Dec 20
Slate magazine tells us about the conspiracy theory surrounding the 1983 disappearance of Jesus’ foreskin. No, seriously.
Even before its disappearance, the relic had a strange history. It was discovered in Calcata in 1557, and a series of miracles soon followed (freak storms, perfumed mists engulfing the village). The church gave the finding a seal of approval by offering a 10-year indulgence to those who came to venerate.
That is, until 1900. Facing increasing criticism after the “rediscovery” of a holy foreskin in France, the Vatican decreed that anyone who wrote about or spoke the name of the holy foreskin would face excommunication.
I knew a guy who said that if a priest was not pure in intention when consecrating the host that the host would fly around and attack the congregation… it had been ‘documented’... o.O
The TriniGourmet · December 21, 2006
I just imagined that scenario in my head, the host flying around the church slicing people up with its sharp unleavened edges as punishment for the priest’s impurity. Too funny. Documented, eh? o.O indeed.
titilayo · December 21, 2006