On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:27:04 -0800, John Kulig wrote: >Oh yes, that time of year again! Time to again tell my story of the dark side >of St. Nicolas ...
Nice of you to get into the spirit of the season. ;-) >at the first Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in 325 CE, in >which early Christians debated whether Jesus was mere prophet (the Arius >"heresy" as it is now called) or something greater, St. Nicholas of Myra, >Turkey whacked Arius in the face (whether it was a punch or slap is unclear >...) I know how he must have felt. There are many times that I've wanted to do that on the internet. ;-) >he was stripped of his position, but was quickly reinstated. I guess when >argument fails there is always physical persuasion - a reminder that religion >is not always lovey-dovey. Moreover... NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION! >Most of his bones (relics) are still in Italy, but Turkey wants them >back ... There was a bit on this in the Wikipedia entry. >interesting tradition of the Orthodox to preserve bones, dividing >them up amongst different churches. I did a little bit of traveling >this weekend, and on the spur of the moment visited an "old calendar" >church on the north shore of Boston that had bones from over a >dozen saints. No St. Nicolas if I recall, but there is a small Orthodox >church in northern New Hampshire that actually has a bone >fragment (very small I might add) of St. Nicholas on site. I wasn't raised in the Orthodox church but Eastern Rite Catholic. There wasn't the same focus on relics (at least that I can remember) but isn't the focus on relics because they are capable of producing miracles? Or am I wrong in this? -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7001 or send a blank email to leave-7001-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
