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Treasures from Heaven: Relics From Noah's Ark to the Shroud of Turin

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In Steven Soras newest book, he details the history and traditions behind the most important relics religion has to offer. "Treasures from Heaven" reads like a non-fiction indiana jones tale, it describes the history as well as the modern day search efforts for items such as Noahs Ark, the stories behind the Spear of Destiny, as well as the miracles associated with many relics of the church. From bleeding statues, miraculous healings, to pious priests whose corpses refuse to decompose, this book has it all. Treasures includes many of the most famous relics in addition to some lesser known items, all of which are truly fascinating. I highly recomend this book to everyone! Five stars!

Although journalistic rather than scholarly in style the author is to be commended for this comprehensive tour d'horizon of relics. Although obviously pro-relic he tries very hard to be fair. There is a great deal of unsubstantiated medieval myth in this area which he is probably justified in telling straight and leaving the reader to decide.Some of this stuff is very odd indeed.

On a personal note some of these relics gave me a strong impression of evil.Worth reading to see how little the Church of Rome has changed since the middle ages. This all seems very far from the simple Gospel of Christ.

Probably the book on the contemporary relic scene (would you believe they sell these things on E-Bay!) - only the somewhat staccato written style stopped me from rating this higher.