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THE VISION OF SAINT PAUL
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1. At what time was this revelation made? In the consulship of Theodosius Augustus the younger and Cynegius, a certain nobleman then living in Tharsus, in the house which was that of Saint Paul, an angel appearing in the night revealed to him, saying that he should open the foundations of the house and should publish what he found, but he thought that these things were dreams.

2. But the angel coming for the third time beat him and forced him to open the foundation. And digging he found a marble box, inscribed on the sides; there was the revelation of Saint Paul, and his shoes in which he walked teaching the word of God. But he feared to open that box and brought it to the judge; when he had received it, the judge, because it was sealed with lead, sent it to the emperor Theodosius, fearing in case it might be something else; which when he had received the emperor opened it, and found the revelation of Saint Paul; a copy of it he sent to Jerusalem, and retained the original himself.

3. While I was in the body in which I was snatched up to the third heaven, the word of the Lord came to me saying: speak to the people: until when will you transgress, and heap sin upon sin, and tempt the Lord who made you? You are the sons of God, doing the works of the devil in the faith of Christ, on account of the impediments of the world. Remember therefore and know that while every creature serves God, the human race alone sins.

4. For indeed the sun, the great light, often addressed the Lord saying: Lord God Almighty, I look out upon the impieties and injustices of men; permit me and I shall do to them what are my powers, that they may know that you are God alone. And there came a voice saying to him: I know all these things, for my eye sees and ear hears, but my patience bears them until they shall be converted and repent. But if they do not return to me I will judge them all.

5. For sometimes the moon and stars addressed the Lord saying: Lord God Almighty, to us you have given the power of the night; till when shall we look down upon the impieties and fornications and homicides done by the sons of men? Permit us to do to them according to our powers, that they may know that you are God alone. And there came a voice to them saying: I know all these things, and my eye looks forth and ear hears, but my patience bears with them until they shall be converted and repent. But if they do not return to me I will judge them.

6. And frequently also the sea exclaimed saying: Lord God Almighty, men have defiled your holy name in me; permit me to arise and cover every wood and orchard and the whole world, until I blot out all the sons of men from before your face, that they may know that you are God alone. And the voice came again and said: I know all things; my eye sees everything, and my ear hears, but my patience bears with them until they be converted and repent. But if they do not return, I will judge them. Sometimes the waters also spoke against the sins of men saying: Lord God Almighty, all the sons of men have defiled your holy name. And there came a voice saying: I know all things before they come to pass, for my eye sees and my ear hears all things, but my patience bears with them until they be converted. But if not I will judge them. Frequently also the earth too exclaimed to the Lord against the sons of men saying: Lord God Almighty, I above every other creature of your am harmed, supporting the fornications, adulteries, homicides, thefts, perjuries and magic and ill-doings of men and all the evil they do, so that the father rises up against the son, and the son upon the father, the alien against the alien, so that each one defiles his neighbour's wife. The father ascends upon the bed of his own son, and the son likewise ascends the couch of his own father; and in all these evils, they who offer above every creature, desiring not to show my power to myself, and my fruits to the sons of men. Permit me and I will destroy the virtue of my fruits. And there came a voice and said: I know all things, and there is none who can hide himself from his sin. Moreover I know their impieties, but my holiness suffers them until they be converted and repent. But if they do not return to me I will judge them.

7. Behold, you sons of men, the creature is subject to God, but the human race alone sins. For this reason, therefore, you sons of men, bless the Lord God unceasingly, every hour and every day: but more especially when the sun has set: for at that hour all the angels proceed to the Lord to worship him and to present the works of men, which every man has worked from the morning till the evening, whether good or evil. And there is a certain angel who proceeds rejoicing concerning the man in whom he dwells. When therefore the sun has set in the first hour of night, in the same hour the angel of every people and every man and woman, who protect and preserve them, because man

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also called the Church of the Resurrection (Jerusalem).
The site is venerated by Christians as Golgotha, (the Hill of Calvary), where the New Testament says that Jesus was crucified, and it is also said to contain the place where Jesus was buried (the sepulchre).
Emperor Constantine I ordered in 325/326 that the former temple of Venus, therein located, be demolished to build a church on the site. His mother, Helena involved herself in the excavations and construction. During the excavation, Helena is alleged to have rediscovered the True Cross, and a tomb, the alleged tomb of Jesus.
The Church has been seriously damaged, destroyed and then rebuilt, renovated or restored in different periods. The initial rebuilt church site was taken from the Fatimids (who had recently taken it from the Abassids) by the Knights of the First Crusade on 15 July 1099.
The current dome dates from 1870, although it was restored during 1994–1997 and it is supposed to cover the old Golgotha.

La Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro o Iglesia de la Resurreccion (Jerusalen).
Es un lugar venerado por los cristianos como Golgota (Calvario), donde segun los Evangelios se produjo la crucifixion de Cristo, y donde se dice que se encuentra el lugar donde Jesus fue enterrado (el sepulcro).
En el ano 325/326, el Emperador Constantino mando, sobre el lugar donde estaba erigido el templo de Venus, demoler este y erigir una Iglesia. Su madre Elena, se encargo de dirigir los trabajos de excavacion y demolicion. Se dice que durante los mismos, Elena encontro la Vera Cruz y una tumba, supuestamente la de Jesus.
Esta Iglesia ha sido gravemente danada, destruida y reconstruida, renovada y restaurada en sucesivos periodos. La originaria iglesia reconstruida fue tomada de los Fatimies (que la recuperaron de los Abasidas), por los Caballeros de la Primera Cruzada el 15 de Julio de 1099.
La cupula actual data de 1870, aunque fue restaurada entre 1994 y 1997, y se supone que cobija el viejo Golgota.