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> he started his careers pretending having the knife of St. Peter which used to cut Christ's ears Are you sure you are not confusing "the knife used to cut Chr
by probably_wrong 8y ago
> he started his careers pretending having the knife of St. Peter which used to cut Christ's ears
Are you sure you are not confusing "the knife used to cut Christ's ears" with "the sword used to cut the ear of one of the men who came to arrest Jesus"? Because I never heard the former, and I'm under the impression that I whould have.
- seren 8y agoYou are correct my memory is a bit fuzzy, and your interpretation is probably correct. Edit : after further checking, he was pretending having the knife of st. Peter, used to cut off the high priest servant's ear in the garden of Gethsemane to prevent the arrest of Jesus. (Which makes more sense..) 10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. 11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? John 18:10–11
- mci 8y agoExcept that the sword has been in Poznań, Poland for over a thousand years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Saint_Peter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Saint_Peter
- swish_bob 8y agoHistorically, actually having a relic of a saint is very poorly correlated with claiming to have a relic of a saint, even when people aren't explicitly trying to con people.
- justtopost 8y agoWe really have almost zero proof that most of the 'real' relics are legitimate. Many value the meaning more than the actual item, especially when considering the perspective of the church.