle Ages
818
00:40:13,940 --> 00:40:18,320
this was the subject of much debate
819
00:40:16,619 --> 00:40:22,200
especially
820
00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:24,119
in the 12th century the debate was
821
00:40:22,199 --> 00:40:27,000
centered on the fact that we had to be
822
00:40:24,119 --> 00:40:28,920
sure of the reality the veracity of
823
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:31,199
these relics
824
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Vienna lands in the 8th century was
825
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named the lands of Saint Maurice by the
826
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first Carol engines
827
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Saint Maurice a fighter of The Faith
828
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from the end of a third Century who
829
00:40:39,420 --> 00:40:42,970
would have had in his hands the lands of
830
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Christ
831
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[Music]
832
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among the holy Warriors we have a major
833
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:53,539
role for all Western kingdoms you will
834
00:40:51,838 --> 00:40:56,519
have San Jose and
835
00:40:53,539 --> 00:40:58,858
the holy lands of samoris was carried
836
00:40:56,519 --> 00:41:01,699
like a standard in front of the
837
00:40:58,858 --> 00:41:01,699
emperor's procession
838
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:07,699
the people of the Middle Ages allow the
839
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lands of Vienna to change its name
840
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[Music]
841
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was for everyone the Lance of Saint
842
00:41:15,838 --> 00:41:20,159
Maurice
843
00:41:16,980 --> 00:41:23,639
but covered with a gold sleeve in the
844
00:41:20,159 --> 00:41:25,699
14th century it was renamed the Lance of
845
00:41:23,639 --> 00:41:28,980
Christ
846
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and people at that time had no Scruples
847
00:41:28,980 --> 00:41:33,780
and did not see where the problem of
848
00:41:31,380 --> 00:41:36,240
turning the Lance of Saint Maurice into
849
00:41:33,780 --> 00:41:39,599
San longines's Lance was
850
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:42,358
to understand the mind and mentality in
851
00:41:39,599 --> 00:41:46,260
these days we did not question its
852
00:41:42,358 --> 00:41:48,199
authenticity no it was real it was of
853
00:41:46,260 --> 00:41:50,520
course it was yeah sure
854
00:41:48,199 --> 00:41:53,219
the real problem with Central engineers
855
00:41:50,519 --> 00:41:54,679
and Relics in general is not so much
856
00:41:53,219 --> 00:41:57,179
whether they are genuine because
857
00:41:54,679 --> 00:41:59,819
unfortunately quite often today thanks
858
00:41:57,179 --> 00:42:02,279
to Modern scientific methods We Carry
859
00:41:59,820 --> 00:42:03,900
Out tests most of the time we realize
860
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:05,820
that in most cases they are not
861
00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:08,400
authentic or we cannot prove that they
862
00:42:05,820 --> 00:42:10,820
are so finally we can never use them as
863
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,820
proof
864
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:16,559
we have understood that thought
865
00:42:14,219 --> 00:42:19,439
processes in the Middle Ages were very
866
00:42:16,559 --> 00:42:21,739
different from Mars today in the 21st
867
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:24,420
century we see things very differently
868
00:42:21,739 --> 00:42:25,379
but does the Spear of Destiny still
869
00:42:24,420 --> 00:42:27,780
exist
870
00:42:25,380 --> 00:42:30,269
to find out we need to continue our
871
00:42:27,780 --> 00:42:33,400
investigations
872
00:42:30,269 --> 00:42:33,400
[Music]
873
00:42:33,780 --> 00:42:39,180
real or fake relics numerous Spears of
874
00:42:36,659 --> 00:42:42,779
Destiny from Vienna to Krakow via
875
00:42:39,179 --> 00:42:45,139
edgemead Izmir or Antioch all historians
876
00:42:42,780 --> 00:42:45,140
agree
877
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:51,599
even if these objects are respected and
