[Sopater]

There is an old saying... “There are enough pieces of the True Cross to rebuild Noah’s Ark!”

[ArrogantBustard]

Many ‘old sayings’ are false.

[Portcall24]

Is there any evidence which points to the Apostles taking pieces of the cross with them as they spread the word far and wide?

[UCANSEE2]

Some comedian did a routine about Jesus returning to Earth, only to find people worshipping the CROSS he was crucified on, even wearing it around their necks .

[Buckeye McFrog]

Right next to the rudder off Noah’s Ark and that leg from Nero’s coffee table...

[Sacajaweau]

Lotsa good books ahead...

Jesus Was Toast

Jesus Finds His Niche

Jesus Rocks

[Viennacon]

Cool.

[SaxxonWoods]

In 348 A.D., St Helen learned that relics from Calvary were being held near Jerusalem. She went there and brought back some artifacts. The relics are in a very old church built to house them in Rome. The original church columns (still in use) have been dated to 400 A.D.

The relics include a purported thorn from the Crown, two pieces of the Holy Cross, a nail from the Cross, and a piece of the Cross of the Good Thief. Also, a piece of wood believed to be half of the marker from the top of the Cross was found hidden in a wall in the church in 1492. The inscription on the wood is very interesting.

The name of the church is Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. The photos on the net are impressive too, but seeing those things in person is very moving, whatever their provenance. This church is one of my favorite stops in Rome. There is also a full-length backlit replica of the Shroud of Turin in this church. It is stunning.

[agere_contra]

In 1870, a Frenchman named de Fleury went round the world and counted all the known pieces of the cross. He measured their size and published his findings in a book: Mémoire sur les Instruments de la Passion.

De Fleury rigorously concluded that if all the surviving relics of the True Cross were somehow reassembled there would be AT MOST enough wood to make 1/5 of a cross.

[Vermont Lt]

Next they will be saying they found a letter for Jesus from after the Resurrection.

This is such crap.

[Rashputin]

Actually, someone studied that contention and the number of slivers amounted to about enough for the cross piece which was usually about half the size of the upright portion. I don't remember the book right now but anyone who cares can easily find the info on the web, I'm sure.

[TexasRepublic]

Mark Twain had a lot to say about religious relics. He claimed to have seen enough nails from the cross to fill a keg!

[jagusafr]

Gotta say - even if it were true, it wouldn’t have any effect at all on my faith. When you know that you know that you know, additional evidence is unnecessary.

[RobinOfKingston]

Yep. I pulled a piece out of my wood pile just a week or so ago that may have come from the same cross.

[bert]

And so it continues

The True Cross scammers are resurrected and duping the true believers as they have for hundreds of years

[LadyDoc]

actually, there are not that many authenticated relics of the true cross...

True, fraud was widespread in the middle ages, but that’s why the church started authenticating stuff.