My brother Ed and his wife Jennifer hosted a Reformation Day celebration on Saturday evening. This was held in their shed, which was lit by torches and lanterns. The meal consisted of a roasted pig and turkey, cabbage and potatoes, bread, and desserts. We had speakers informing us about the Reformation and several reformers. There was a huge bonfire and the 95 Thesis posted on a door. We had a wonderful evening of fellowship with people of all ages and good food, while increasing our knowledge of church history.
I was in charge of setting up some replicas of relics. I gathered some information from this site, which states:
"In Christianity, relics are the material remains of a deceased saint or martyr and objects closely associated with those remains. Relics can be entire skeletons, but more usually they consist of a part such as a bone, hair or tooth. Pieces of clothing worn by the deceased saint or even an object that has come in contact with a relic is also considered a relic.
Relics have played an important role in Christian ritual since the earliest centuries of the church and were a major part of popular religion in the Middle Ages. Until 1969, relics were placed under the altar stones of all Roman Catholic churches. The veneration of relics was rejected by most of the Protestant Reformers and most Protestants today, but relics continue to play an important part in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity."
The relic display.
Eddie and Lorissa discussing the display.
The following relic replicas were on display:
I. The Axe Head that Elisha Made to Float
II. A Piece of the Cross of Our Lord
III. Forbidden Fruit That Eve Ate
IV. A Portion of Jesus’s Burial Cloth
V. Manna from the Ark of the Covenant
VI. The Nail That Pierced Our Lord’s Hand
VII. The Brain of Saint Peter
VIII. Leg Bone of the Cock That Crowed After Peter Denied Our Lord
IX. Crumbs from Feeding the Five Thousand
X. Flies from the Plagues of Egypt
XI. A Piece of Lot’s Wife
XII. The Stone that Killed Goliath
III. Forbidden Fruit That Eve Ate
IV. A Portion of Jesus’s Burial Cloth
V. Manna from the Ark of the Covenant
VI. The Nail That Pierced Our Lord’s Hand
VII. The Brain of Saint Peter
VIII. Leg Bone of the Cock That Crowed After Peter Denied Our Lord
IX. Crumbs from Feeding the Five Thousand
X. Flies from the Plagues of Egypt
XI. A Piece of Lot’s Wife
XII. The Stone that Killed Goliath
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