Researcher Says Text Proves Shroud of Turin Real

AP ^ | 11/20/09 | Ariel David

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Thank you. BTW, the priest in question (who was Spanish, IIRC) was a believer in the Shroud, and mentioned the switch from depicting Jesus as beardless to bearded sometime in the first Millennium (I was obviously wrong about my recollection of around the year 1000—the important thing is that it was prior to the “forgery date” in the Middle Ages that Shroud deniers ascribe to it) as evidence that it could not be a Medieval forgery.

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Here's another iconic depiction of Jesus - and His brother, James the Just (who, btw, was the real leader of the Apostles after the Crucifixion - lineal descent - and is so recorded in the Bible but largely ignored by those who need to claim apostolic descent and Paulinist versus Jesus' teachings...to maintain the power and money structure.)

this depicts Jesus in the middle, holding a notice saying "I am the Light" - on the right is His brother, James the Just. Note they near mirror twins - if you were to turn James full face, it would be the same as Jesus. their hair is the same, long and pulled back to a long braid in back, as the Nazarene Priesthood sect did (having nothing to do with the city of Nazareth) (Remember, the man in the Shroud has a long braid down the back.) -

They are also dressed the same. (This is to convey that James is the blood brother of Jesus (likeness) and inheritor of the leadership - clothing, hair, scroll.)James holds the scrolls of power.

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Now the 'formula' for iconic painting was to depict the subject with mild, expressionless faces. This icon is an anomaly: Peter, on the left, is scowling across at James. Peter holds the tiny cross symbol and the key that indicates the Roman Church. Artists used symbols as codes - hiding in plain site - to tell a story.

Ir appears that in this icon, the artist is maintaining that it was James the Just who succeeded Jesus as the leader of the Apostles - as it clearly states in the Bible, with John and Peter as his 2 head counselors.

A lot of attention to this is now coming out. This book, that uses 2/3rds of the icon painting (leaving out the scowling Peter) on the cover is an excellent place to start for someone who hasn't already studied the lineal leadership after Jesus.

This icon was done in the late 13th century when it would have been lop-off-your-head time to claim that James the Just, not Peter, inherited the leadership = hence, the 'code' painting.

the book

Excerpt from editorial review: "Bütz... suggests that ecclesiastical authorities have deliberately suppressed the role of James in order to minimize the Jewishness of Christianity while emphasizing the theology of Paul. Bütz sees the theologies of James and Paul as contradictory in many points, with Paul distancing himself from his Jewish roots and thus creating a religion that Bütz contends was not envisioned by Jesus. Paul, Bütz asserts, relegated good works to a secondary position, contrary to the teachings of Jesus."

There are many books on the above - and an new one on Paul - the usurper? - is coming out next spring, by an established author, that will create a dust up. I'm waiting anxiously for that book...

The Book of James in the Bible corresponds with the teachings of Jesus - as apposed to the teachings of Paul.)