Roman General Titus carried away treasures of the Holy Jerusalem Temple and the Vatican has stored them for centuries

by Terry 2 Replies latest jw friends

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  Terry

  
  
  An article in The Jerusalem Post is quite interesting.
  https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-696068
  
  
  

  According to Vatican expert Dr. Michael A. Calvo, those vessels and others found their way to the Vatican via another route, after making their way to Byzantium: “These include Temple candelabra given to Pope Innocent III by Baldwin I after the sacking of Constantinople and the massacre of the Christian Orthodox population,” Calvo claims. “Temple shofars and utensils; garments of the High Priest; the Tzitz – a gold plaque with the words Kodesh L’Hashem (“Holy to the Lord”); cultural objects, and many other objets d’art, books and manuscripts that the Vatican and other churches have appropriated and placed in their own storerooms, libraries, and museums.”

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  Late that night, and after much spiritual preparation, the rabbi met the guard at the Vatican gates, with his students remaining outside, and went down the steps (four stories under St. Peter’s Museum) to a hidden maze of ancient galleries attached to the Necropolis. After finally reaching the cave entrance, he saw what he saw, and writes in his book of Responsa that he saw “enough,” and was not capable of seeing anymore. He then turned around and practically ran out of the building.
  
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  road to nowhere

  Arc? I hit a pay wall

  If we give things back to the ones who stole them then they can do it again.....
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  under the radar

  Very interesting article, Terry. Thanks for posting it. I agree with those who believe the Vatican should make all its treasures available to serious historians and researchers. I realize that some are too fragile to be "restored" or put on display, but there should be very few that could not be photographed in ultra-high resolution and shared with the public in that way. Most could probably be scanned with special equipment and replicated by digital printers. The replicas could then be displayed so the hoi poloi such as myself could enjoy seeing the "next best thing" in real life, perhaps in a traveling exhibit.

  I'm not nearly as concerned about ownership as I am making the items available for study and for sharing these items with the public.