Archbishop of Turin, Cardinal Severino Poletto, stands in front of the Holy Shroud on Saturday.
Posted on 04/10/2010 12:37:32 PM PDT by NYer
Archbishop of Turin, Cardinal Severino Poletto, stands in front of the Holy Shroud on Saturday.
The Shroud of Turin, believed by many Christians to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, went on public display Saturday for the first time in a decade.
Over the next six weeks, about two million people are expected to view the linen bearing the faded image of a bearded man.
The faded image of a bearded man appears on the shroud, a 4.3-metre-long linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus.
>Each visitor will be allowed five minutes to stand before the bulletproof, climate-controlled case containing the cloth inside northern Italy's Turin Cathedral, where it has been kept for 500 years. In that time, the public has been allowed to view it on only five different occasions. The last time was in November, 1998.
The shroud was discovered in the French city of Troyes in the mid-14th century. It underwent a major cleaning and restoration in 2002.
Restorers removed 30 patches sewn on by nuns in 1534, two years after the cloth was damaged in a fire.
Bruno Barberis, head of the international centre on the shroud, said no one has yet been able to explain how the image on the cloth was formed.
"We are practically sure that it is the image left by a human corpse, not a painting or an image obtained in some other human way," he said.
Carbon dating in 1988 claimed the image of the man could not be that of Jesus because the shroud was medieval. But many have rejected that result and want further scientific tests to be carried out.
Pope Benedict XVI will visit Turin on May 2 to pray before the 4.3-metre-long, one-metre-wide shroud.
Cardinal Severino Poletto, center, leads a Mass on the opening day of the public display of the Shroud of Turin, seen in the background, inside Turin's Cathedral, Italy, Saturday, April 10, 2010. The Shroud of Turin went on public display Saturday for the first time in 10 years, drawing long lines of people to see the linen some hold to be Christ's burial cloth and others dismiss as a medieval fake. Turin Cardinal Poletto led the opening ceremony in Turin's cathedral. He referred to the debate over the shroud's authenticity, saying it was 'not up to the church but for science to decide.''
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How many times have I seen statements like this in which the writer doesn't bother to mention why the carbon 14 testing was bogus? There's always the underlying implication that the "rejectors" are just religious fanatics who ignore science.
We’re all sick of it but ... no one can attest beyond a shadow of a doubt that the shroud is authentic. Until then, we will have to wince at the news coverage.
It would be a dream come true to see it. Imagine the joy of standing before it for 5 minutes! Riches!
I dunno. I know a fair amount about it....and I have no doubt about its authenticity whatsoever.
Like you, I can only imagine the great joy and exhilaration of being within such close proximity of the shroud.
Doesn’t look any where near 4 meters long...
UFO’s (your example) aren’t about “belief”. It is a fact that there are “unidentified flying objects”. What is not yet known is exactly what they are and from where they come. So I suppose you are saying that either people believe they have extraterrestrial origins or terrestrial origins.
Not at all the same discussion, but.....ok.
14’ 3” long by 3’ 7” wide.
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We were hoping to see it, but Steve’s surgery’s been postponed till May and I’m not even booking tickets till afterwards.
I’m a portrait artist and have, over the decades, done many drawings/paintings of my ‘versions’ if you will, of Our Lord.
Do you have a link to the site you got this photo from?
Did you catch the recent - last week) History Channel program on the Shroud and the scientist who, using the 3-D ‘information ‘ from the Shroud, created a full bust of Jesus? Amazing - and reassuring - looks like we've always “known.” Just warms your heart and gives such hope and assurance.
Let me guess - you've never studied perspective...
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