Motion: This House will remove all relics of saints.

This debate will follow a parliament form of debating. ____________________________________________________ Status Quo: 1. Relics of saints are being exposed for veneration in different churches, and are kept and safeguarded by people called "Relic custodians" (Latin: Ss. Reliquarium Custos) for private veneration, sometimes for public veneration. 2. Relics of saints can be obtained by presenting a letter of request to a religious order or to the treasury of relics of the Vicariate of Rome, and a small donation (which is optional) to cover the cost of postage and the container of the relic. 3. Relic Trafficking is very rampant in the internet. Relics of saints are being sold in online auction sites, antique shops and thrift stores. These relics are usually stolen from churches in Europe or from convents and monasteries. Relics are also being faked and sold in the black market as real relics. 4. Many people have little or no knowledge on what a sacred relic is. Often times, they are mistakenly associated with talismans, amulets, lucky charms or collectibles. 5. Some people believe that the solution for the very rampant trafficking of relics are to remove them from public view, or in extreme cases, refrain from obtaining relics of saints for veneration, hence the motion: This House will remove all relics of saints. Objective of this debate: assess whether the house should remove all relics of saints, what would be the advantages and the disadvantages of the motion, and present arguments that will prove one's opinion in the given motion. Please allow me to define the terms in the to be used in this debate: remove - we define this word in the motion as the act of removing from the public view; removing from the veneration of the faithful. relics: classified into 3 classes: 1st class: Part of the body of saint, and any object associated with the life and passion of Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. 2nd class relics: pieces of clothing or objects used by the saint. 3rd class relics: anything touched to a 1st or 2nd class relic. Treasury of Relics: An office under the Vicariate of Rome, which handles the distribution of relics to churches (before, they issue relics to individuals). Postulator General of a religious order: in-charge with the cause for sainthood (canonization) of a particular departed member of their religious order. Faithful: the venerating people. Here are my cases: The key players in this debate are officials in the Vicariate of Rome handling the dispensation of Sacred Relics, the Postulators of different religious orders, and the venerating faithful. As defined, the officials of the Vicariate of Rome are responsible for the dispensation and distribution of relics of saints not belonging to any religious order, the postulators general handle the distribution of relics of saints from their religious order, the venerating people are the ones gaining access to the sacred relics by the means of formal requests or personal acquisition i. e. gifts from friends or relatives, visitation of a shrine or a church with a first class relic in public veneration (touching an object to the exposed relic). Furthermore, I gave in the Status Quo, the fact that many people have little or no knowledge on he importance of the sacred relics, thus causing financial greed to abuse the ignorance of the faithful. Greed for Money is the cause for these abuses. Now in connection with the given motion, if ever this motion will take effect, then the abuse to the relics of saints, which has been a problem of the Roman Catholic Church for many centuries, will finally come to an end. Relics will no longer be a target of trafficking indiscriminate sale in auction sites or antique dealers because they are safely kept, removed from public view. There would no longer be any plundering of churches for relics to be sold in the black market because the object of interest of these plunderers are kept safely in a secure place. In conclusion, I would like to point out that I am for the given motion because I believe this is the answer for the abuses being done to the relics of the Saints. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.ichrusa.com... http://www.forallthesaints.info... http://somosierra.wordpress.com... _____________________________________________________ NB: This is my first time here in Debate.Org and I humbly apologize if I did anything in this debate that aren't the same as the other debates. I never experienced online debating and I was used in formal debating. Thank you and God Bless.