Lesson six, continued:

• Andrew after death

  • Relics of apostles

  • Motivations for worship diverted

  • Were Andrew’s remains moved about?

• Andrew’s relics

  • Initially buried in Patra

  • Constantius moved all but head to Istanbul

    • Part of his father’s collection

    • Church of the Holy Apostles

  • Head moved to Rome in 1460

    • Save it from being taken by invading Muslims

    • Returned to Greece in 1964 by Roman Catholic Church

Lesson seven

• James son of Zebedee in scripture

  • Matthew 4:18-22

    • Brother of John

    • Son of Zebedee

    • Fisherman

  • With James, one of Sons of Thunder – Mark 3:17

  • Wanted to destroy Samaritan village – Luke 9:51-56

  • Requested special status – Matthew 20:20-28

  • At the transfiguration – Matthew 17:1-9

  • On watch while Jesus prayed – Matthew 26:36-37

  • His mother also followed Jesus – Matthew 27:55-56

  • Executed by Herod Agrippa (AD 44) – Acts 12:1-2

• Traditions about James

  • Went to Sardinia during first persecution

    • Herod Agrippa’s deportation of Jews in AD 19

    • Jewish enclave had grown very large by AD 33

    • James went there to teach them the gospel

  • Continued on to Spain

    • Taught Jewish enclaves there

    • Made his way across Spain to Compostela

  • Returned to Jerusalem in AD 44

  • Took gospel to Spain – why Spain?

    • Gospel had only spread as far as Samaria

    • Spain not eyed as missionary field until AD 54

      • Paul in Romans 15:24-28

      • Ten years after death of James

      • Desire might have been to visit Christians in Spain

  • Remains were divided

    • Head remained in Jerusalem

    • Body taken first to Sinai, then Spain

      • Save it from pillaging by invading Persians in 2nd century

      • Return it to the farthest reach of his missionary efforts

    • Head remains in Jerusalem

      • Hidden under a wall when Persians invaded

      • Kept in Armenian cathedral in Jerusalem

    • No way to authenticate remains’ identity

  • Foreign missions highly unlikely

    • James executed in AD 44

    • Only 11 years from Pentecost to death

    • “Apostles” mentioned just previous to Acts 2

      • Acts 1; 2; 4:33-37; 5; 6:6; 8:1; 9:27; 11:1

      • No discernable time period for his absence

      • “Apostles” = ALL the apostles?

    • Still, not completely impossible

    • Note Acts 3:1-4, 11; 4:13, 19; 8:14-15

    • No positive conclusions can be made

  • Remains moved to Spain

    • Santiago de Compostela

    • “Saint James of Compostela”

  • About early eighth century

    • Just prior to Moorish invasion

    • Second largest pilgrimage site for Europeans

      • Jerusalem

      • Rome

  • “Rediscovered” – twice!!