REL 110 Lecture 13: Schopen- Relics
21 Oct 2017
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Relic de nition: 1. a surviving memorial of something past. 2. an object having interest by reason of its age or its association with the past: Etymology: latin word reliquere which means to leave behind . Etymology: sakskrit words sarira, the body, bodily frame, and dhatu, which means. Relics are regarded by where they are, were they are put or allowed to enter, what people do in regard to them and what is said about them. Christians believe that the saints inhabit forever the holy relics and that in these relics perfect grace and virtue are contained. Buddhists believe that their relics are infused with morality, infused with concentration, and infused with wisdom. Both x and buddhism believe that relics have virtue, grace, benevolence, and life.
