August 20, 2024 19:30
Incredible discovery by scientists. What Italian researchers claim and the history of the Holy Shroud
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When it was first displayed in the 1350s, the Shroud of Turin was advertised as the true burial shroud used to wrap the body of Christ after his crucifixion. Also known as the Holy Shroud, it bears a faint image of the front and back of a bearded man, who many believers believe is the body of Jesus miraculously imprinted on the fabric.
However, research in the 1980s seemed to debunk the idea that it was genuine as it was dated to the Middle Ages, hundreds of years after Christ’s death. Now, Italian researchers who used a new technique involving X-rays to date the material have confirmed that it was made around the time of Jesus, approximately 2,000 years ago!
They say the timelines add credibility to the idea that the faint, bloodstained image of a man with his hands crossed in front wrapped the dead body of Jesus. The Bible states that Joseph of Arimathea wrapped the body of Jesus in a linen shroud and placed it in the tomb.
The passages 27:59-60 from the Gospel of Matthew state: “Then Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.”
The History of the Shroud
Before the Middle Ages, the history of the Shroud of Turin is dark and shrouded in mystery. It is believed that after the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ (or when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD), it was transported to Edessa in Asia Minor (modern Urfa, Turkey).
It became known as the Holy Mantle or the Image of Edessa because it was folded in such a way that only the face was visible in an open case. The Byzantines invaded Edessa in 944 AD seeking to acquire the fabric and take it back to Constantinople.[9] The Fourth Crusade in 1204 pillaged the Queen City, and by the 14th century the Shroud had disappeared.
Historical references to the Shroud of Turin date back to 1354. Earlier, there are suspicions that it belonged to the Order of the Knights Templar, which is claimed to have possessed it for about 200 years. The last Templars thought to have held the shroud were Jacques de Molay and Geoffroi de Charny, who were burned at the stake in 1314 after the order’s dissolution. The first recognized owner is safely identified as the French knight Geoffroi de Charny,[1] who was reluctant to publicize the fact of its existence, possibly due to the mysterious circumstances under which it came into his possession, likely due to a relationship with the Templar de Charny.
He had built a poor church in Lirey, France, and while his family was in financial distress, he decided to exhibit the Shroud there. The local bishop Henry of Poitiers reacted to its authenticity and submitted a memorandum stating that after examining the Shroud, he found it to be a fake, also noting that he had discovered the artist who had crafted it. The Shroud was immediately withdrawn, only to be exhibited again in 1389.[1] De Charny’s son, disregarding the local bishop, obtained permission from the Pope, admitting from the outset that it was not genuine but a copy. The local bishop Pierre d’Arcis, in a memorandum to Pope Clement V[13], characterized the Shroud as a hoax, referring to the earlier investigations by Henry of Poitiers.
In 1452, the fabric was sold to Louis Duke of Savoy, who erected a special chapel and placed the Shroud in Chambery, France, in 1464. In 1532, a fire broke out in the chapel, causing damage to the Shroud, leading the House of Savoy to transfer it to Turin, Italy, where it remains to this day. The only time it was moved from Turin was during World War II when it was placed in the Montevergine monastery in Avellino, southern Italy, to later permanently return to Turin.
The Shroud bears the image of a bearded man, front and back, approximately 33 years old, around 1.80 m tall and weighing 77 kg. Along the entire length of the fabric, there are bloodstains attributed to death by crucifixion. There are visible burn holes and some drops of water from the fire of 1532.
The man of the Shroud bears on his wrists and feet signs of blood indicating that he was crucified and also on his back signs of scourging. On the face, there are swellings which are contusions, particularly visible on the right cheek. All over the body, there are signs of bruises and wounds. On the forehead, neck, and long hair, there is blood, while wounds cover the perimeter of the head, likely caused by a crown made of sharp thorns.
On the chest and back, scratches are visible, probably made by a whip, a torture instrument from Roman times. On the right shoulder blade, there are square bruises attributed to a heavy object, which could have been the horizontal beam of the cross that the condemned carried to the execution site. Signs of blood were found in the right thoracic area, which have the characteristics of post-mortem blood.
source: information from Daily Mail
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