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There's a Real Sword in the Stone, & It Belonged to the RCC’s First Official Saint
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| 2014
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Posted on 10/22/2014 9:09:45 AM PDT by millegan
You saw the Disney movie as a kid. You may have read the book. But did you know some of it was based on real history?
While the story of King Arthur, Merlin, and all the rest may not be true, there really is a centuries-old sword stuck in a stone.
In the small Italian town of Chiusdino, there’s a small chapel near Saint Galgano Abbey known as Montesiepi chapel. And inside you’ll find a big slab of stone in the floor with the handle of a sword sticking out of it.
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TOPICS: Catholic; History; Religion & Culture
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posted on
10/22/2014 9:09:45 AM PDT
by
millegan
To: millegan
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posted on
10/22/2014 9:27:09 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: millegan
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posted on
10/22/2014 9:27:56 AM PDT
by
painter
( Isaiah: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
To: millegan
According to the Bible, who was the first martyr/saint?
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posted on
10/22/2014 9:33:08 AM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: millegan
FYI, these Catholics are spread all over the world.
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posted on
10/22/2014 9:34:21 AM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
Saint Stephen (martyr), but it’s not in the Bible.
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posted on
10/22/2014 9:36:22 AM PDT
by
Apparatchik
(If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
To: Apparatchik
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posted on
10/22/2014 9:39:55 AM PDT
by
gasport
(Will you children please close the damn door?)
To: millegan
Wow! Is this ever an interesting story! Thanks for putting it up:)
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posted on
10/22/2014 9:44:48 AM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Salvation
To: gasport
Act 7. 54-60. Yep. I am fairly certain it is in the bible
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posted on
10/22/2014 9:49:30 AM PDT
by
bike800
To: Salvation
He was the first saint canonized through formal process, and not by acclimation. Of course there have been saints before the 12th century, however, there wasn’t a formal process before that general time period.
To: Salvation
To: bike800; Apparatchik
“Act 7. 54-60. Yep. I am fairly certain it is in the bible”
I don’t think that is what Apparatchik meant. I think he meant that it was not said in the Bible that Stephen was the FIRST MARTYR.
To: vladimir998
My mistake. Apologies on the confusion
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posted on
10/22/2014 11:24:03 AM PDT
by
bike800
To: millegan
Ah, so this sword belonged to the first bureaucratic saint.
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posted on
10/22/2014 11:34:29 AM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:42:24 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
To: millegan
How cool! Has anyone heard of this before?
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:48:29 PM PDT
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: vladimir998
Exactly. Thanks for clarifying, Vlad.
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posted on
10/22/2014 2:32:49 PM PDT
by
Apparatchik
(If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
To: Apparatchik
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posted on
10/22/2014 4:47:48 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
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posted on
10/23/2014 6:00:55 AM PDT
by
defconw
(Both parties have clearly lost their minds!)
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