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The Religious Relics: What Are They?
megarows:
--- Quote from: kazimmoinuddin on June 21, 2015, 05:40:35 AM --- The swords allow angels to interfere without the fallen being allowed to act as well. A blade of the fallen would allow them to act more freely than before.
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I don't think there are some kind of cosmic action points here, at least that we've ever seen. No matter the affiliation of the divine being, if a mess gets made Uriel gets to clean it up.
kazimmoinuddin:
How do the fallen usually deal with the swords? Alot of it is running right. It takes a specific act to break the power of a sword, what if this blade can be used to meet one of the swords? The sword allows a mortal to fight creatures more powerful on a even battle field. THe sword might undo that.
Lawgiver:
--- Quote from: weechlo on June 20, 2015, 01:04:38 AM ---I vaguely remember there being a spear that they used to cut into Christ's side after He died, but unless the "knife" is actually a spearhead... What's the deal?
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Look into stories about Logninus Casca and the Spear of Destiny.
Casca was the soldier to stabbed Christ on the cross with his spear. Most legends indicate a two-part 'curse' surrounding this action.
First, Casca was cursed -- he couldn't die until Christ's return. Supposedly, then, he's still out there somewhere, wandering and waiting. There's even a fictional series of books written about it some time back in the 1970's iirc.
Second, because the spearhead was coated in Christ's blood, the holder becomes 'unbeatable' in battle. Over time the wooden pole the blade was attached to might have rotten away but the metal (especially because it had holy blood on it) hasn't corroded. Without the shaft it might well look like just a knife.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Lawgiver on June 22, 2015, 01:23:41 PM ---First, Casca was cursed -- he couldn't die until Christ's return. Supposedly, then, he's still out there somewhere, wandering and waiting. There's even a fictional series of books written about it some time back in the 1970's iirc.
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There was a TV show called Roar that had the main villain as Longinus, immortal and on a search for the Spear because he thought it might be able to finally kill him
--- Quote ---Second, because the spearhead was coated in Christ's blood, the holder becomes 'unbeatable' in battle. Over time the wooden pole the blade was attached to might have rotten away but the metal (especially because it had holy blood on it) hasn't corroded. Without the shaft it might well look like just a knife.
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You man something like this? ;)
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Lawgiver:
--- Quote from: Quantus on June 22, 2015, 02:46:38 PM ---There was a TV show called Roar that had the main villain as Longinus, immortal and on a search for the Spear because he thought it might be able to finally kill him You man something like this? ;)
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Close enough for government work.
:)
Edit to add: By the way, the Casca books were written by Barry Saddler... the guy who, while still a U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant wrote the song "Ballad of the Green Berets". There are apparently more than 40 volumes,
For any who care....
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