Posted on 05/03/2018 3:32:33 PM PDT by NRx
A small leather case containing a fragment of bone claimed to be a relic of St Clement, a pope who was martyred almost 2,000 years ago, has been found in rubbish collected from central London.
The waste disposal firm is now appealing for suggestions from the public for a more suitable final resting place for a saint than a bin.
The box, originally sealed with red wax and tied with crimson cords, contained a scrap of bone under a glass dome, with a faded strip of paper labelling it “Oss. S Clementis” – bone of St Clement.
St Clement is a somewhat obscure figure, and details of his life are hazy and contradictory. However, he is said to have been martyred around the year 100 – just short of his own centenary – by the Roman emperor Trajan, by being tied to an anchor and thrown into the sea off the Crimea: his fate made him a patron saint of mariners.
He was an early Roman convert to Christianity, said to have been made a bishop by St Paul himself and in time became bishop of Rome, which made him the third pope after the martyrdom of the saints Peter and Linus. He is said to have written important letters of spiritual guidance to the Corinthians who gave St Paul so much trouble.
The little box ended up in the hands of the Enviro Waste firm, which collects both commercial and domestic waste. The case was found after a run that included several different sites in central London, and so the firm cannot pinpoint where the relic came from. It was spotted when employees were sorting through the load to separate out anything that could be recycled.
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But no one has claimed that, have they?
“But no one has claimed that, have they? ”
Surprising!
You would expect something like, “Blessed & True Hair and Finger Nails of the messed Boy of Faith who shared his lunch in the Miracle of the Loaves & Fishes. 5 euros. Time shortened in purgatory, 100 years.”
I think the writing means “from the ossuary of St. Clement.”
Thank you
I also 100% agree. It is somewhat strange we are debating this issue 2000 years after it was clarified in the New Testament Canon, and 500 years after it (among other things) led to the schism in the Church.
See the next post.
See #47
All used out of context to prove a practice that is unbiblical.
Not a single biblical reference on that false graphic supports relics. It is all made up to support a doctrine that did not originate in Scripture.
“Little Children, keep yourself from idols.” I John 5:21
You can read that and say, “it is about God” or your eyes can focus on the “relics”. What would please God?
This is very similar to “Moses gave our ancestors manna”. And what is Jesus response to that? You do know the answer?
#14. My granddaughter thinks I’m old so should she venerate me, or just make me a toasted bagel and cream-cheese?
Didn’t he also have a chance to get the breakfast check from the morning before the Last Supper, too? He KNEW it was authentic because it was an order for 12 bagels and lox and one plain bagel. He noted that the check was split thirteen ways and how the guy that got the plain bagel was gypped. ;o)
Thanks a fool in paradise.
How could he have been a pope before the RC Church was established? But by all means if people want to pray to a piece of bone of dubious origin send it to Rome
All of the above in that case.
AMEN, thank-you, and God Bless.
Hwve read that any early Catholic saints can be honored by the Orthodox as well.
This thread has gotten troll invaded.
Correction: Have.
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