The Holy Steps/Stairs of Jesus Christ. He walked up these!! AMAZING! - Rome Italy - ECTV
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The Scala Sancta (English: Holy Stairs, Italian: Scala Santa) are a set of 28 white marble steps that are Roman Catholic relics located in an edifice on extraterritorial property of the Holy See in Rome, Italy proximate to the Archbasilica of Saint John in Laterano.[1] Officially, the edifice is titled the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs (Pontificio Santuario della Scala Santa), and incorporates part of the old Papal Lateran Palace. Replica stairs flank the original staircase, which may only be climbed on one's knees. The Holy Stairs lead to the Church of Saint Lawrence in Palatio ad Sancta Sanctorum (Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Palatio ad Sancta Sanctorum) or simply the "Sancta Sanctorum" (English: Holy of Holies), which was the personal chapel of the early Popes.
According to Roman Catholic tradition, the Holy Stairs are the steps leading up to the praetorium of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem on which Jesus Christ stepped on his way to trial during his Passion. The Stairs reputedly were brought to Rome by Saint Helena in the fourth century. For centuries, the Scala Sancta has attracted Christian pilgrims who wish to honour the Passion of Jesus Christ. Since the early 1700s, the Holy Stairs have been encased in wood for protection, but have been briefly exposed in 2019 following restoration work.[2]
According to Roman Catholic tradition, the Holy Stairs are the steps leading up to the praetorium of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem on which Jesus Christ stepped on his way to trial during his Passion.[3]
Medieval legends claim that Saint Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, brought the Holy Stairs from Jerusalem to Rome circa AD 326.[4] In the Middle Ages, they were known as "Scala Pilati" ("Stairs of Pilate"). From old plans it appears that they led to a corridor of the Lateran Palace, near the Chapel of Saint Sylvester, and were covered with a special roof. In 1589, Pope Sixtus V had the Papal Lateran Palace, then in ruins, demolished to make way for the construction of a new one. He ordered the Holy Stairs be reconstructed in their present location, before the Sancta Sanctorum (Holy of Holies), named for the many precious relics preserved there. The chapel also houses an icon of Christ Pantocrator, known as the "Uronica", that was supposedly begun by Saint Luke and finished by an angel. This celebrated icon of Santissimi Salvatore Acheiropoieton ("not made by human hands"), on certain occasions, used to be carried through Rome in procession.[5]
The Scala Sancta may only be ascended on the knees. For common use, the staircase is flanked by four additional staircases, two on each side, constructed circa 1589.[6] In 1724, Pope Benedict XIII covered the marble stairs in wood for their protection, since the marble had been significantly worn away by the many pilgrims ascending the stairs over time. The stairs remained covered until 2019, when they were briefly exposed during a restoration.[2]
The decoration of the Scala Santa was one of the major renovations of the pontificate of Pope Sixtus V, led by Cesare Nebbia and Giovanni Guerra and occupying a crew of artists to decorate frescoes including Giovanni Baglione, Giacomo Stella, Giovanni Battista Pozzo, Paris Nogari, Prospero Orsi, Ferraù Fenzoni, Paul Bril, Paulo Guidotti, Giovanni Battista Ricci, Cesare Torelli, Antonio Vivarini, Andrea Lilio, Cesare and Vincenzo Conti, Baldassare Croce, Ventura Salimbeni, and Antonio Scalvati. Numerous preliminary drawings by Nebbia for these frescoes are extant, though it is not known with certainty who painted each fresco.
A major restoration was completed in 2007 and funded largely by the Getty Foundation.[3] In early 2018, a restoration of the frescoes began, causing the Scala Sancta to be closed for over a year. During this restoration, the protective wood covering of the stairs was also removed. When the stairs were reopened on 11 April 2019, pilgrims were permitted to ascend the exposed marble stairs on their knees for the first time in almost 300 years.[2]
Martin Luther climbed the steps on his knees in 1510. As he did so, he repeated the Our Father on each step. It was said, by doing this work one could "redeem a soul from purgatory." But when Luther arrived at the top he could not suppress his doubt, "Who knows whether this is true?"[10]
Charles Dickens, after visiting the Scala Sancta in 1845, wrote: "I never, in my life, saw anything at once so ridiculous and so unpleasant as this sight." He described the scene of pilgrims ascending the staircase on their knees as a "dangerous reliance on outward observances".[3]
I will be there this November, I will climb on my knees as a Protestant, praising God each step that I have grace and forgiveness, and no need for indulgence.
Thank you for this excellent video!
The location above the alter is called the Tabernacle. It hold the Blessed Sacrament, the Holy Eucharist, which is the body of Christ.
