← Relics
Matthew 27:59–60, 28:1
And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed. . . . Now after the sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulcher [tomb].
Catholic Perspective
Veneration of relics goes back to the first Christians, who treated the body of Jesus with great reverence by anointing it and laying it in a new tomb (a tomb that hadn’t been used for anyone else). Women visited the tomb as soon as they could to finish preparing Christ’s body for burial.
Common Objections
| + | WE SHOULD ONLY VENERATE JESUS. |
| + | USING RELICS TO CONJURE UP GOD’S GRACE IS AN ACT OF SORCERY. |
