RandomProddy Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 [quote name='MorphRC' date='Jun 28 2004, 06:35 AM'] You should see some of these houses these archbishops live in! [/quote] They are nice to be fair, lol. Bear in mind the places you talk of are older than the Constitution of the USA so it's natural over the course of [i]one thousand six hundred years[/i], preists in England have accumulated so much. Quick story: the Bishop up here (Durham) was debating selling a set of twelve paintings the diocese owned of the twelve sons of Abraham. Many people complained and wanted them kept in the region, they were worth something like $4 million each. The bishop's palace (Auckland Castle, has the largest private chapel in Europe apparently) is one of the biggest complexes in the county, apart from the Cathedral peninsula. The Bishop also owns my old boarding school and the acres around it... York and Canterbury's palaces (Bishopthorpe and Lambeth Castle respectively) are insane.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomProddy Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 [quote name='Ellenita' date='Jun 27 2004, 10:15 PM'] ..he was making the point that these things might have happened because with God all things are possible, but that faith in God was what was important rather than the sign itself. [/quote] he has a point about faith being more important but that's a silly way of saying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorphRC Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 $4M WOW! I know the paintings in the Vatican are priceless, literally, no one could buy them. Its weird how just some basic colouring materials can get so much money. Amazes me at people who pay out millions over one painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomProddy Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Most of the time it's not a matter of how much it would cost to replace, many of the items in question are irreplaceable. There's a book the churches up here want that the British Library in London is looking after. They worry if it gets damaged on the trip. Not that it's a big problem normally, but when the article in question is a one-of-a-kind 1,280 year old Gospel codex... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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