346. The Mystery of the Holy Grail

“Who drinks the water I shall give him, will have a spring inside him welling up for eternal life.” A deeply mysterious object which doesn’t appear in the Bible, was the Holy Grail really the chalice used by Jesus during the Last Supper, and the very cup that caught his blood at the crucifixion? Or is it merely a symbol representing Christ’s bloodline? Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss the Holy Grail, the origin of the tradition, and the role it played within medieval Christendom.
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[@kindnesslove5482]

Can you guys please do Marius and Sulla series ❤🤩 Would also love

[@ojtaylor91]

Your newest biggest fan here. Thanks to your interview with Dan Calin.

[@neilgadsby3924]

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks.

[@CL-we8tn]

Nice episode, i love the conspiracy theories around the holy grail.

[@SaudadeCB]

Could you do an episode about thr shroud of Turin?

[@carveraugustus3840]

Ohhh that’d be great

[@grahamdraper8207]

Yeerrrrssss, that would be great!

[@carveraugustus3840]

Fantastic love it

[@user-yg1zj5dz9f]

maybe to do with the constellation Crater .in the same way that people think the star of bethlehem was a conjuction of planets in Leo

[@user-yg1zj5dz9f]

but also a stone.i think meteorites were revered as gods coming down to earth.and such an event became myths like phaethon joyriding in the quadriga of apollo

[@allancarey2604]

I went to Jordan becouse of Indiana Jones :)

[@CL-we8tn]

At last!

[@austinmiller9064]

I say ni

[@davidevans3227]

Indiana Jones again

[@michaellear6904]

Yeah, pretty much.

[@dartharpy9404]

Shroud not Grail !

[@dannydore8038]

Holy Grail comes from the middle french "Sang Real" meaning "Blood of Royalty" which is the Blood of Christ.

[@Verita1975]

The word graal, as it is spelled in its earliest appearances, comes from Old French graal or greal, cognate with Old Occitan grazal and Old Catalan gresal, meaning "a cup or bowl of earth, wood, or metal"

[@dannydore8038]

@Verita1975 Thanks, Wikipedia

[@Verita1975]

@@dannydore8038 Precisely.. if someone cannot even look up something on Wikipedia… than how can you expect them to pontificate on the meaning of a word 800 years old .. just easier to believe in a Conspiracy Theory.

[@dannydore8038]

@@Verita1975 No one asked you

[@Verita1975]

@@dannydore8038 No one “asked you” either … Ad Hominem attacks of which you have done 2 …are merely indicative of a person who cannot substantiate a argument and try to attack the “opposing side” because they cannot construct and defend a coherent argument and/or their tender thin skinned ego has been hurt. Either which way there is no point arguing such a person… have a nice life

[@ginaza9767]

I really like both presenters. But when tom narrates i tend to zone out.

[@LeoneNut]

Yeah he's a great sleep aid

[@Dabhach1]

Understandable. You need an attention span of at least three seconds.