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He refused to Recant to the Pope .
He kept Questioninq the Popee & he was to only say 1-2 words .
( i Recant )
Now He has himself In trouble & His father
told him that he is not his true father until he dies .
He helped him escape from the popee thru the back door & ride away with the horse .
a relic is an object of time. like a coffin from the egyption. or a family object that has been passed down from generation. or something that priceless.
relics were enshrined in stupas wherever Buddhism was spread
A relic
is an
object or a personal item of
religious
significance
, carefully preserved with
an air of veneration as a
tangible memorial. Relics are an important aspect of some forms of
Buddhism
,
Christianity
,
Hinduism
,
Shamanism
, and many other religions.
The word relic comes from the Latin reliquiae, meaning "remains." A reliquary is a shrine that houses one or more relics.
In Buddhism, relics of the Buddha and various saints are venerated. Originally, after the Buddha's death, his remains were divided into eight portions. Afterward, these relics were enshrined in stupas wherever Buddhism was spread, despite his instructions that relics were not to be collected or venerated.
Some relics believed to be original relics of Buddha still survive including the much revered Sacred Relic of the tooth of the Buddha in Sri Lanka.
After Charles VIII of France invaded Florence in 1494, the ruling Medici were overthrown and Savonarola emerged as the new leader of the city, combining in himself the role of secular leader and priest. He set up a republic in Florence. Characterizing it as a "Christian and religious Republic," one of its first acts was to make sodomy, previously punishable by fine, into a capital offence. Homosexuality had previously been tolerated in the city, and many homosexuals from the elite now chose to leave Florence.
Methodists in the mid eighteenth century,[2] and the movement did not form a separate denomination in England until after John Wesley's death in 1795. Other 18th century branches of Methodism include Welsh Methodists, later the Calvinistic Methodists, from the work of Howell Harris,[3][4] and the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion through the work of George Whitefield.
