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In relation to the question of Christ's blood and body, I would like to
point you out to a 8th century phenomenon known commonly as the Eucharistic
Miracle of Lanciano. See http://www.cmns.mnegri.it/miracolo/shortdesc.html
for an introduction online to the background of the miracle, prior even to
the official Roman Catholic recognition of the doctrine of
transubstantiation. The transformed bread and wine have been associated with
the tissue from human heart, and indirectly affirms another doctrine which
arises later, namely the doctrine of the Immaculate(and pierced) Heart of
Christ and of Mary with its religious-semi-erotic associations.
I also point out a related thread on the Orthodox forum about this miracle
and also other historical antecedents on the miracles of Christ's Body(in
both the Eucharistic sense and the physical-corporeal sense of his relics)
which deals with it from a patristic understanding at
http://www.monachos.net/mb/messages/4228/19069.html?1112173273http://www.monachos.net/mb/messages/4228/19069.html?1112173273
If you are more concerned with the relics(secondary relics, that is, those
material objects which Jesus used or which were used on Jesus)of Christ and
their history, I would also point you out to one website,
http://www.catholictreasures.com/articles/oninstrm.html. There are a lot of
Catholic websites about the Passion of Christ and the instruments used in
His torture and death by crucifixion. I figured out that your main concern
is with the primary relics(basically the remnants of Christ's pierced and
scourged body prior to the Resurrection, such as His blood and so on). I
will look into this and reply some more if I find any additional
information, but here is another article on the secondary relics associated
with Christ, especially the Mandylion of Edessa, which was brought to
Constantinople in 944 AD.
Hope this helps.
Kevin Jang
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