Sacred places for christians

Answer 1

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. Other 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."

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Answer 2

There are lot of holy sites in Jerusalem regarding christian. The most famous sites are as following:-

• Chapel of the Ascension
• Church of All Nations
• Church of Dominus Flevit
• Church of John the Baptist
• Church of Mary Magdalene
• Church of the Holy Sepulchre
• Church of the Pater Noster
• Church of the Redeemer
• Church of the Visitation
• Garden Tomb
• Last Supper Room
• Tomb of Lazarus, Bethany
• Tomb of the Virgin
• Via Dolorosa

Answer 3

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. Other 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."

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Answer 4

There are several Christian holy sites in Jerusalem. Probably the most important is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, but there is also the Via Dolorossa, Golgotha, Mount Zion, Tomb of the Virgin, Grotto of Gethsemane, the Chapel of the Ascension, and the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem at St. James Cathedral.

As for other places in the world, I invite other Christians to help add them.

Answer 5

Churches are holy places of worship to ALL Christians.

Answer 6

In Christianity, most of its sacred places pertain to Jesus of Nazareth, who is the Savior or Messiah to Christians. Some of its holy places are Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth.

Answer 7

There are several. Probably the most important is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. There is also the Via Dolorosa and the Mount of Golgotha.