2024-05-04 03:26:02
Christianity rests on real facts reflected in the Gospels, the historian said
“Christianity rests on real facts, reflected in the Gospels. The Resurrection has real elements and those, the fruit of legend. In religion, it is not necessary to prove everything to the last detail. In the Cross Forest, a piece of the Holy Cross is buried. Christ’s disciples passed along our lands, but whether he did it himself is just a rumor for now. I personally don’t think so.” This is what the historian Prof. Hristo Matanov said in the studio of “Denyat na Zhivo” on Nova News.
“Easter has been celebrated for as long as Christianity has existed. There was a form of celebration even before the first ecumenical council in Nicaea in the IV century. It actually tried to unify the dates of celebration, it was decided that the holiday could not be before March 21 – the Jewish Passover. Easter is celebrated until 1582 – the adoption of the Gregorian calendar. There are parts of the cross everywhere in the Christian world. Resurrection is celebrated on different dates. The tradition has been preserved in order to align with the Orthodox churches, which run on the old Julian calendar,” he explained.
The Spear of Longinus, also known as the “spear of fate”, the “sacred spear” or the “spear of Christ”, with which the Roman soldier Longinus pierced the crucified Jesus Christ to confirm his death, has not yet been found, the professor confirmed.