Is there a holy place for Christianity?

Answer 1

AnswerThere are many, but Jerusalem is the most important one.

The Vatican (Holy See) in Rome is holy for for Catholics in particular.

AnswerNot really. In Christianity, each Christian is the temple of the Holy Spirit. There are no places geographically holy, but many that are of interest in the Middle East because of their association with Biblical events.

jeruselem, bethleham, calvary, or indeed Malta where Paul landed on his mission trips. Antioch was in fact the place where 'Followers of the Way' were first called 'Christians'.

Actually the person that said not really is wrong in sooo many ways! k? k.

Answer 2

Most of the holy places of Christianity are centered in Israel. One is the Temple Mount, while another would be Calvary where Jesus was put to death. Another is the Holy Sepulcher where Jesus was buried for three days.

Answer 3

All churches are holy places for Christianity

Answer:

When you consider that Jesus Christ [the WORD of God] is the "Creator God" of the Old Testament [see John 1:3] who entered into a covenant [marriage] relationship with Israel... in the early days, the "Tabernacle" in the wilderness, that God [Christ] had them build, where the Ark of the Covenant resided, was the Most Holy Place where the high priest took the blood to intercede for the sins of the people.

Later, after they entered the Promised Land... Solomon was commissioned to build the Temple in Jerusalem [a somewhat more stable "Tabernacle" where the Ark was kept].

In both instances... where the Ark of the Covenant was kept, was called the "Most Holy Place." They were "physical representations" of the "third heaven" [see II Cor.12:2] where the throne of the Father is -- where no man [except for the high priest] was allowed to go, lest they die. Atop the Ark on its lid was what was called the "Mercy Seat" where God would appear [where the WORD, Jesus Christ, would manifest Himself].

"...thou shalt put the Mercy Seat upon the Ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place." (Ex.26:34)

The Temple in Jerusalem used to be the Holy Place for Christians when Christ first came in the flesh... before any who "believed on Him" were called "Christian"... and where Jesus Himself would go to worship [as well as different "Jewish" synagogues throughout Judaea as He traveled around]. Jesus called the Temple "His Father's House" [Luke 2:49].

With the destruction of the Temple... being trodden down by the Gentiles to this day -- the Most Holy Place was destroyed with it... although the destruction of Christ's body and His shed blood had destroyed the Temple before its physical razing years later.

Since then... the Resurrected Jesus Christ, our "High Priest" ascended into the "third heaven" of His Father's throne -- the GENUINE, MOST HOLY PLACE... not those of the past, made by the hands of men.

THIS is where Christians should be going, now. DIRECTLY TO THE TRUE MOST HOLY PLACE... TO THE VERY THRONE OF THE FATHER IN HEAVEN THROUGH HIS SON to worship, to find Mercy and to have their sins blotted out.

"When Christ came as High Priest of the good things that are already here, He went through the Greater and more Perfect Tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation... He entered the Most Holy Place once for all BY HIS OWN BLOOD, having obtained Eternal Redemption." (Heb.9:11-12 NIV)

"For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was a copy of the True one; He ENTERED HEAVEN ITSELF, now to appear for us IN GOD'S PRESENCE." (verse 24)

The "Holy Place" of Christians is at the very throne of the Father in heaven... where Jesus Christ sits at His right hand. Christians go there constantly... without ceasing in prayer for their requests, mercy and forgiveness.

What makes something "Holy"... is "GOD'S PRESENCE" -- just as Moses was told to remove his shoes because he "stood on Holy Ground" there at the burning bush from which God [the WORD, Jesus Christ], called to him [Ex.3:5].

God is no longer worshiped with things made by the hand's of men... but in "the Spirit."

"...true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and Truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship in Spirit and in Truth." (John 4:23-24 NIV)

Also... those whom God is calling have "God's presence" within them through the indwelling of His Holy Spirit. And while they are in no way to be "worshiped"... it is, once again, God's presence within them that "makes them Holy."

"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her TO MAKE HER HOLY..." (Eph.5:25 NIV).

"In bringing MANY SONS to Glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the Author of their Salvation perfect through suffering. Both THE ONE WHO MAKES MEN HOLY and those who are made Holy are of the same Family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call the Brothers." (Heb.2:10-11)

The Holy Place of Christians is IN THE THIRD HEAVEN at the very throne of the Father. They go there in Spirit... and stay there in Christ, their Elder Brother and Author of their Salvation.

Answer 4

The Scripture continually says that Jerusalem is the City of God, the center of this world and will be made anew (Revelation 21) and will be the headquarters of the Government of God with both the Father and the Son with all newly changed spiritual children in the Family of God.

Though there are other locations 'special' to Christianity, none comes close to Jerusalem.

Answer 5

There are now several sites regarded by Christians as holy, although until the fourth century there was surprisingly little interest in knowing of the places associated with Jesus in The Bible. Then, Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, visited Palestine and identified, to her own satisfaction, every important place associated with the life of Jesus. They include the very place in Bethlehem where Jesus was born and the places in Jerusalem where he was crucified and buried. These are now important places of pilgrimage, although New Testament scholars say they are unlikely to have been the actual places where these events occurred.

The veneration of places and people subsequent to the close of the New Testament is a pecularly Catholic practice. Roman Catholics are always on the lookout for miracles and for places where miracles might have occurred, whereas non-Catholics are sceptical of these claims. Some important Catholic holy sites include:

• Lourdes, where Bernadette Soubirous reported seeing a "small young lady" who came to be identified as Mary, mother of Jesus. The lack of any corroboration by other witnesses saw the local clergy ridicule her claims but then, as pilgrims began to arrive, they accepted them as true. The Catholic Church soon saw the commercial possibilities of these apparitions and aggressively marketed Lourdes as a place of pilgrimage.
• Fatima in Portugal, where once again the Virgin Mary appeared to three small children.
• Loreto, where there is a small house that Catholic tradition says was raised from its foundations in Nazareth and transported by angels across the Mediterranean that in May, 1291. Apart from certain documents considered spurious, no writer can be shown to have heard of the miraculous translation of the Holy House before 1472, which is 180 years after the event is supposed to have taken place. This holy site is now considered by some to be a minor embarrasment for the Catholic Church.
• Guadalupe in Mexico where, according to the Guadalupe tradition, a poor Indian named Juan Diego saw a vision of the Virgin Mary on 9 December 1531 asking him to have a chapel built in her honour in Tepeyac, Mexico. The story seems to have remained unknown for over one hundred years until it appeared in a remarkable book by a priest named Miguel Sanchez. In 1996, Guillermo Schulenberg, the abbot of the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City opposed the canonisation of Juan Diego and questioned his historic existence, saying that Juan Diego was "a symbol, not a reality."

For more information on important Catholic holy sites, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/catholicism/visions-of-the-virgin-mary

Answer 6

church , temples and the temple in middle east of jerusalam

Answer 7

the church house with alots of praise and worship is where the holy spirit manafests and you will find peace there

Answer 8

I am guessing church.

Answer 9

a church