Bones of Saints embedded in altars placed upon high steps

[Alex_Rogan]

Is it true that every catholic altar, placed upon raised steps above the congregation, has a bone fragment of a saint embedded in it?

 

I remember hearing about it in my youth, but haven't seen anything to dissuade or proove.

 

I feel like there's more to this story

[Alex_Rogan]

c'mon man.... we know about the mormon magic underwear, why aren't people concerned with altars containing bones of saints where they make wine and bread into flesh and blood for consumption.... (symbolically)

seems like there was a passage in Revelation about wicked feasts on the blood of saints.... arghhh.... this inquiry is somewhere between unexplainedmysteries and eerieweb, chan, reddit x..... looking for prevailing minds that aren't drug addled

Edited November 10 by Alex_Rogan
that's me in the corner, losing my religion

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

3 hours ago, Alex_Rogan said:

Is it true that every catholic altar, placed upon raised steps above the congregation, has a bone fragment of a saint embedded in it?

 

I remember hearing about it in my youth, but haven't seen anything to dissuade or proove.

 

I feel like there's more to this story

Tentatively “yes”, as long as then is a consecrated altar then there is a relic as part of the altar. 
Often the relic is associated with the charism of the church (for example, a church dedicated to Saint Eugene would ideally have a relic belonging to Saint Eugene) however (for obvious reasons) churches named after/dedicated to Mary or Saints Peter, Joseph or Paul can have any saint’s relic enshrined, but ideally it’s still important to that community (Josephite communities are still getting their Saint Mary of the Cross relics for example in addition to whatever relic is already enshrined).

[eight bits]

This is an interesting guest article on Bart Ehrman's blog that traces the practice mentioned in this thread's title back to its ancient roots. The article also asks a very good question, IMO, about the role of dealing with death in the Christian religion.

https://ehrmanblog.org/is-christianity-a-cult-of-the-dead-guest-post-by-kyle-smith-phd/

[Piney]

13 hours ago, Alex_Rogan said:

c'mon man.... we know about the mormon magic underwear, why aren't people concerned with altars containing bones of saints where they make wine and bread into flesh and blood for consumption.... (symbolically)

seems like there was a passage in Revelation about wicked feasts on the blood of saints.... arghhh.... this inquiry is somewhere between unexplainedmysteries and eerieweb, chan, reddit x..... looking for prevailing minds that aren't drug addled

Revelation was a "satire" of a prophecy. 

[Alex_Rogan]

On 11/10/2024 at 10:39 AM, Piney said:

Revelation was a "satire" of a prophecy. 

ha... well, I tend to think of it as a summary of all previous prophets, but somehow your take on it is a closer, more biting, opinion of it.

 

The Great Mocking of Humanity

[Alex_Rogan]

On 11/10/2024 at 12:07 AM, Sir Wearer of Hats said:

Tentatively “yes”, as long as then is a consecrated altar then there is a relic as part of the altar. 
Often the relic is associated with the charism of the church (for example, a church dedicated to Saint Eugene would ideally have a relic belonging to Saint Eugene) however (for obvious reasons) churches named after/dedicated to Mary or Saints Peter, Joseph or Paul can have any saint’s relic enshrined, but ideally it’s still important to that community (Josephite communities are still getting their Saint Mary of the Cross relics for example in addition to whatever relic is already enshrined).

is that where the passage about the blood of the saints came into play?