New Posts For Thread: Why Not Preserve the Tomb Site?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29175669/Why_Not_Preserve_the_Tomb_SiteThe resurrection was the consumate miracle,perhaps the founding event of Christianity.Why didn't Christians preserve the site of the tomb as a holy place for veneration?Thanks for the information.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29175669/Why_Not_Preserve_the_Tomb_Site?post_id=526322601#526322601Thanks for the information.Sat, 24 Nov 2012 06:03:48 -0600Apparently, according to the website "Sacred Destinations," Christians in Jerusalem held worship services at the site [where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is now] until 66 AD" when Christians heeded Christ's forewarning and fled the city (Matthewhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29175669/Why_Not_Preserve_the_Tomb_Site?post_id=526298943#526298943Apparently, according to the website "Sacred Destinations," Christians in Jerusalem held worship services at the site [where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is now] until 66 AD" when Christians heeded Christ's forewarning and fled the city (MatthewFri, 23 Nov 2012 05:48:14 -0600[/quote]You won't believe this, but I typed out a couple of paragraphs about the tomb and none of it was submitted, even though I clicked on "submit post"!Let me see if I can find the material I was looking at........Nope. So I'll look it up again.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29175669/Why_Not_Preserve_the_Tomb_Site?post_id=526298641#526298641[/quote]You won't believe this, but I typed out a couple of paragraphs about the tomb and none of it was submitted, even though I clicked on "submit post"!Let me see if I can find the material I was looking at........Nope. So I'll look it up again.Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:20:48 -0600How many Xtians go on pilgrimages to Jerusalem?Why go if the risen Christ is everywhere?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29175669/Why_Not_Preserve_the_Tomb_Site?post_id=525577597#525577597How many Xtians go on pilgrimages to Jerusalem?Why go if the risen Christ is everywhere?Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:38:01 -0500Quote:"A legitimate tomb site would IMO would have been remembered and venerated by Christians ever since the time of Jesus' death,not "discovered" centuries later."Why?Christians venerate a risen Christ.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29175669/Why_Not_Preserve_the_Tomb_Site?post_id=525541931#525541931Quote:"A legitimate tomb site would IMO would have been remembered and venerated by Christians ever since the time of Jesus' death,not "discovered" centuries later."Why?Christians venerate a risen Christ.Sun, 28 Oct 2012 06:58:01 -0500According to most Christian streams, Jesus' tomb is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This is a major tourist site in Jerusalem, and is active today. It's in the Old City, in - of course - the Christian Quarter.According to the Protestants, Jesus's thttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29175669/Why_Not_Preserve_the_Tomb_Site?post_id=525539819#525539819According to most Christian streams, Jesus' tomb is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This is a major tourist site in Jerusalem, and is active today. It's in the Old City, in - of course - the Christian Quarter.According to the Protestants, Jesus's tSun, 28 Oct 2012 04:20:40 -0500According to most Christian streams, Jesus' tomb is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This is a major tourist site in Jerusalem, and is active today. It's in the Old City, in - of course - the Christian Quarter.According to the Protestants, Jesus's thttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29175669/Why_Not_Preserve_the_Tomb_Site?post_id=525539345#525539345According to most Christian streams, Jesus' tomb is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This is a major tourist site in Jerusalem, and is active today. It's in the Old City, in - of course - the Christian Quarter.According to the Protestants, Jesus's tSun, 28 Oct 2012 03:35:55 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29175669/Why_Not_Preserve_the_Tomb_Site?post_id=525533207#525533207Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:33:45 -0500I apologize for not seeing this post for 5 months! I've been unbelievably side-tracked by various things.This is what I could find about first and second century mentions of the site as Christ's tomb:According to "Sacred Destinations" on the internehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29175669/Why_Not_Preserve_the_Tomb_Site?post_id=525524847#525524847I apologize for not seeing this post for 5 months! I've been unbelievably side-tracked by various things.This is what I could find about first and second century mentions of the site as Christ's tomb:According to "Sacred Destinations" on the interneSat, 27 Oct 2012 13:34:18 -0500They have. After all is said and done, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem contains the site of the tomb. Only trouble is......it is so far under the church that nobody has seen it. The actual tomb has not been broken into. They haven'thttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/29175669/Why_Not_Preserve_the_Tomb_Site?post_id=521117915#521117915They have. After all is said and done, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem contains the site of the tomb. Only trouble is......it is so far under the church that nobody has seen it. The actual tomb has not been broken into. They haven'tFri, 22 Jun 2012 08:54:46 -0500