8/9/2023 0 Comments Jesus turinEven Roman Catholic scholars are divided over the authenticity of this piece of cloth. 1260-1390-more than a thousand years after the time of the Lord. This information would date the Shroud of Turin somewhere between A.D. The results provide conclusive evidence that the linen of the Shroud of Turin is mediaeval” ( Nature, 611-615). As controls, three samples whose ages had been determined independently were also dated. “Very small samples from the Shroud of Turin have been dated by accelerator mass spectrometry in laboratories at Arizona, Oxford and Zurich. Experts at Oxford University (Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art) in England, and in the Departments of Geosciences and Physics at the University of Arizona, Tucson, tested the cloth for its age. Radiocarbon Dating of the Shroud of TurinĪccording to an article in the prestigious British science journal, Nature, the cloth was subjected to radiocarbon dating tests some twenty years ago. In addition, no traces of “spices” have been discovered in the various tests done on the cloth ( The Shroud of Turin and the Mystery Surrounding Its Authenticity).įinally, the Scriptures plainly declare that the Lord’s body would not experience “corruption,” i.e., decomposition (Psalm 16:10 Acts 2:27). If the Savior’s body was washed prior to burial, there was no residue of sweat. Moreover, according to one theory, the image on the Shroud was produced by a chemical reaction of the embalming spices, along with Jesus’ sweat or else vapors, escaping the body in the initial stage of decomposition, generated the image. Yet the Shroud of Turin is supposed to contain bloodstains from Christ’s body. Bruce observed that this was “in accordance with the Jewish custom of purification of the dead.” He cites the Mishnah, Shabbat 23.5 (199). One recalls how the body of Dorcus was washed in preparation for her burial (Acts 9:37).į. The New Testament indicates that Jesus’ body was prepared for burial according to “the custom of the Jews” (John 19:40). The depictions in the Gospels do not conform to the “image” on the Shroud. In a discussion of the term othonion (see above), noted Catholic scholar Ceslas Spicq stated that “we should picture the body of Jesus rolled up in a large linen cloth (Matt), bound up with bandages (like Lazarus), with a cloth or shroud on the head, the hands and the feet wrapped separately” (566). Here is an interesting question: If the large Shroud covered Jesus’ face, why would there be a need for a smaller cloth on top of that? And Christ’s head was separately covered with a small cloth (soudarion) according to John 20:7, which was somewhat comparable to a handkerchief (cf. Textual evidence: Jesus’ burial cloths, not a clothĪs mentioned above, the Shroud is one piece of cloth that allegedly contains the entire imprint of the body of Christ “from face to feet.” Though the New Testament synoptic writers mention the linen cloth (Greek sindon) in which the Lord’s body was bound (Matthew 27:59 Mark 15:46 Luke 23:53), it is also significant that other “cloths” (othonion, diminutive, plural) were used to wrap the body as well (Luke 24:12 John 19:40 20:5-7). Here are some of the facts that argue against the authenticity of this supposed relic. Is it not strange that there is no historical record of this supposedly amazing burial cloth until thirteen hundred years after the death of Christ? Is it not significant that the early disciples, who retrieved the Lord’s body, never made the claim that they had this cloth with the very image of their Master? Shortly after it was first displayed, a French bishop branded it as a fraud ( Ibid.). Historically, it first appears in the mid-fourteenth century (c. The Shroud of Turin is a piece of cloth approximately fourteen feet long by three and a half feet wide. Pope Sixtus IV declared that in the Shroud “men may look upon the true blood and the portrait of Jesus Christ Himself” ( The Catholic Encyclopedia, p. Pope Paul VI declared the Shroud to be “the most important relic in the history of Christianity” ( U.S. Unfortunately, even some non-Catholics have jumped on the “Shroud” bandwagon, apparently desperate for tangible evidence to buttress their faith. Supposedly, it contains the Lord’s supernatural image, from head to feet, and thus constitutes proof of the Savior’s death and resurrection. Some Roman Catholic authorities contend that it is the burial cloth of Jesus Christ (along with other sacred items, e.g., wood from the cross, a fragment of Joseph’s coat, a piece of Jesus’ crown of thorns, etc.). Interest in the controversy waxes and wanes. The controversy surrounding the so-called “Shroud of Turin” likely will never die.
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