BBC DOC - Shroud of Turin - New Evidence

BBC documentary The Shroud of Turin New Evidence. The argument over the authenticity of the Turin Shroud has taken a new twist after researchers say they may have found fresh evidence that the cloth bears the face of Christ. A team carrying out work in some of Rome's ancient catacombs have discovered a ceiling fresco which they believe shows the same man as the image on the holy relic.
They believe that the portrait dates from as early as 60AD, indicating it may have been painted by someone who had actually seen Christ while he lived.

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[BootboyJohnny]

As a Christian, it doesn't matter to me weather The Shroud of Turin is real (or not). Remember that we are to NOT worship idols (or in this case, objects...) We are only to worship ONE God! And He is with us always.

[nasirjohn]

@BootboyJohnny As a follower of Christ I completely agree with you.

[GinaToySculptor]

I agree that Christians are not to worship objects and it does not affect our faith - but rightly, if the Shroud of Turin is a true image of our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus - then we have not a man-made relic - but a Godly one. And how like a good God to preserve for us a witness in miraculous revelation of that exact moment His Son was resurrected?

[kyototakeshi1]

@BootboyJohnny lol yet your church has a cross or a crucifix behind the alter, what is that but an idol.lol

[MWRiff]

Could someone explain to me why an embalmer couldn't have done this? all they had to do was wrap a body up in it surely? I mean, if its real that's how it happened anyway right?

[cosmosmonger]

@BootboyJohnny It's still intriguing to think of why Illuminati would preserve it so long in the Vatican. Must be some ritual.

[Android111598]

@BootboyJohnny I'm not worshipping it. I just think it would be cool to see Jesus' face!

[Gazdo01]

@gerryboy101 I mean... how GREAT would it be if the shroud WAS authentic?

It's such a powerfull way to proclaim the Ressurection, to actually hold the tissu that once held His Body... We read in the Bible that people gathered only to touch Jesus' CLOTHES... The shroud is WAY more significant than that!!

People who complain about images and veneration of objets forget the HISTORICITY of Jesus... he is the Word who became FLESH and dwelled AMONG US. He is REAL, not a mere celestial figure.

[gerryboy101]

@Gazdo01 amen bro, i was just going to post after thumbing down his comment. the shroud is worth veneration. it is not worshiped. lol

[Gazdo01]

@BootboyJohnny Friend, you talk like someone who doesn't understand the definition of idolatry. Idolatry is to worship what we do NOT know. But since God has revealed Himself, the mistake becomes impossible for the one who truly comes to know God.

Images, icons, relics... are not worshiped for what they ARE (mere objects created by All Mighty God), but rather for what they REPRESENT.

Go read St Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Third Part, Question 25.

Easy to find on the internet

Pax tecum

[AntichristComes]

@mobilizer1964 The Book of John only gave part of what happened...that the body was "bound" in strips, probably to keep the arms and legs together, and to keep the jaw from opening. In Matthew 27:59, it says, Joseph wrapped Jesus in "A" clean linen cloth. So, the strips were used to bind the body, and a single linen cloth (Shroud) was wrapped around Jesus. The Bible isn't a lesson on burial techniques, so everything will not be mentioned, like the coins on the images eyes.

[Flagrum3]

@29condorito -Point here is; Lets not make the mistake that because someone may be interested in the Shroud that they are making an 'idol' of such. What I meant by my earlier post is that one can basically look at the Shroud same as the Bible, Is the Bible idolized? No, but he who created it is, God, same with the Tablets of Moses and shall I say the Shroud. Yes me must follow the commandment but lets not misinterpret it also.

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