{"product_id":"relicsfromcrucifixion","title":"RELICS FROM THE CRUCIFIXION Where They Went and How They Got There","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Jews usually burned the crosses used by the Romans after executions, but following Jesus' crucifixion they quickly threw the Cross in a ditch to get it out of sight before the feast of Passover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat preserved the True Cross, and memory of the events preserved its location.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisgusted with continued Christian veneration of the spot, pagan Roman Emperor Hadrian erected on the Cross's burial site a statue to Venus, hoping thereby to obliterate their memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt didn't work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndeed, because of the statue, when the Empire became Christian, St. Helena knew the exact spot where she would find the very Cross on which Christ died.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll relics from Christ's crucifixion have a similarly fascinating story, all of which are told here in this 1910 work by the enterprising Catholic investigator Charles Wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the things you'll discover in these pages:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe miracle that revealed to St. Helena which of the three discovered crosses was that of Jesus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe horse's bit made from a nail of the True Cross, and the successes it brought the horse's rider\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe nails — and why there are so many in existence today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA history of the fortunes the Crown of Thorns to those who held them, and a list of towns where thorns are found\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere, in 1492, workmen accidentally discovered again the actual board on which “King of the Jews” was written\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe modest Frenchman who saved a holy nail from profanation during the French Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrawings of the spear of Longinus, and reports of its later use in battles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelics of Jesus's actual blood from the Crucifixion: and why it makes sense that some still exists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe veil of Veronica, Christ's seamless robe, and much more!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Sophia Institute Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41192837742649,"sku":"100000119082","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/6835\/2057\/files\/16759262385865-21158.jpg?v=1742488143","url":"https:\/\/catholicgoodstogo.com\/products\/relicsfromcrucifixion","provider":"Our Lady’s Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}