What is Relic?
[[File:Reliquias.JPG|thumb|Some of the Roman Catholics relics are two thousand years old]] {{wiktionary|relic}} A '''relic''' is an object, especially a piece of the [[body]] or a personal item of someone of [[Religion|religious]] importance, that was carefully [[Preservation|preserved]] with an air of [[veneration]] as a memorial that you can touch. Relics are an important aspect of [[Buddhism]], some [[Religious denomination|denominations]] of [[Christianity]], [[Hinduism]], [[shamanism]], and many other personal belief systems. The word '''relic''' comes from the [[Latin]] ''reliquiae'' ('remains'). A [[reliquary]] is a [[shrine]] that houses one or more relics. Some well-known religious relics include the Tooth of [[Buddha]], the [[Holy Grail]], the Crown of Thorns, the [[True Cross]] of Jesus, the Staff of [[Moses]]. == Other websites == *[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12734a.htm Relics] article from the [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] *[http://www.catholic.com/library/Relics.asp Relics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421132930/http://www.catholic.com/library/Relics.asp |date=2009-04-21 }} *[http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0646.html Keeping Relics in Perspective] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306065436/http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0646.html |date=2016-03-06 }} *[http://www.cts.org.au/2000/aplaceforrelics.htm A Place for Relics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513024416/http://www.cts.org.au/2000/aplaceforrelics.htm |date=2009-05-13 }} *[http://www.newadvent.org/summa/402506.htm The veneration of the relics of saints] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725005153/http://www.newadvent.org/summa/402506.htm |date=2008-07-25 }} - from the Summa Theologiae *[http://www.societaschristiana.com/History/Reformation/InventoryOfRelics.html ''An Inventory of Relics''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516232922/http://www.societaschristiana.com/History/Reformation/InventoryOfRelics.html |date=2008-0