878
00:42:49,679 --> 00:42:53,819
even worshiped the lands of Saint
879
00:42:51,599 --> 00:42:57,480
longinus the spear that pierced the
880
00:42:53,820 --> 00:42:59,818
sight of Jesus Christ is not among them
881
00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:03,500
but we have one more Lance to examine
882
00:42:59,818 --> 00:43:03,500
the holy lands of Rome
883
00:43:05,300 --> 00:43:20,579
[Music]
884
00:43:18,179 --> 00:43:22,379
we are nearing the end of our journey in
885
00:43:20,579 --> 00:43:25,200
search of the Holy lands
886
00:43:22,380 --> 00:43:28,980
we saw that the lances of ant joke usmir
887
00:43:25,199 --> 00:43:31,919
it's meijin and Krakow were not genuine
888
00:43:28,980 --> 00:43:34,318
we surveyed Jerusalem Vienna and Paris
889
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:38,460
where its Trace was lost
890
00:43:34,318 --> 00:43:40,318
so we arrive here in Rome
891
00:43:38,460 --> 00:43:43,079
because the holy lands has been here
892
00:43:40,318 --> 00:43:45,230
since the 15th century but how did it
893
00:43:43,079 --> 00:43:47,039
get here
894
00:43:45,230 --> 00:43:49,500
[Music]
895
00:43:47,039 --> 00:43:51,920
relics of the passion leave Jerusalem in
896
00:43:49,500 --> 00:43:54,239
the 7th century
897
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:55,920
and that would be the time when the
898
00:43:54,239 --> 00:43:58,639
lands left Jerusalem and went to
899
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:58,639
Constantinople
900
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:04,260
in the 13th century Saint Louis paid the
901
00:44:02,099 --> 00:44:06,680
Emperor of Constantinople for the holy
902
00:44:04,260 --> 00:44:06,680
lands
903
00:44:09,300 --> 00:44:15,200
for the acquisition of these relics
904
00:44:11,039 --> 00:44:15,199
which is half of the state budget
905
00:44:17,338 --> 00:44:22,259
but surprisingly in the 14th century the
906
00:44:20,519 --> 00:44:26,099
holy lands is still said to be in
907
00:44:22,260 --> 00:44:28,560
Constantinople how is this possible
908
00:44:26,099 --> 00:44:30,780
in the 14th century for example some
909
00:44:28,559 --> 00:44:32,699
observers said I saw the lens both in
910
00:44:30,780 --> 00:44:34,440
Paris in Constantinople so there are
911
00:44:32,699 --> 00:44:35,939
solutions to try to explain the fact
912
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:38,159
that there are several lenses in
913
00:44:35,940 --> 00:44:40,260
different places one solution was to say
914
00:44:38,159 --> 00:44:42,480
in fact that it's the same spear but
915
00:44:40,260 --> 00:44:44,040
that these are pieces of the spirit I
916
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:45,960
find it interesting because precisely
917
00:44:44,039 --> 00:44:47,880
the word used in the gospel to designate
918
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:49,460
the world length is a word that can
919
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:52,079
simply designate the tip of the spirit
920
00:44:49,460 --> 00:44:54,119
so we can all imagine that we would have
921
00:44:52,079 --> 00:44:56,220
in one particular place a piece of
922
00:44:54,119 --> 00:44:59,880
Despair and in another place a different
923
00:44:56,219 --> 00:45:03,379
piece in fact it's the same spear but
924
00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:06,660
it's just two pieces of the same space
925
00:45:03,380 --> 00:45:09,358
indeed this hypothesis is confirmed by a
926
00:45:06,659 --> 00:45:11,639
number of historians the whole events of
927
00:45:09,358 --> 00:45:13,619
Jerusalem was broken up in the 7th
928
00:45:11,639 --> 00:45:16,400
Century during the siege of the city by
929
00:45:13,619 --> 00:45:16,400
the Persians
930
00:45:17,519 --> 00:45:22,079
the tip of the lens was brought to
931
00:45:19,559 --> 00:45:24,659
constant to Nobu then bought by Saint
932
00:45:22,079 --> 00:45:26,950
Louis in the 13th century only to
933
00:45:24,659 --> 00:45:30,379
disappear during the French Revolution
934
00:45:26,949 --> 00:45:33,118
[Music]
935
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the other part of the Lance also brought
936
00:45:33,119 --> 00:45:38,059
the Constantinople had a very different
937
00:45:35,338 --> 00:45:38,059
destiny
938
00:45:43,219 --> 00:45:49,618
1453 is a pivotal date in the history of
939
00:45:46,679 --> 00:45:52,440
