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>> he says you cant walk into a church anywhere without seeing a piece of whats supposedly the true cross. >> calvin laughs and says you know, if you took all the pieces of the true cross and put them together, they would fill a ship. >> yet scripture says that just one man, jesus, was able to carry it on his shoulders. >> there were a lot of people who were speaking out about the devotion of relics as something which is absurd and disgusting. and that really thought that people had lost touch w...

Humiliation, a symbol of death, people were familiar with the horrors of roman crucifixion. >> the cross is an instrument of capital punishment. and its quite amazing. its one of the big stories of early christianity that the instrument of the execution and torture of jesus christ, over time, becomes the primary symbol of jesus christ. >> one of the key factors in the change is helenas pilgrimage to find the true cross. it changes the cross to something that actually becomes something tangible t...

It suddenly turns the shroud from an object of religious devotion to an icon of scientific obsession. if you prove that the shroud of turin is real, youre proving that jesus christ existed. >> in 1978, former u.s. air force physicist john jackson from the shroud of turin research project was given unprecedented access to study the relic. >> you see the image of a human man. we can see, for example, the head, crossed arms, in fact, you can even see elongated fingers. >> leading a team of 40 scien...

One man, jesus, was able to carry it on his shoulders. >> there were a lot of people who were speaking out about the devotion of relics as something which is absurd and disgusting. and that really thought that people had lost touch with the true faith. >> the true cross had the power to divide christianity. and the question remained, could the legend be real? high in the cantabrian mountains of spain lays the monastery. santo toribio de liebana. its home to the largest and most revered piece of ...

>> first century jewish law said that to touch a dead body would make you unclean. and so for joseph and nicodemus to actually go through the process of preparing jesus for burial, there had to have been tremendous love and devotion just to care for him. >> a rock is rolled across the entrance to seal the tomb shut. three days after the crucifixion, john and simon peter, two of jesus disciples, visit the tomb. they find it empty. according to johns gospel, then simon peter came and went into the...

Optimism that hes always radiated, id also like us to remember his many achievements and the pioneering spirit that he exemplified. i also want to thank annie, lynne, and david, and the entire glenn family for sharing their husband, father, grandfather with the world. every one of us on planet earth has benefited from having him on our team. annie, you and john exemplified for all of us what it means to be united as a couple. your love and friendship over 73 years is unlike anything ive ever see...

Make a difference. and that it is not just the people that might have all the means, that you can be a regular person. as long as you have this passion and this love and devotion, dedication, that you can really, you know, make change and make things happen. and some of us need a kick in the butt sometimes. we need to be inspired to remember that it is not all about us. theres all these people out there that need us. we need to thank these people that were here with today. for teaching us that. ...

And until a few months ago was a regular presence on campus, teaching and leading the new generation. terrific life. terrific person. >> the relationship with annie glenn, and i saw it up close, in watching him with her, the devotion between the two of them, it was a 73-year marriage but it was a love affair for life. >> yes. they were really devoted. my wife and i happened to meet them when i was being recruited to come here. the two of them very nicely came out to meet us privately at the airp...

He was a modest person. he was a true american hero. but always humble about it. >> yes. >> he was not comfortable talking about himself the way you have to to rally voters and become the president of the united states in this modern age. but his service to the country, president drake, was profound. his role in the senate when the senate was a great and shining place. >> yes. he was really -- it was his competence, devotion and the ability to do things that he relied on and not, as you said, br...

Is. you are sticking around. coming up, democratic leaders present a united front to oppose president-elect trump and reaction from the leaders of the congressional black caucus. as we go to break as we promised on this anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor, the commander. u.s. command reflects on the sacrifice made 75 years ago today. >> it was a day of gallantry and heroism and sacrifice and immeasurable loss of for those who gave their last full measure of devotion for their nation that d...