1. Originally this symbolic seat of power contained holy relics. 2. Linking them together is one common elected purpose -- the alluring and sometimes desperate hunt for a hidden hoard of holy relics. 3. Although most scholars dismiss the Copper Scroll, Jones embraced it as a road map to the most holy relics of Judaism. 4. And in Emilia-Romagna, the purest balsamic vinegars are kept in tiny flagons, coveted like heirlooms or holy relics, even used as dowries. 5. One of the interesting facts we learned was the existence of a holy relic in a church we visited in Mantua. 6. The use of relics has been so central to the Roman Catholic faith that even today church altars customarily contain holy relics. 7. After canonization, the remains would become holy relics. 8. Should they be declared saints, their bones would be revered as holy relics. 9. The church has started proceedings to consider sainthood for the royal family, which would make their bones holy relics. 10. The Roman Catholic Church has never claimed the cloth as a holy relic, but it has attracted pilgrims to Turin since the Middle Ages. |