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Historians’ Explosive Claim: They’ve Found the Holy Grail
The Blaze ^ | 31 March 2014 | Billy Hallowell

Posted on 03/31/2014 6:43:57 PM PDT by Fractal Trader

Spanish historians claim they’ve discovered the 2,000-year-old Holy Chalice, the biblical cup that Jesus Christ used during the Last Supper.

Margarita Torres, a medieval history lecturer at León University and Jose Ortiza del Rio, an art historian, penned a new book claiming that years of research has led them to conclude that Christ’s chalice is somehow inside a medieval goblet that has been on display in Spain for 1,000 years, Daily Mail reported.

Residing inside the Basilica of San Isidoro, a church in Spain that is located on the site of an ancient Roman temple, the goblet — known as the Infanta Dona Urraca — belonged to Queen Urraca, who died in A.D. 1126.

Historians Explosive Claim: Theyve Found the Holy Grail Two employees of of the museum and a guest (L) watch what was known until now as the goblet of the Infanta Dona Urraca — daughter of Fernando I, King of Leon from 1037 to 1065 — in the museum of the Basilica of San Isidoro in Leon, northern Spain on March 31, 2014.

Torres and del Rio’s theory, which they document in their new book, “The Kings of the Grail,” certainly seems wild, though the two say they have evidence from two Egyptian scrolls that corroborates their claims.

Unveiling their findings last Wednesday, the two explained that they found documents referencing the chalice at Cairo’s University of al-Azhar while researching the history if Islamic remains at the Basilica of San Isidoro, the Irish Times reported.

The documents, written in Arabic, reportedly say that Muslims stole the chalice from Jerusalem and that it was given to Christians in Egypt. Then, they claim it was somehow sent to King Fernando I of Castile as a gift, disguised with jewels and other adornments.

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To: HiTech RedNeck

LOL!!


41 posted on 03/31/2014 7:20:19 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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To: Fractal Trader
Oh, wicked, bad, naughty Zoot! She has been setting alight to our beacon, which, I just remembered, is grail-shaped. It's not the first time we've had this problem.
42 posted on 03/31/2014 7:20:34 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Catholics.


43 posted on 03/31/2014 7:20:35 PM PDT by NathanR
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To: Fractal Trader

What a joke!
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44 posted on 03/31/2014 7:20:52 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Fractal Trader

So what, I have George Washington’s hatchet.

The head has been replaced 7 times and the handle 12 times but it’s still his hatchet.


45 posted on 03/31/2014 7:21:35 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (God is not the author of confusion. 1 Cor 13: 33)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Nor Greek either.


46 posted on 03/31/2014 7:23:04 PM PDT by NathanR
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To: Fractal Trader
Bammy's been reaching for the HG.

Now, he has no chance?

GREAT!

47 posted on 03/31/2014 7:23:54 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Vendome
though the two say they have evidence from two Egyptian scrolls that corroborates their claims.

Just like the Book of Mormon.

Yes, but is it reformed Egyptian?

48 posted on 03/31/2014 7:24:36 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (God is not the author of confusion. 1 Cor 13: 33)
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To: Fractal Trader

Call me skeptical.


49 posted on 03/31/2014 7:25:26 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: DManA

>> “Who says there even is such a thing?” <<

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There obviously couldn’t be.

The disciples deserted the room and scattered that night when the soldiers took Yeshua. the cup would have been fired clay in all likelihood anyway, and would have born no special characteristics.


50 posted on 03/31/2014 7:26:46 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Fractal Trader
Margarita Torres, a medieval history lecturer at León University and Jose Ortiza del Rio, an art historian, penned a new book claiming that years of research has led them to conclude that Christ’s chalice is somehow inside a medieval goblet that has been on display in Spain for 1,000 years, Daily Mail reported. Residing inside the Basilica of San Isidoro, a church in Spain that is located on the site of an ancient Roman temple, the goblet — known as the Infanta Dona Urraca — belonged to Queen Urraca, who died in A.D. 1126.

Brought to you by the Spain Board of Tourism and the Ad Council.

51 posted on 03/31/2014 7:27:05 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: NathanR

Yup.


52 posted on 03/31/2014 7:27:31 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (God is not the author of confusion. 1 Cor 13: 33)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Presumably someone who wanted to prevent it from being chipped or scratched, and wanted the carrying case to be as beautiful and respectful as they knew how to make it.


53 posted on 03/31/2014 7:28:11 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

If the encrustation was supposed to be a case, then oughtn’t it to permit removing the original cup?

This is probably just another symbolic replica. Let’s never forget what the cup symbolizes which is the Lord Himself.


54 posted on 03/31/2014 7:30:41 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Alex Murphy

Tie her down on a bed and spank her!


55 posted on 03/31/2014 7:31:34 PM PDT by Edward Teach
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To: Fractal Trader

You mind if I call a buddy of mine to take a look at it?

56 posted on 03/31/2014 7:31:51 PM PDT by Mannaggia l'America
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To: Fractal Trader

Not interested. Already got one, you see.....


57 posted on 03/31/2014 7:32:06 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Finalmente

Im no expert on the “grail” but Im guessing as its called the holy grail it had something to do with Jesus.

Jesus Wasnt a Roman. why would he have had a ROMAN cup?


58 posted on 03/31/2014 7:33:08 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: Fractal Trader

....and if it turned up in the White House...Obama would send it back.


59 posted on 03/31/2014 7:34:15 PM PDT by spokeshave (OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
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To: Alex Murphy

>> “Brought to you by the Spain Board of Tourism and the Ad Council.” <<

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By jove, I think he’s got it!


60 posted on 03/31/2014 7:36:30 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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