Knilram
Shadrach's chair
In the middle ages, churches would have collections of relics that they would periodically display for a fee. These relics would be things like the bones of saints, or the tears of the Virgin Mary in a bottle. John Calvin noted that there were enough splinters of Jesus' cross in Europe to build a whole city. There were numerous skulls of John the Baptist, and most of the apostles had multiple bodies.
But the other day, I saw that our church had an interesting relic sitting out back. Sitting in the center of the fire ring was Shadrach's chair.
Shadrach's chair
In the middle ages, churches would have collections of relics that they would periodically display for a fee. These relics would be things like the bones of saints, or the tears of the Virgin Mary in a bottle. John Calvin noted that there were enough splinters of Jesus' cross in Europe to build a whole city. There were numerous skulls of John the Baptist, and most of the apostles had multiple bodies.
But the other day, I saw that our church had an interesting relic sitting out back. Sitting in the center of the fire ring was Shadrach's chair.