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What significance do the relics (saints' bones) housed in Catholic churches hold for Christians?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
As a Catholic I'm hoping they understand the reverence we have for such items & not just answer with some canned response about morbid fascination or other idiocy.
Source(s): 2 Kings 13:21 "And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet." - Anonymous1 decade ago
There are more things than just Bones that are relics.
I suggest doing an internet search for the Holy Prepuce
- Anonymous1 decade ago
They serve as a link between the not-so-holy faithful and those who committed their lives to the service of God that became saints. In Catholicism and Orthodoxy, the faithful--even the saints of antiquity--do not asume that we have enough righteousness to come face to face with God alone, but rather rely on one another to assist us in our spiritual journey
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
Absolutely none; Relics went out with the dark ages,indulgences went the same way too.