Constantinople the Turks will concur
940
00:45:49,619 --> 00:45:54,740
Constantinople they say their leaks
941
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:58,200
including the lens
942
00:45:54,739 --> 00:46:02,699
the Sultan of constant Noble dies in
943
00:45:58,199 --> 00:46:05,419
1481 and his two sons bajate and zizim
944
00:46:02,699 --> 00:46:09,419
quarrel over power
945
00:46:05,420 --> 00:46:11,940
prevails over zizim who goes into exile
946
00:46:09,420 --> 00:46:12,960
zizim eventually falls into the hands of
947
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the French
948
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:18,420
and still today we have found traces in
949
00:46:16,019 --> 00:46:21,300
the crew's region
950
00:46:18,420 --> 00:46:23,700
his day is still materialized by the
951
00:46:21,300 --> 00:46:27,079
presence of the Zim Tower which is
952
00:46:23,699 --> 00:46:27,078
located in bulgenes
953
00:46:28,019 --> 00:46:32,818
the fact that this is held in France is
954
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:35,780
a rather good deal for his brother said
955
00:46:32,818 --> 00:46:39,300
the master of Constantinople
956
00:46:35,780 --> 00:46:42,359
is quite happy with the deal in this
957
00:46:39,300 --> 00:46:44,400
geopolitics that is established he pays
958
00:46:42,358 --> 00:46:46,799
a pension so that his brother does not
959
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:49,639
return to intervene in the Ottoman
960
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:49,640
Empire again
961
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:56,639
as long as ism is kept away from
962
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:59,219
constant Noble there is little risk of a
963
00:46:56,639 --> 00:47:01,318
war between the two brothers but an
964
00:46:59,219 --> 00:47:03,239
unforeseen event will change the game
965
00:47:01,318 --> 00:47:06,739
and have a major influence on the
966
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:09,859
destiny of the Holy lands
967
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[Music]
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King Charles VII of France delivers is
969
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:19,380
in to Pope Innocent the eighth in Rome
970
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:22,680
's anxious to see his brother kept in
971
00:47:19,380 --> 00:47:24,780
Rome and away from Constantinople so he
972
00:47:22,679 --> 00:47:27,000
offers to pay the Pope a great sum of
973
00:47:24,780 --> 00:47:29,090
money and an even greater highly
974
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:30,380
symbolic object
975
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[Music]
976
00:47:30,380 --> 00:47:35,460
will transmit the holy lands to innocent
977
00:47:33,838 --> 00:47:37,980
the eighth
978
00:47:35,460 --> 00:47:39,780
so the holy lands changed his hands and
979
00:47:37,980 --> 00:47:44,059
travels to Rome and the Heart of
980
00:47:39,780 --> 00:47:44,060
Christendom the Basilica of Saint Peter
981
00:47:45,838 --> 00:47:50,759
the Basilica will house the four most
982
00:47:48,420 --> 00:47:53,720
important relics of the church in four
983
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:53,720
huge galleries
984
00:47:54,858 --> 00:48:00,179
these are relics that have a great
985
00:47:57,119 --> 00:48:02,240
history the Veronica with the Statue of
986
00:48:00,179 --> 00:48:04,919
the woman who according to tradition
987
00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:08,239
wiped the face of Jesus on the way to
988
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:12,000
Calvary and more peace of the True Cross
989
00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:15,379
the head of Saint Andrew and also sent
990
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:15,380
longinus's lands
991
00:48:15,420 --> 00:48:18,380
longinos
992
00:48:18,780 --> 00:48:24,660
in the 18th century it is said that Pope
993
00:48:21,838 --> 00:48:26,639
Benedict XIV even commented on this
994
00:48:24,659 --> 00:48:29,578
drawing with the two pieces of the Holy
995
00:48:26,639 --> 00:48:31,379
lands that of Paris and that of Rome and
996
00:48:29,579 --> 00:48:34,039
confirmed that they corresponded
997
00:48:31,380 --> 00:48:34,039
perfectly
998
00:48:36,358 --> 00:48:40,199
