The Roman Catholic church is full of relics, why is this so important?
Well....They hav to study it....and study it...and study it...and like I’ve said many times....”Grant Money is Forever”.
Because it’s from 230 AD, only 200 years from Christ died.
It’s direct evidence against the “Jesus was a myth/Jesus never claimed to be God” people, who claim that Jesus’ divinity was invented by Christians centuries after his death.
Which is contrary to certain critics, from Jehovah's Witnesses to Unitarians to atheist academics.
People would more readily part with money than with belief. There is something in people that fears being duped even more than being cheated.
The irony is faith is a hole in people that gets filled. Period. What it is filled with is the struggle.