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  Jesus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Jesus, in the Bible called Jesus the Nazarene and known among Christians as Jesus Christ, is the central figure in Christianity and is considered an important prophet in Islam.
Jesus Christ, aged 12, teaching the doctors of the Faith Jesus used a variety of methods in his teaching, such as paradox, metaphor and parable, leaving it unclear how literally he wished to be taken and precisely what he meant.
The most famous alleged Relics of Jesus are the Shroud of Turin, which is claimed to be the burial shroud used to wrap his body, and the Holy Grail which is said to have been used to collect his blood during his crucifixion and possibly used at The Last Supper.
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 ipedia.com: Jesus Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Jesus did preach the imminent end of the current era of history, in some sense a literal end of the world as people of his time knew it; in this sense he was an apocalyptic preacher bringing a message about the imminent end of the world the Jews knew.
In the case of Jesus the plaque reads "Iesvs Nazarenvs Rex Ivdaeorvm" (INRI)—"Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews", indicating that Jesus was crucified for the crime of rebelling against the authority of Rome by being declared the "King of the Jews".
Jesus was seen as the savior and bringer of gnosis by various Gnostic sects, such as the extinct Manichaeism.
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 Christian Relics - ReligionFacts
Relics have played an important role in Christian ritual since the earliest centuries of the church and were a major part of popular religion in the Middle Ages.
Wherefore in memory of them we ought to honor any relics of theirs in a fitting manner: principally their bodies, which were temples, and organs of the Holy Ghost dwelling and operating in them, and are destined to be likened to the body of Christ by the glory of the Resurrection.
The Norman Conquest of Pious Neustria: Historiographic Discourse and Saintly Relics, 684-1090.
www.religionfacts.com /christianity/things/relics.htm   (1540 words)

  
 Jesus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Jesus' message to mankind was originally the same as all of the other prophets, from Adam to Mohammad, but has been distorted by those who claim to be its adherents.
Jesus is alive in heaven and will return to the world in the flesh with Imam Mahdi to defeat the dajjal (the anti-Christ in Islamic belief), once the world has become filled with injustice.
Roman reaction to the Zealots eventually led to the destruction of Herod's Temple by Vespasian in August of 70 CE, and the subsequent decline of the Zealots, Sadducees and Essenes.
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 Christian relics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Only some bodily relics of Jesus survive, such as his baby teeth and foreskin, since his body is supposed to have been resurrected and raised to heaven.
Relics of St. David are contained in this chest in the church of St. David in southern Wales.
Bones in tomb at shrine of the Seven Sleepers in city of Sahab on outskirts of Amman in Jordan.
www.usna.edu /Users/humss/bwheeler/xian_relics.html   (116 words)

  
 Jesus - Gurupedia
To Muslims, Jesus is known as the prophet Isa al Masih (عيسى المسيح), from the aforementioned Aramaic for Jesus the Messiah.
Jesus is considered as a manifestation of God by the Bahá'ís.
Jesus was seen as the savior and bringer of gnosis by various Gnostic sects, such as the extinct
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Relics were, and are, distributed in tens of thousands from religious orders and from the relic office in Rome.
Most relics when originally issued are accompanied by a document of authentication warranting the veneration of the relic.
Thus it would not be justifiable to purchase a relic if the good of rescuing that relic was less (in a reasonable judgment) than would be achieved by devoting the same amount of money to other objects such as the poor or homeless.
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 Apostolate for Holy Relics -
The relics, mostly small pieces embedded behind glass in the center of elaborate crosses of various sizes, were from the cross Christ was crucified on, the crown of thorns that was placed on his head, the column where he was tied to and whipped, and the table of the Last Supper.
Relics like these, said to be linked to the death of Jesus Christ, will be part of the "Relics of the Passion of the Lord Tour," which will open here next week.
Relics - venerated for centuries by the faithful for their association with Christ's passion - will be on rare display in Lent half a dozen American dioceses throughout during Lent (Feb. 9 - March 26) 2005..
www.apostolateforholyrelics.com /ahr-projects/passion-tour/inthenews.php   (795 words)

  
 Relics attributed to Jesus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are many relics attributed to Jesus that people believe or believed to be authentic relics of the Gospel accounts.
There are no alleged relics of his bones, because of the majority of Christians believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus.
On June 18, 2003, the Israeli Antiquities Authority published a report concluding that the inscription on the ossuary is a modern forgery based on their analysis of the patina.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Relics_of_Jesus   (776 words)

  
 jesus
The fertilized egg, now the zygote of Jesus Christ, will be implanted into the womb of a young virginal woman (who has volunteered of her own accord), who will then bring the baby Jesus to term in a second Virgin Birth.
Unless every single one of these relics is a fake, this means that cells from Jesus' body still survive to this day.
We are already making preparations to obtain a portion of one of these relics, extract the DNA from one of its cells, and use it to clone Jesus.
www.religion-cults.com /cloning/jesus.htm   (789 words)

  
 Cloning Jesus - The Shroud of Turin
The Second Coming Project is a not-for-profit organization devoted to bringing about the Second Coming of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, as prophesied in the Bible, in time for the 2,000th anniversary of his birth.
"While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, 'Take and eat; this is my body.' Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, 'Drink from it, all of you.
Jesus was very explicit about the necessity of cloning in the book of Matthew: "It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell." (Matthew 5:30)
www.geocities.com /miedohorror/jesus.html   (813 words)

  
 Jesus' Second Coming Through Cloning Proposed
Many people believe that the second coming of Jesus Christ is a myth however a number of scientists are going to attempt to bring back Christ through cloning.
The Second Coming Project is a not-for-profit organization devoted to bringing about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, as prophesied in the Bible, in time for the 2,000th anniversary of his birth.
Thankfully, I doubt any of these so-called holy relics contain the blood of Jesus (lots of trickery and hocus pocus in the Roman church when it comes to relics), but even if something did...
www.rense.com /general3/jesusclone.htm   (1102 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Religion (Clone of Contention)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
  A group known as 'The Second Coming Project' is seeking to clone Jesus from the DNA of holy relics.
  No, nobody is seriously planning to clone Jesus.
Second Coming Project web site, where the link for more information provided adequate evidence that their notion of cloning Jesus was just a provocative put-on.
www.snopes.com /religion/clone.htm   (529 words)

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