Essay - Church of the Holy Sepulcher & the Crucifixion of Christ...

Church of the Holy Sepulcher & the Crucifixion ***** Christ

ABSTRACT

Church of the Holy Sepulcher is the most important archeological site in Jerusalem and the importance of this building lies in *****ian belief that this could be ***** place where Christ was crucified and buried. The build*****g is being controlled by *****ians ***** different denominations today and the keys to the Church remained with ***** Muslims for eights centuries. this demonstrates the power of one place to unite people of different backgrounds and faith. Church of Holy ***** has witnessed many conflicts and has undergone many destructions and res*****rations, but it still is the one of those holy places in the world, which has become object of intense human devotion.

***** has always been ***** center of attention as an ***** religious lace for the followers of all three primary religions. It is because ***** this that Jerusalem bo*****ts of a history, which no other pl*****ce in the word has w*****nessed. It has religious significance for the all ***** faiths and many religious wars have been fought over ***** city in the past. Jerusalem also houses some of the oldest and holiest build*****gs including the ***** of ***** Sepulcher. This church is of immense importance to Christians, as it is believed to be ***** place where Jesus Christ is *****. Though no ***** knows for sure if this ***** is indeed the ace of his cruc*****ixion but many would love to *****lieve that t***** is Jesus' resting pl*****.

THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHER

***** church was specifically built after it ***** identified as the crucifixion ***** ***** hints given in the Bible. It was after years of controversies surround*****g Jesus' burial place that Constantine the great in the 326 A.D. called important religious figures from all over ***** Roman Empire. His purpose was ***** look for ***** in the Bible and f*****d out where Jesus could possibly be buried. The mother of Emperor, Queen Helena, already converted to Jerusalem and when she heard ***** the neglected s*****es in Jerusalem, ***** decided to visit the place ***** invest in the res*****ration of ***** sites.

***** was there that she identified the place as ***** crucifixion site of Jesus and the emperor decided to mark the ***** ***** this site by build*****g a shrine there. This shrine became the holiest religious place for Christians and was named the church of ***** holy Sepulcher. John L. Lyons (1997) writes, "In the vicinity, directly under ***** temple of Venus erected by Hadrian, Empress Helena claimed to ***** found the cross upon ***** Jesus died. ***** had the Church of the Holy Sepulcher built over the proposed ***** of the Crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. Various Christian groups, including Greek, Latin, Coptic, Jacobite, Armenian, and Ethiopian ones, have tended to the church over the *****, and each controls some aspect of its present form." But this religious site ***** not been revered by *****, as over the period of time, it ***** destroyed and