what is the spear of destiny and is it a myth or a historical relic what role has the spirit played
in history if any what major figures in history have allegedly used it for their own purposes
and if it does exist where is the spear of destiny now according to the new testament
spear of destiny was wielded by a roman soldier the gospel of john verse 19 33 to 34 states but
when they came to jesus and found that he was already dead they did not break his legs instead
one of the soldiers pierced jesus's side with a spear bringing a sudden flow of blood and water
that soldier according to extra biblical accounts was the centurion casca rufio longinus he pierced
the sight of jesus christ while he was on the cross and supposedly cursed to roam the world
as an immortal until the second coming this named roman centurion longinus and his connection
was only stated in clerical liturgy in the 12th century based upon prior greek writings
according to the myths the spirit of destiny also known as the holy lance was passed down through a
line of kings and emperors after being found during the crusades however other stories are
that it was always in the hands of the church hence its earlier involvement in historical
myth before the crusades regardless of the many claims of this relic being in various locations
and at the hands of various rulers it is an interesting story it was said to have given
many rulers the ability to control their own destiny and bring success to military leaders
the legend also states that whoever possesses the spear holds the destiny of the world in his hands
rumors abound that it was held by constantine the great justinian charles martel passed on
to his grandson charlemagne king sigismund napoleon bonaparte and even adolf hitler to
name a few all of these leaders are believed to have been given victories blessed by god
due to the power of the spear however in total contradiction to this claim a relic described
as the holy lands in rome is preserved beneath the dome of saint peter's basilica
although the catholic church has never claimed its authenticity the lance is also mentioned in
the so-called bavarians of the church of the holy sepulchre this is attested to by cassiodorus circa
1485-585 as well as by gregory of tours circa 538-594 although neither case has been proven
in 6 15 jerusalem was captured by cosros ii according to the chronic on pachel
the point of the lance had been broken off and given to nasetus who took it to constantinople he
is said to have placed it in the sofia and later moved to the church of the virgin of the pharaohs
during the june 1098 siege of antioch a monk named peter bartholomew reported that he had
a vision in which saint andrew told him that the holy lands was buried in the church of
saint peter and antioch after much digging bartholomew allegedly discovered a lance
despite the doubts of many including the papal legend adamar of la puy the discovery of the holy
lands of antioch inspired the starving crusaders to break the siege and secure the city in the 18th
century roman cardinal prospero lambortini claimed the antioch and lance was a fake
this point of the lance was set in an icon was required by emperor baldwin
ii of constantinople who later sold it to louis ix of france
the point of the last was enshrined with a crown of thorns in the senate chapel in paris
another story is that mehmet ii took it in 1453 when he captured constantinople
and later fell into the hands of sultan bayezid the second beijing supposedly gave it to pope
innocent the eighth in 1492 as payment to keep his brother and challenger to the throne hostage
that was somewhat fortunate for the brother as was customary in ottoman politics
rulers usually killed off their siblings to remove them as a threat to their power
during the french revolution these relics were moved to the bibliotheque nationale but
the spear point disappeared one story is that it was acquired by napoleon
while another claims the revolutionary council in 1794 gave it to baron von hugel
for the vienna museum for safe keeping the last major world figure who was supposed to have had
possession was adolf hitler following many kings and emperors throughout history all men of destiny
the spear just like the holy grail held a special fascination for hitler and his
followers as they mapped out their rule of germany and later europe if not the world
hitler led his troops into austria the first stage of his plan of a world conquest
one of his first acts was to remove the spear of destiny from the hofburg museum in vienna
the spear was allegedly buried beneath nuremberg fortress where it was discovered
on the day that hitler shot himself in the berlin bunker on april 30 1945
the supposed relic was recovered together with other treasures of the imperial collection and
on january 6 1946 these were returned to the hofburg museum placing science into the story
robert feather an english metallurgist tested the spear tip the gold band and the nail attaching it
he concluded that the spear tip dated from no earlier than the 7th century a.d but the nail
was consistent in style and composition to a roman nail of the crucifixion period regardless of the
truth whether fact or fiction history or hoax the legend of the spear and other holy relics
were responsible for the religious fervor that defined the early middle ages rulers believed
that they had the real thing their successes attributed to divine intervention empires such
as the carolingians and borbons were built around it so where is the real spear of destiny today if
it in fact actually exists who knows but like the shroud of turin it will provide writers historians
and conspiracy theorists with a lot of material to keep them busy forever perhaps even myself
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