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At the heart of the story of the christian faith. >> helena is said to have broken up the cross and sent it throughout the roman empire, but as the legend grew, so did the number of relics. there are now more than a thousand scattered around the world. >> they're in trinkets. they're in necklace amulets. they're embedded underneath altars, and so there is a good bit of skepticism about relics such as these. >> one of the first people to publicly question the authenticity of the true cross

Christian faith. >> helena is said to have broken up the cross and sent it throughout the roman empire, but as the legend grew, so did the number of relics. there are now more than a thousand scattered around the world. >> they're in trinkets. they're in necklace amulets. they're embedded underneath altars, and so there is a good bit of skepticism about relics such as these. >> one of the first people to publicly question the authenticity of the true cross was the 16th century protestant reformer john calvin. >> he says, "you can't walk into a church anywhere without seeing a piece of what's s...

At the heart of the story of the christian faith. >> helena is said to have broken up the cross and sent it throughout the roman empire. but as the legend grew, so did the number of relics. there are now more than a thousand scattered around the world. >> they're in trinkets. they are in necklace amulets. they are embedded underneath altars. and so there is a good bit of skepticism about relics such as these. >> one of the first people to publicly question the authenticity of the true cross was the 16th century protestant reformer john calvin. >> he says, you can't walk into a church anywhere ...

Christian faith. >> helena is said to have broken up the cross and sent it throughout the roman empire. but as the legend grew, so did the number of relics. there are now more than 1,000 scattered around the world. >> they're in trinkets, they are in necklace amulets, embedded underneath altars, and so there is a good bit of skepticism about relics such as these. >> one of the first people to question the authenticity was the 16th century protestant reformer john calvin. >> he says you can't walk into a church anywhere without seeing a piece of what's supposedly the true cross. >> calvin laugh...

>> helena is said to have broken up the cross and sent it throughout the roman empire. but as the legend grew, so did the number of relics. there are now more than 1,000 scattered around the world. >> they're in trinkets, they are in necklace amulets, embedded underneath altars, and so there is a good bit of skepticism about relics such as these. >> one of the first people to question the authenticity was the 16th century protestant reformer john calvin. >> he says you can't walk into a church anywhere without seeing a piece of what's supposedly the true cross. >> calvin laughs and says you kn...