[cyclotic]

One would think that if we were meant to worship the wood of the cross, Scripture would have mentioned the disciples saving it.

Keep in mind, crucifiction was not uncommon and to the Roman’s, Jesus was just a common criminal, like the other two thieves that day. I doubt they gave each criminal a brand new cross. Wood was kind of hard to come by in Israel and it took a lot of work to cut and rip the wood, chip out the cross pieces and assemble it. Crosses were re-used. It was Roman Government property and not free for the taking.

The Romans certainly weren’t going to keep it for the collectors value. The Roman Guard was too busy trying to keep up the charade that someone stole the body and overcame a dozen Roman soldiers. They were trying to stay un-executed.

Based on that, in my humble opinion, this is all a bunch of baloney. We should worship the true God of the Bible and not some old piece of driftwood.

[agere_contra]

Who knows what was done with it? Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

It's possible that the Centurion traditionally known as 'Longinus' - he who said 'truly this was a/the Son of God" - had custody of the Cross after the crucifixion. All we know of the man was that he was in awe of Christ. He could spirited the Cross away in whole or in part.

Or perhaps Pilate had it left it at the crossroads outside of Jerusalem so that everyone would get the benefit of the anti-Sanhedrin message he had had written on the titulus.

You don't know. I don't know. We certainly can't say that there cannot be any pieces of the Cross around today based on this lack of knowledge.

Also: relics are generally not worthy of worship. They are instead venerated and held in high regard.

The exception comes with relics such as the Shroud. I imagine that these would emphatically be worthy of worship because Christ's blood is on them.

Hope this was helpful.

[kitkat]

>>>We should worship the true God of the Bible and not some old piece of driftwood.>>>

Please don’t use the word “worship” so loosely. Christians do NOT worship a piece of wood, nor do they worship a statue. Such things are merely reminders of the event or person involved. Thanks.