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Is this the Holy Grail?
The Deacon's Bench ^ | April 1, 2014 | Deacon Greg Kandra

Posted on 04/01/2014 11:54:00 AM PDT by NYer

Just in time for Easter, from The New York Daily News:

Two historians claim the search for the Holy Grail is over.

The famous cup used by Jesus Christ during the Last Supper was identified in a book written by Margarita Torres Jose Manuel Ortega del Rio, titled “Kings of the Grail” and published last week, as the jewel-encrusted goblet on display at the San Isidro Basilica in the northwestern Spanish city of Leon.

News of the discovery caused masses of people to flock to the historic church to view the precious chalice – forcing the operators of the museum to pull the piece from the exhibit, according to French news agency Agence France-Presse.

The museum’s director told AFP that they were looking for space large enough to accommodate the crowds.

“It was in a very small room where it was not possible to admire it to the full,” Raquel Jaen told the agency.

There are more than 200 golden cups that have been thought to be the one used during the Last Supper, but Torres and del Rio identified the Spanish goblet during a three-year investigation that started with a piece of Egyptian parchment found at the University of Al-Azhar in Cairo, the agency reported.

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1 posted on 04/01/2014 11:54:00 AM PDT by NYer
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To: Tax-chick; GregB; Berlin_Freeper; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; ...
The cup, made of agate, gold and onyx, is actually two goblets formed together, the authors claim.

IOW, the cup has been encased in the gold, trimmed with precious stones. Ping!

2 posted on 04/01/2014 11:55:04 AM PDT by NYer ("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)
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To: NYer

That is not the cup of a carpenter!


3 posted on 04/01/2014 11:57:53 AM PDT by cotton1706 (ThisRepublic.net)
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To: NYer

Not a chance.
Looks more 1400AD in style.


4 posted on 04/01/2014 11:58:11 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: NYer
From "Raiders Of The lost Ark" (The cup of a carpenter)

5 posted on 04/01/2014 11:59:12 AM PDT by Bobalu (Four Cokes And A Fried Chicken)
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To: cotton1706

He was not just a carpenter.


6 posted on 04/01/2014 11:59:55 AM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: NYer
I highly doubt it. Jesus was the guy who rode into town on the back of a donkey. Doubtful He, along with the twelve, had the practice much less the wherewithal to us such a jewel encrusted goblet as a matter of what was then an otherwise ordinary meal, albeit, the last supper.
7 posted on 04/01/2014 12:00:04 PM PDT by Obadiah (I Like Ted.)
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To: NYer

He chose.........poorly.


8 posted on 04/01/2014 12:02:12 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Obadiah
otherwise ordinary meal

There's nothing ordinary with a Passover meal! But I agree with your point, Jesus wouldn't have used such a goblet.

9 posted on 04/01/2014 12:03:33 PM PDT by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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To: NYer
I will stick with my previous reply, sort of.

" Elsa don't cross the seal. The knight warned us not to take the grail from here!"

10 posted on 04/01/2014 12:03:35 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Obadiah

is no one reading the article?

The jewels and gold were ADDED to the cup. The cup is encased inside


11 posted on 04/01/2014 12:03:44 PM PDT by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period. PALIN/CRUZ 2016)
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To: NYer

The Deacon’s Bench ^ | April 1, 2014 | Deacon Greg Kandra

April 1st works for me...


12 posted on 04/01/2014 12:05:13 PM PDT by maddog55 (I'd be Pro-Choice if we could abort liberals.)
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To: Obadiah

Not saying that “this” is the goblet, but a goblet (or pair of goblets as this may be) could’ve been adorned with gold and jewels centuries after it was made/used. Someone’s idea of embellishing to make it seem more “significant”.


13 posted on 04/01/2014 12:05:33 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: SunkenCiv

PING


14 posted on 04/01/2014 12:07:13 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: NYer

Jesus’ cup is His teachings, the wine is the grace that flows to a person who follows those teachings.


15 posted on 04/01/2014 12:07:48 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: NYer

I have always wondered why anyone believes the cup was even saved. The room was rented. It seems highly unlikely to me that anyone would take the cup along to the Garden, nor does it make sense that any one of the disciples would go back to the room and get it several days later. How would they know which one of a dozen cups, likely all similar clay pottery, would be the cup used by Jesus?
Now it does make perfect sense that the disciples who ran to the tomb did gather up the linen clothes and treasure those over the centuries.


16 posted on 04/01/2014 12:08:04 PM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: cotton1706
That is not the cup of a carpenter!

I totally agree with you . . . way too too too expensive looking for a humble carpenter.

17 posted on 04/01/2014 12:08:16 PM PDT by laweeks
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To: NYer

Darn. I thought this was about a ‘59 Les Paul with original PAF’s.


18 posted on 04/01/2014 12:10:50 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Obadiah

I think it was a dixie cup.


19 posted on 04/01/2014 12:11:58 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Zathras
We know what happened the last time someone messed with the holy grail.


20 posted on 04/01/2014 12:12:28 PM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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