Sentences with phrase «holy relics»
"Holy relics" refer to objects or items that are considered sacred or holy because they are associated with a religious figure or significant event in history. They are often treasured and venerated by people who believe in or follow that particular religion. Full definition
The cross has been elevated to the status of holy relic by some.
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It's a nice fit, but it's fair to wonder if the fit is so comfortable that Haynes has treated the text like holy relic, or internalized it as his own, and declined to adjust its pace to better lubricate a different medium.
Using CT scans, scientists were able to see inside the little box, revealing holy relics that pointed to Archer's potentially secret Catholic faith, hinting at a possible religious power struggle during this time.
The core plot centres on a cross country journey by a group of monks who are carrying a historic holy relic across Ireland.
They want to use Callum's genetic memories to see where his Spanish ancestor Aguilar de Nerha hid the Apple of Eden; a mythical holy relic said to hold the genetic code to free will.
Farley tells us how he researched his book — the true story of his search for a unique holy relic, the foreskin of Jesus, which went missing from an Italian church under mysterious circumstances.
A Category 3 film that has more shots of women demurely covering their breasts like holy relics than anything genuinely steamy, Naked Killer proceeds apace with Kitty recruited by lesbian killer Sister Cindy (Madoka Sugawara) to hone her misanthropic tendencies into a highly - trained killing machine.
The ministers of religion used to emphasize the sanctity of temples, shrines, the bones of saints, and holy relics.
Don't let the victim's memories be diminished by what is essentially a piece of building material that has been converted into a holy relic by priests and believers.
That is like saying that we should all call the Harry Potter books a holy relic now from God.
Without such a dynamic understanding, the term becomes almost an empty word, or, in the best instance, a holy relic to be preserved and cherished in the most treasured data of the Christian creed.21
«Seek peace and you will find it, but seek only to bear trials with joy as if they were holy relics.»
Incantations, rituals, robes, hymns, sacred readings, holy relics, holy writings, holy gestures, holy shit...» (p. 17).
Another just stares up at the display like it's a holy relic.
«That's what you get if you combine all the holy relics.»
Unfortunately, things didn't go so well when they tried it again after an eruption in 1669: this time their holy relic let them down and the city's harbour was badly damaged.
This week a holy relic has gone on show in the British Library.
For all the references to holy relics and the like, you'd think they were painting the Sistine Chapel.
And as S.D. Sykes suggests in Plague Land, there was a booming market in Papal Indulgences, mystic talismans, and holy relics, which were thought to work as spiritual preventive medicine.
The holy relics were granted to Rainald von Dassel, Archbishop of Cologne (1159 - 67), following Emperor Barbarossa's sacking of the city of Milan.
Of course the post was very quickly taken down, but not before some sneaky NeoGaf members grabbed the picture and proceeded to hold it aloft as a holy relic.
In this game, Link sets off on a legendary journey through time to stop Ganondorf, the Gerudo King of Thieves who is seeking the Triforce, a holy relic that gives its holder ultimate power.
The Undead Hunter outfit gives you a holy relic that helpfully replenishes ammo for all your weapons once a day and it looks just like Ash's outfit from Army of Darkness to boot.
Developer Naughty Dog has crafted an exciting and amusing new title around two of Drake's cohorts — Chloe and Nadine — as they hunt down a holy relic in wartorn India.
The packaging is lovely, and displays the controller front - and - center when you open the box, as if it were some holy relic.
The prolific Joy Division Industry has long since reached saturation point but you will absolutely lose your shit when you see Ian Curtis's original manuscript of Love Will Tear Us Apart, a holy relic in blocky crossings - out on crumpled foolscap.
In its new location, the sculpture's transformation from art object to holy relic will be completed by further applying copious amounts of sugar to its surface in a collective act of «sweetening» the loss of home, country, ideology, or faith that is our global zeitgeist.
(No matter that western art history is full of dark - skinned Marys, such as the revered Black Madonna of Częstochowa, the holiest relic in Poland.)
The work becomes souvenir, holy relic, tragic flaw.
as one side gained ground, the holy relic collected, as the other found its strength it unfurled like a salt - tipped cow's tongue, so that her waist, by all accounts, was over thirteen miles long II.
Driven by an innate respect for mother earth, Vaadia treated these raw urban materials in the same way as the soil, rocks and sticks of his family's farm in Israel: like holy relics or treasured antiquities.
The foundation describes it a holy relic: «Appealing to the condition of slaves, migrants, refugees, outcasts, and marginalized peoples «Figa,» like «A Subtlety» before her, draws on the pilgrim spirit in all of us that seeks spiritual and material fulfillment at the end of a catastrophic journey.»
He will explore a range of themes connected with notions of craftsmanship and sacred journeys — from shamanism, magic and holy relics to motorbikes, identity and contemporary culture.
Treat your permanently bound record book as a holy relic.