for canon john peterson, it s confirmation of an ancient christian tradition. it s not only exciting and special, but it is mystical because one enters into dealing with the questions of, where did the holy family live? isn t this exciting though, to be able to think that we are looking at such an important part of human history at this point? yes. it s possible that this house is the real deal because we have to remember that mary was alive during much of the period of the early church and would have passed down the memory of where these places were to the disciples who would then have venerated them and passed them down further. the gospel of mark, the oldest of the gospels, starts its account of jesus life when
today, the church of the annunciation is the largest in the middle east. the question is, if the seventh-century description of nazareth is accurate, what happened to the other church that once stood nearby? the church that was said to be built over the childhood home of jesus was called the church of the nutrition, so called because it was where jesus was nurtured as a child. the big question is where that church is today. it disappeared from history somewhere around the time of the crusades. we re not really sure what happened to it. what we do know is that there are some clues from the de locis sanctus, this medieval manuscript, that gives us a few hints about where this church once stood. and it was fairly easy to see if it had the series of attributes that de locis sanctis attributes to the church of the nutrition.
Church and that a burial of a saint lay on that ground, but these were just local stories, and i m not sure anybody really believed those. in 2006, british archaeologist ken dark conducts a routine inspection of the convent cellar and gets the surprise of his life. i went over to the sisters of nazareth convent, and to my great surprise, instead of a small rock cut tomb, there was a huge cellar full of archaeological features including what was immediately apparent was an undiscovered cave church. i naturally was amazed to see archaeological features of which mainstream archaeology had been unaware. the remains of the church occupied a large section of one
Where the angel gabriel was believed to have announced to mary she was about to give birth to the messiah. as the mother of jesus, mary has always occupied a special place in the hearts of many christians. mary is really the closest to god. she is known as the queen of heaven and is foremost among all of the saints. mary s an incredibly important figure for the early church because she s a symbol for women. there s this idea of a loving individual who is seen as the special protector of the weak, of someone who protects women, who protects children, who protects elderly. today, the church of the annunciation is the largest in the middle east. the question is, if the seventh-century description of nazareth is accurate, what happened to the other church
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