We were there last Month you are lucky coz we are not allowed to take video or camera
There's another Church Across its a Beautiful church also
I am going there tomorrow after seeing your video. Thank you.
It is Amazing. Another place to see, that I thought was over the top, was Paul Outside the Wall Basilica. There is Saint Peters which is the main Vatican Church. then there is Pauls church. It is HUGE HUGE HUGE and has amazing columns and the chains used to bind Paul and incredible mosaics... Its nice. =)
Thanks for watching my video. =)
Eric
Let's be serious. This is circus, it is just a clown-like spectacle, nonsense.... no god exist, all is a human invention, and religions are nonsense and totally dispensable with. Let's stop being medieval-minded, like the islamic people, and be reasonale, its time for it! "Holy staisr! It remembers me the holy sneaker from Monty Python's Life of Brian. Think and be happy, and do not spoil your knees!
God gave me the privilege of visiting this church. I climbed the steps on knees while going and coming. Great experience. Praise be toesus. Lourdhu Mary Tiruninravur tamilnadu India
Good night
Would have been easier for anyone to help build those stairs instead of getting a very bad beating until you are unrecognizeable and then have to carry a heavy cross up all those stairs. Did he do that alone? Was that only a rumor about what he did?
Informative video
Thanks. =) Thanks for watching as well. =)
Eric
I wish that I could take those holy steps and ask Jesus to have mercy upon me sinner. Amen
Let's be serious. This is circus, it is just a clown-like spectacle, nonsense.... no god exist, all is a human invention, and religions are nonsense and totally dispensable with. Let's stop being medieval-minded, like the islamic people, and be reasonale, its time for it! "Holy staisr! It remembers me the holy sneaker from Monty Python's Life of Brian. Think and be happy, and do not spoil your knees!
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You don’t know if you’re going to get on your knees?? lol
As you get older, it gets harder to get on your knees... Let alone climb a flight of stairs on them... =)
Thanks for watching my video.
Eric
Jesus gave his life so that you can come boldly before him. He lives IN you. You're more holy than these steps if he's inside you. ❤
Let's be serious. This is circus, it is just a clown-like spectacle, nonsense.... no god exist, all is a human invention, and religions are nonsense and totally dispensable with. Let's stop being medieval-minded, like the islamic people, and be reasonale, its time for it! "Holy staisr! It remembers me the holy sneaker from Monty Python's Life of Brian. Think and be happy, and do not spoil your knees!
If you believe this you'll believe anything
You SHOULDNT have walked up and down them like that!!!!!
I think he took the parallel stairs next to the Scala Santa.
@manolingz you're absolutely right, so I apologise. I went up on my knees two weeks ago, it was an incredibly painful yet joyful mystifying experience. There was a gentlemen to my right who gently sobbed as he went up, he was joyful but also in agony. The wooden covers are solid and uneven the pain in your knees at the point of contact is immense from the very first few steps. You can put your hands through the covers and grip the marble which was very special.
@@t.d6379 Thanks for the info. I wish I could do that too, I feel I badly need absolution right now.
Jesus never was in Rome where steps taken from somewhere. I'
It's in the description.
The steps were in the palace called the praetorium described in the gospels. They lead out of the presence chamber down to the yard leading to the Sanhedrin meeting place. In the 300s AD they were removed from Jerusalem and placed in Rome. Assuming the Gospels are an accurate source these are the stairs he walked down just before he walked to the cross
These are the steps that Martin Luther had the truth of Grace revealed to him.
I thought they probably were. Even if the stairs had been gone up by Christ they have no importance for a Christian. Christians are brought into relationship with God through faith alone in Christ, and physical objects (apart from their use in baptism and the Eucharist) have no relevance.
It's idolatrous Roman Catholicism which places importance in physical objects and venerates relics and other items. Christians should avoid any superstitious attachment to physical objects as this destroys not enhances faith. If people trust in anything other than God then they're idolaters, and Roman Catholics who trust in Mary and pray to her are precisely that.
The Black Jesus of Nazareth!
He was Jewish, not black!
@@t.d6379 He was a Black Hebrew! Euro! You're not!
@rubengutierrez5102 whatever weirdo - you're position is held by less than 0.1% of Christendom over the last 2000 years. Doesn't that tell you something? Your theology is as laughable as Moronism.
@@t.d6379 Jesus was a Hebrew! Hebrews are Black people!
@rubengutierrez5102 false. 0.1% of scholars and historians agree with your position. It's a similar percentage to how many people on planet earth believe the world is flat. Its a non-serious non-academic position you hold and that's a fact. So carry on with your ridiculous notion and I'll carry on knowing the truth that Jesus wasn't black as he wasnt white. Have a nice day.