Relic claimed to be bone from St Clement rescued from the bin

The Guardian ^ | 05-01-2018 | Maev Kennedy

[NRx]

IMHO it should be turned over to the Roman Catholic Church or alternatively to one of the local Orthodox parishes although I think the Catholics have a stronger claim.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

It should be buried after all these years.

[DannyTN]

Same thing happened to me yesterday.
...No wait....that was a chicken bone.
And it fell out of the bin and I put it back in.

[skr]

Not very respectful to parcel out someone’s remains and for what?

[Celtic Conservative]

Or the university that displays Jeremy Bentham...all of him, sitting in a chair?

[fishtank]

“dried up, seahorse looking thing”.

[dhs12345]

Agreed. Lol. I'd hate to be deemed a Saint because someone will very likely dig me up and make jewelry out of my bones.

[fishtank]

More examples of primitivism....

[Celtic Conservative]

Touche’ !

CC

[Salvation]

I heard this on EWTN radio this morning.

[PeterPrinciple]

The cult of relics, and the flourishing medieval trade in fakes, was one of the abuses which led to the Reformation, but genuine relics, often believed by the faithful to be miracle working, were cherished and passed on for centuries.

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so is it real or is it memorex

[Salvation]

It appears that a lot of people don't know about relics. Here are some links for their education:

The Ancient, Biblical Christian Practice of Venerating Relics
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] Relics

Symbols in Christian Art and Architecture (Variations of Crosses)
Lessons In Iconography : The Chi Rho - Christ
The Holy Cross
Pope Benedict explains veneration of images before heading to Holy Land (CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS)
Liturgical Vestments (and prayers the priest says while vesting for Mass)
Jubilee Medal of St. Benedict [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus}
Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Scapulars [Ecumenical]
Being Catholic: Sacred Things, The Miraculous Medal [Ecumenical]
'Holy Things To The Holy': Sacred Things, Places, and Times [Ecumenical]
Purification of Sacred Vessels in U.S. (and more on the Purification of our Lord)

Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Relics and the Incorruptibles
Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Ashes
Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Palm Branches
Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Incense
Why We Need Sacred Art
Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Sacred Images: Statues and Other Icons
Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Crucifixes and Crosses
Being Catholic: Sacred Things, [New] Fire, Paschal Candle
Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Holy Oils
Being Catholic: Sacred Things, [Holy] Water Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Relics and the Incorruptibles

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#3: "What’s with the obsessive collecting of dead people’s body parts?"

That was the very gripe which Martin Luther had which helped trigger the Reformation. At that time there was a pretty lucrative trade in buying and selling body parts of "saints" in order to achieve a "blessing".
 

[a fool in paradise]

Ping

[CondorFlight]

I agree. Send it to Rome; after all, if genuine, he was the third Pope.

[PAR35]

There have probably been enough pieces of the ‘true cross’ to build a full size replica of Noah’s Ark.

[wmileo]

So any ideals how the bone of the third pope got to London? That would be a great story.