I don't know if the church where St. John received his revelation had a relic under the altar. Neither do you. But we both know that in the course of the revelation a relic was shown St. John, because he received the vision of its presence.
Your arrogance in judging me
I don't care about you. Since you posted "all you need for church history is Acts through Revelation", I commented that this obscurantist attitude is pitiful.
**But we both know that in the course of the revelation a relic was shown St. John, because he received the vision of its presence.**
1. It was a vision; with a very spiritual meaning.
2. BECAUSE: “John saw under the altar the souls of them that WERE SLAIN for the word of God.... And THEY cried with a LOUD VOICE.....”.
3. Do the bones your sect places under altars cry out with LOUD VOICES?
4. It was a vision, remember?....the Christ depicted as a lamb, with seven horns, and seven eyes. Do you have him depicted in your church’s stained glass windows, or paintings, in that fashion? If not, why?
You see, this vain tradition is no different than saying that Rev. 12:1-5 speaks of Mary the mother of Jesus Christ, COMPLETELY disregarding verse 6 , where the ‘woman’ is placed in the wilderness.......and fed for a thousand two hundred and threescore days. The ‘woman’ is Israel, for that verse harmonizes with the prophets words concerning the nation.
Obscurantist? I don’t think I’m dodging any facts presented in the SCRIPTURES concerning this tradition being discussed.
**I don’t care about you.**
That’s ok, I care about you. (I’m told to care, by someone with the initials LJC) :)