The Holy Grail is one of the most fascinating and mysterious conspiracies to date. People debate about it. Authors write about it. Producers make movies about it. Jay-Z rapped about it. However, the question is: What is it? Is it a cup? A bowl? A plate? Did it even exist? As the evidence builds up, the answer becomes clearer and clearer. Let's dig deeper and explore the hidden secrets of the Holy Grail.
To understand what the Holy Grail is, you must understand where it supposedly came from. The most common story begins with the Last Supper, where Christ ate his last meal with his apostles during the Passover. (History) During the meal, Christ took the cup, said the blessing, and gave it to his disciples saying:
Take this, all of you, and drink from it.
For this is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this in memory of me.(Covington)
Then Christ got crucified. While he was on the cross, Joseph of Arimathea, a recent follower and uncle of Jesus, took the very same cup and collected Jesus’ blood. In doing so,
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Numerous tests reveal that this piece of papyrus is indeed as old as it has been predicted it to be. (Beasley) Despite the results, however, many experts still conclude that the writing was a hoax due to the fact that the writing was too thick compared to the thin, reed pens the Egyptians used. And that's not the only evidence. In 1945, an Egyptian peasant uncovered an earthen jar buried in the sand. In it were a collection of fifty-two ancient texts. Known as the Gnostic Gospels, these texts had been around since the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Written by dozens of people-Mary Magdalene included-they were battled by the early Church as they gave erroneous teachings and drew away believers. In short, they were heretical. (PBS) In one gospel, written by the apostle Phillip stated the
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Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they did not brake his legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear, pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. (The Holy Bible, John. 19:32-34)
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