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Christianity was becoming Roman. Rome was becoming Christian. But Rome' s rebirth as a sacred city of Christendom required a transfer of holiness from Christianity' s first holy city. Constantine dispatched his mother, Helena, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Helena returned with a precious collection of Christian relics. And I' m just about to witness the most monumental treasure of them all. This is one of the Empress Helena' s most extraordinary finds. The Scala Sancta. This staircase is believed to be from the palace of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem. Jesus walked down these steps after he was sentenced to death. Unlike the remote pagan gods, the Christian God had a son whom he had sacrificed for humanity. And what Jesus Christ had touched, his followers also wanted to touch. For centuries, pilgrims have climbed these steps on their knees as an act of piety, to get closer to Christ and honour his suffering. |
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jī dū jiào zhú jiàn dì róng rù luó mǎ zhú jiàn luó mǎ huà ér luó mǎ chéng yě kāi shǐ shēng qǐ jī dū xìn yǎng. dàn yào fù xīng luó mǎ, shǐ zhī chéng wéi jī dū jiào de shén shèng zhī chéng, nà tā hái bì xū tóng jī dū jiào dì yī shèng chéng zhǐ yē lù sā lěng lái gè jiāo jiē, bǎ zhè zhǒng shén shèng xìng zhuǎn yí dào luó mǎ lái. jūn shì tǎn dīng yú shì pài qiǎn tā de mǔ qīn hǎi lún nà dào yē lù sā lěng cháo shèng. hǎi lún nà guī lái zhī shí, dài zhe yī bǐ bǎo guì de jī dū jiào yí wù. wǒ mǎ shàng jiù yào qīn yǎn mù dǔ zhèi xiē yí wù dāng zhòng yì yì zuì wéi zhòng dà de zhēn bǎo. hǎi lún nà huáng hòu zhǎo dào de zuì zuì bù fán de wù pǐn zhī yī biàn shì shén shèng jiē tī Scala Sancta. tōng cháng rèn wéi zhè jiē tī shì lái zì yē lù sā lěng de běn diū bǐ lā duō Pontius Pilate gōng diàn. yē sū zài bèi pàn chǔ sǐ xíng hòu, jiù yán zhe zhèi xiē tái jiē wǎng xià zǒu. bù tóng yú yì jiào xìn yǎng zhōng yáo bù kě jí de shén líng, jī dū jiào de shàng dì yǒu gè ér zi bìng qiě tā jiāng zì jǐ de dú zǐ dàng zuò jì pǐn, lìng zhī wéi rén lèi shě shēn. yīn cǐ, dàn fán jī dū shàng dì de ér zi yē sū chù pèng guò de, tā de xìn tú men yě xiǎng chù mō kàn kàn. shù gè shì jì yǐ lái, cháo shèng zhě guì zhe pá shàng zhèi xiē tái jiē yǐ biǎo qián chéng, wèi de shì gèng jiā kào jìn jī dū, tóng shí míng jì tā zāo shòu de kǔ nàn. Pontius Pilate: dīng sǐ yē sū de gǔ dài luó mǎ de yóu tài zǒng dū. |