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A weapon to kill an Archangel?
Rasins:
LOL ... John (Lovecraft) Milton.
Talby16:
Thanks for the info Kindler. I love reading nuggets of history like this and seeing how it weaves in and out of the Dresdenverse.
Just Al:
--- Quote from: exartiem on November 07, 2017, 12:13:29 PM ---All 5 items, and the three nails (although, historically it should be four) were in contact with Jesus near the time of his death.
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4 nails would make sense, one for each of the swords and one for the "Spear of Destiny" which also contains one of the nails from the cross bound to it.
Rasins:
--- Quote from: Just Al on November 07, 2017, 09:31:53 PM ---4 nails would make sense, one for each of the swords and one for the "Spear of Destiny" which also contains one of the nails from the cross bound to it.
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I think the main reason those items have power is because of the connections to the blood of TWC. That being the case, then there is no reason for the Spear to have a Nail bound to it.
Kindler:
--- Quote from: Just Al on November 07, 2017, 09:31:53 PM ---4 nails would make sense, one for each of the swords and one for the "Spear of Destiny" which also contains one of the nails from the cross bound to it.
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The number of nails is actually hotly debated.
As a semi-related sidenote, the Cross Jesus carried to Calvary was pretty much as Harry describes it in Hades: a wooden placard. Archaeological evidence suggests that the upright sections were permanently in place, and those sentenced to crucifixion carried their crossbeams, not the whole thing. It'd still weigh about a hundred pounds according to some, so I have absolutely no idea how it was smuggled out with nobody noticing.
As for objects that would have the Blood of Christ, there are indeed the Nails (three or four, as mentioned; Harry says three as though that's all there are, but there could be a fourth because he's not exactly an expert), the Shroud, the Crown of Thorns, the True Cross, and the Lance of Longinus.
As mentioned, the scourge used during his public flogging may count as well, but I have doubts. The others had the Blood of Christ and nobody else's on them, and the scourge used on Jesus was very, very likely used on others. I have no idea if that matters in the Dresden Universe.
Some depictions of the Grail say that Jesus's blood was caught in it during the Crucifixion, too, while others say it was simply the one he used at the Last Supper.
Others may include:
The hammer used to drive the nails likely had blood on them afterward.
He bled openly on the ground at Calvary. There's a big pile of rocks in a church in Jerusalem, I believe, that is considered by many to be the Crucifixion site.
Whatever he was wearing during his flogging and the Crucifixion were definitely soaked in blood.
There's also a bunch of objects of unknown provenance in the real world:
The Basilica of Blood, a little vial which apparently contains a piece of cloth with His blood on it.
The Scala Sancta, the stairs Jesus ascended for his trail, which may or may not have been bled upon. They were brought back by Saint Helena to Constantinople, along with the Nails currently believed by many to have been from the Crucifixion.
I think there's also the post Jesus was tied to during the flagellation that's in Rome somewhere.
That's all I can remember at the moment. There's a bunch of stuff purportedly belonging to Jesus hanging around, but, like the Pardoner of the Canterbury Tales says, most of them are likely fakes.
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