Chasing The Divine In The Holy Land - Plot & Excerpts
Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:12-13 THE CHURCH OF the Nativity is one of the sites established by Constantine in the fourth century. His mother, Helena, was pretty sure it was the authentic place of Jesus’ birth, since people had been worshiping there for centuries. Helena had a church built at the exact location where the actual manger stood. That structure was destroyed in the sixth century and rebuilt. Along the way, the Orthodox argued with the Catholics, who argued with the Armenians. The result was that two sanctuaries were built over one holy site. Dual sanctuaries. Dueling sanctuaries. Stephen explains that the building’s disagreeable history doesn’t end there. In the eleventh century, the Crusaders rode into Bethlehem to bring Christ to the masses through brute force. They did some good things for the church building — such as enlarging it.
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