Episode 64 The Holy Grail and the Longinus Gun
The forces of the two sides formed a stalemate, but as time went by and the life in the city was constantly eroded, the power that was transformed into ** was absorbed by the Infernal Hell, and the balance of power gradually tilted towards the Infernal Hell.
At this moment www.biquge.info, a three-pronged spear of extremely powerful power suddenly appeared in the air, and the spear also carried a cup of extremely powerful divine power.
This power should be, Gongsun Guiyi's mind suddenly appeared two names - the Holy Grail and the Longinus Spear.
1. The San-Greal is a wine glass used by Jesus after he sent Judas Iscariot and his 11 disciples at the Passover dinner before the crucifixion of Jesus on the 14th day of Nisan in the Jewish calendar in 33 C.E.
Jesus once took the cup and told his disciples to drink the red wine that symbolized his blood, thus establishing the Memorial Rite.
Later some people believed that this cup had some kind of magical ability because of this special occasion.
Legend has it that the magic furnace of Anwen was the predecessor of the Holy Grail.
Many legends have it that if you can find this chalice and drink its water, you will be rejuvenated, resurrected from the dead, and gain eternal life, so that it can be considered a life-type artifact.
One of the most common rituals in Christianity is the "Eucharist"
, in which people drink red wine to represent the blood of Christ.
The Arthurian version of the legend is based on a story about the Roman ruler Longinus who thrust a spear into Christ's side to confirm his death.
At that time, Joseph of Arimathea brought the cup that Christ had used at the Last Supper to receive the blood that flowed out.
This wine cup is generally considered to be the Holy Grail.
The body of Christ is said to have been placed in the burial chamber of the Joseph family of Arimathea.
The English army under Edward I was nearly defeated in the Crusades and needed to rebuild their morale after returning from Palestine in 1274 AD.
King Arthur's knights are portrayed as fighters who sacrificed their lives purely for a just cause.
Searching for the Holy Grail can be more ideal for this purpose.
Since Joseph of Arimathea was a follower of Christ, he was imprisoned by the Romans shortly after Christ's martyrdom.
He was supposed to have kept the Holy Grail and took it with him on his journey through Rome to southwestern France, where he lived for some time with Mary Magdalene and other believers in the province of Languedoc.
It is said that he (probably along with Christ himself, many people believe that Christ did not die on the cross, hence the author's attachment to this speculation).
Traveled to England and settled for life in the city of Glastonbury in the south of England.
Britain's first Christian church was built on this site, and the ruins of the abbey can still be seen today, and the Holy Grail may have been hidden here.
It has since disappeared, which became the starting point for King Arthur and his knights on their journey in search of the Holy Grail.
It is believed that the Holy Grail remained in Italy for three hundred years, first in the custody of the monks of St. Lawrence, the deacon of the Holy See.
Towards the end of the 3rd century AD, he is said to have sent two Spanish legionnaires back to his hometown of Uesca in the Pyrenees.
He came to a tragic end - his friend Pope Sixtus II.
One of the early martyred saints of the Roman Christian Church, he was killed by the Roman Emperor Valerius.
The date cited by the author is a rumor, and the martyrdom date of Pope Sixtus is 258 A.D.
A few days after his execution, he was also roasted to death on an iron grill.
The chalice was preserved in the old church of San Pietro until 711 AD.
The Romanesque corridor of the church has a number of motifs that suggest the presence of the chalice, in which an angel hands Jesus a wine glass.
At the foothold of the Holy Grail is an Arabic inscription that no one has been able to translate with complete certainty.
Different translations are: "To those who bring glory"
; "Praise Mary"
; "Lord of Mercy"
(This is the name given to Allah by the Arabs); "Lord of Prosperity"
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According to some legends, the inscription "lapisexcillis"
(Transcendent Stone) also appears on it sometimes.
2. The Spear of Longinus The only mention of the spear of Longinus in the canon of the Bible is in John 19:34, "But one soldier pierced him by the side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out." ”
Because to remove Jesus, the soldiers wanted to break the legs of the crucified, and when they saw that Jesus was dead, they did not do so, but wanted to pierce Jesus into the body with a spear, so at that time a captain of a hundred people, named Longinus, in order to confirm whether Jesus was really dead, pierced his body with a spear, and then blood spurted out of the wound and stained the whole spear red, but the shot did not break his ribs, which is in line with the prophecy in the Old Testament, Because it was used to prove whether Jesus died and was stained with the blood of Jesus, this gun became a religious relic, the spear of Longinus, and some later generations called it the spear of fate.
Legend has it that as long as you hold the gun, anyone within a 120-foot radius will surrender, and the person who holds the gun can control the fate of the world, but those who lose it will be killed instantly, in the ancient Roman Empire, the gun became a symbol of power, and many monarchs with this gun in their hands won countless battles.
After Maurice's death, legend has it that the Longinus gun fell into the hands of the pagan Roman emperor, who used the Longinus gun to change the tide of history.
He is the Emperor Constantine who has always inspired black and white evaluations in history.
Constantine believed that Christianity could save the Roman Empire, and his devout belief in Christianity inspired his mother, Helena.
Around 325 A.D., Helena traveled to the Holy Land of Jerusalem in search of holy relics related to the life of Christ.
It is said that she brought back the cross and nails of Jesus' martyrdom, and drove them into the armor and weapons of Constantine the Great, making him invulnerable.
Constantine the Great, armed with a Longinus gun, defeated his opponents, converted the Roman Empire to Christianity, and formed the majestic new Christian capital of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey).
Legend has it that he marked the borders of the new Roman Empire with a Longinus gun in his hand.
After the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, Europe fell into a dark period of chaos.
Three hundred years later, the Longinus gun fell into the hands of the greatest conqueror of the Middle Ages, who had been hoping for a peaceful and prosperous Roman Empire.
He was Charlemagne: king of the Franks, conqueror of Saxony, founder of the Holy Roman Empire.
On Christmas Day 800 AD, Charlemagne was crowned supreme ruler of a new empire with twelve present-day European nations known as the Holy Roman Empire.
Charlemagne spent his prime in constant warfare, fighting a total of fifty-three military battles.
According to later legend, he was in possession of a Longinus gun during this time.
Since then, the Longinus gun has become a symbol of the divine authority of kings, as well as the supremacy of kingship.
It became the royal treasure of the Holy Roman Empire and was used at the coronation ceremony of Charlemagne's successor.
Although Charlemagne was brutal, later generations believed that he was the real-life King Arthur, and the Longinus gun was equivalent to the sword in the stone (a symbol of the status of the king of Britain, the sword of destiny used by the chosen king).
Charles IV, perhaps the most devout owner of the Longinus gun, built the fortified Karlstan Castle near Prague to house the relics - the walls of which hide the castle's greatest secret: a beautiful golden church adorned with priceless works of art and treasures.
The Longinus gun and many other relics were hidden in the vault behind the altar.
It is said that it was Charles IV who added a golden holster to the Longinus gun and engraved it with the words: Spear and Nails of God.
Charles IV believed that the Longinus spear could be used to directly contact the saints in heaven, and that the relics also played an important role in the final judgment.
After countless wars, the holy spear of Longinus has been broken into three sections, because it is stained with the blood of Jesus, so it will never be immortal, and it is said that whoever gets it can sweep through Europe and rule the world.
Now the Holy See has declared that this holy gun is kept in St. Peter's Basilica.
In one of the sacrificial halls of St. Peter's Basilica, there are four identical boxes, and the Holy Lance is inside one of them.