still had doubts about the importance of
999
00:48:38,460 --> 00:48:42,659
the Holy lands for the Catholic church
1000
00:48:40,199 --> 00:48:45,480
we find still in the heart of the Saint
1001
00:48:42,659 --> 00:48:48,960
Peter's Basilica in Rome this statue of
1002
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:51,780
Pope Innocent VII and in his hand the
1003
00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:53,940
lands of Destiny as for the fragment of
1004
00:48:51,780 --> 00:48:56,530
the Holy lands of Rome
1005
00:48:53,940 --> 00:48:59,699
where could it be today
1006
00:48:56,530 --> 00:48:59,699
[Music]
1007
00:49:00,139 --> 00:49:06,059
it's kept in Saint Peter's you know they
1008
00:49:04,619 --> 00:49:09,559
haven't moved it
1009
00:49:06,059 --> 00:49:13,759
but there is a difference
1010
00:49:09,559 --> 00:49:16,980
they're not exhibited in ceremonies
1011
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:19,920
celebrations or even on certain
1012
00:49:16,980 --> 00:49:23,358
occasions on which they were shown to
1013
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:23,358
the faithful previously
1014
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:31,460
now we know that they're still there
1015
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:31,460
we don't show them anymore
1016
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:37,980
thank you
1017
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:40,140
the last holy lands could therefore be
1018
00:49:37,980 --> 00:49:44,599
there in the archives of the Vatican
1019
00:49:40,139 --> 00:49:44,598
still temporarily Out Of Reach
1020
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:52,318
we hope that one day we will be able to
1021
00:49:49,619 --> 00:49:54,119
observe it and finally lift the veil on
1022
00:49:52,318 --> 00:49:56,719
one of the greatest mysteries of
1023
00:49:54,119 --> 00:49:56,720
Christians
1024
00:49:57,989 --> 00:50:15,539
[Music]
1025
00:50:12,079 --> 00:50:17,760
the holy lands an object who Smith grew
1026
00:50:15,539 --> 00:50:20,420
at the same time as the legend of its
1027
00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:23,839
Bearer the Roman soldiers Saint longinus
1028
00:50:20,420 --> 00:50:27,059
canonized and now a Nikon of Christendom
1029
00:50:23,838 --> 00:50:29,219
an object of covetousness an object of
1030
00:50:27,059 --> 00:50:30,838
power and recognition that has gone
1031
00:50:29,219 --> 00:50:33,719
through history
1032
00:50:30,838 --> 00:50:36,539
a spear that like many relics has
1033
00:50:33,719 --> 00:50:39,239
exercised and still exercises real power
1034
00:50:36,539 --> 00:50:41,880
over men
1035
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:43,858
it is true that the relics supported the
1036
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:46,099
prayer and the faith of generations of
1037
00:50:43,858 --> 00:50:49,019
believers
1038
00:50:46,099 --> 00:50:51,240
The Relic has the advantage of being
1039
00:50:49,019 --> 00:50:53,818
able to gather together the faithful the
1040
00:50:51,239 --> 00:50:56,039
Believers around the strong identifying
1041
00:50:53,818 --> 00:50:58,259
symbol and so it is obvious that for
1042
00:50:56,039 --> 00:51:00,779
religious and political power it is very
1043
00:50:58,260 --> 00:51:03,059
important to be able to unite Believers
1044
00:51:00,780 --> 00:51:05,880
around an item as a major as a relic
1045
00:51:03,059 --> 00:51:07,500
such as the holy things
1046
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:09,780
oh
1047
00:51:07,500 --> 00:51:12,260
but what is the truth behind the
1048
00:51:09,780 --> 00:51:15,839
veneration of the relics
1049
00:51:12,260 --> 00:51:20,599
in the hearts of men the relics play the
1050
00:51:15,838 --> 00:51:20,599
mediating role between Mankind and God
1051
00:51:21,739 --> 00:51:26,039
relics are also linked to our own
1052
00:51:24,539 --> 00:51:30,139
history
1053
00:51:26,039 --> 00:51:33,599
he who has no past has no future
1054
00:51:30,139 --> 00:51:35,578
the holy glances we have examined are
1055
00:51:33,599 --> 00:51:36,780
visible symbols of the history of
1056
00:51:35,579 --> 00:51:39,780
humanity
1057
00:51:36,780 --> 00:51:43,040
man often needs tangible signs to gain
1058
00:51:39,780 --> 00:51:43,040
in spirituality
1059
00:51:43,980 --> 00:51:46,280
foreign
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