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Anonymous ID: 3e2f0c April 15, 2019, 10:22 a.m. No.6186598   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>6644 >>6657 >>6739 >>7002 >>7149

An average of three church attacks per day in multicultural France

 

Over the past three years French churches have become the target of vandals and criminals with an average of almost three churches targeted for vandalism per day.

A report from the Central Criminal Intelligence Service of the gendarmerie noted that from 2016 to 2018 there had been thousands of cases of church vandalism, peaking in 2017 with 1,045 cases, Le Figaro reports.

According to the French Interior Ministry, when cemeteries and other sites are taken into consideration, the number of acts of vandalism rose to 1,063 in 2018.

Earlier this year, in one week alone, in a detestable case of anti-Christian vandalism, France saw twelve churches vandalised, including attackers attempting to set fire to the church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris.

In Nimes, an even more heinous attack occurred, with vandals smearing feces on the wall of the church of Notre-Dame des Enfants and stealing objects from the altar.

In March, the over 800-year-old Basilica of Saint-Denis in the now heavily migrant-populated suburbs of Paris was also vandalised, with the basilica’s organ being heavily damaged and stained glass windows were broken.

Thefts of religious objects have increased since 2016, rising from 121 to 129 in 2018. According to the gendarmes, the robberies are mostly opportunistic because churches are often an easy target. A chalice can be sold for anything between 200 to 2 000 euros.

French authorities arrested a pair of Romanian migrants last year who were suspected to be behind a number of church thefts in both Paris and the suburbs of the city. The pair had allegedly stolen up to 70 000 euros worth of property.

 

https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/04/an-average-of-three-church-attacks-per-day-in-multicultural-france/

Anonymous ID: 3e2f0c April 15, 2019, 10:42 a.m. No.6186830   🗄️.is đź”—kun

The cathedral has for some time been in a state of ill repair. Besides the main western entrance, which was recently restored, large cracks have appeared across the facade and the supporting structure holding up the cathedral’s beautiful stained-glass windows could collapse in the event of a storm.

>the supporting structure holding up the cathedral’s beautiful stained-glass windows could collapse in the event of a storm.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/04/15/notre-dame-cathedral-paris-fire-witnesses-describe-plumes-smoke/

Anonymous ID: 3e2f0c April 15, 2019, 11:01 a.m. No.6187089   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>7194

The Crown of Thorns at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

 

 

The relics of the Passion presented at Notre-Dame de Paris include a piece of the Cross along with the Holy Crown of Thorns, and of all the relics at the Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, the Crown of Thorns is without a doubt the most precious and the most revered.

 

The Crown of Thorns has been the object of Christian prayer for more than sixteen centuries, and yet, even though there have been numerous studies along with historical and scientific research on this famous relic, the authenticity of it still cannot truly be certified.

 

You can find The Crown of Thorns housed at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, and is a circle of canes that are braided and held together by gold threads and the thorns were then attached to the braided circle, that measures 21cm in diameter.

 

However, over the years, the Byzantine Emperors and the Kings of France divided up the thorns over the centuries, and yet, there are still 70 of these thorns that are all the same type and have been confirmed as original.

 

How the Crown of Thorns came to Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral

 

Accounts of The Crown of Thorns date back to the 4th century and in 409 Saint Paulinus mentions a relic that matches this, which was kept in a basilica in Jerusalem, then in 570 it is documented that the Crown of Thorns was exhibited for veneration at another basilica and so on.

 

Over the years many relics including the Crown of Thorns were moved to the Byzantine Emperors chapel during the 7th 8th 9th and 10th centuries, and this chapel was located in Constantinople, which is the city now known as Istanbul, and the main reason for moving the relics was to keep them safe from pillaging.

 

The Latin Emperor called Baldwin II, was in great financial difficulties and he pawned the Crown of Thorns along with other relics to a Venetian Merchant Bank in 1238 so that he could obtain credit, and then Saint Louis, who was King Louis IX of France took over the relics and paid back the Venetians.

 

King Louis IX welcomed 29 relics in Villeneuve-l’Archeveque in the Burgundy region of France on the 10th of August 1239 and then the procession along with the king continued on towards their final destination of Paris. After a few days, the relics arrived in Paris on 19th August 1239 and then King Louis took off his royal attire and wearing only a simple tunic with bare feet, he continued on to the Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral accompanied by his brother and the rest of the procession also taking the Crown of Thorns with them, and Saint Louis had a reliquary, which is also known as a shrine constructed for the Crown of Thorns.

 

These relics were held at the Notre Dame cathedral for a short time whilst the Sainte Chapelle chapel was being finished and so, from the Notre Dame Cathedral, the relics were then placed within the Sainte Chapelle Chapel, which was kings chapel at the first royal palace in Paris on the Ile de la Cite island, which is now known as La Conciergerie.

 

However, during the French Revolution, the relics were storied within the National Library for safe keeping. After the French Revolution, there was an agreement reached between Napoleon Bonaparte I and papal and clerical representatives in Rome and Paris that defined the status of the Roman Catholic Church in France, which is known as the Concordat of 1801, and this was then formally put into action during the Easter of 1802.

 

Napoleon I offered a reliquary, which is basically a shrine for The Crown of Thorns and the relics were then eventually given back to the Archbishop of Paris, who placed them within the Treasury of the Notre Dame Cathedral on 10th August 1806, which is where they still remain today.

 

https://www.eutouring.com/crown_of_thorns_notre_dame.html