The Shroud's a curious thing, a faint image of a powerful man with the wounds of Christ's crucifixion and it's been dismissed as a forgery, but not so fast. The image is a photo negative. What? a negative? Yes. It also doesn't contain dyes or pigments, it's not a painting. So how was it made?
By a "burst of vacuum ultraviolet radiation... emitted from every three-dimensional point of the body in the Shroud." Wow, an insanely atomic burst of energy that somehow seared the image into the cloth. Perhaps, though no one knows who or what might cause such a thing.
You can read about the Shroud here and here and what do we make of it? If it's a forgery or piece of art it's remarkable and miraculous, how many 13/14th C paintings were photo negatives and made without paint or dye. And if real? You behold the face of Christ.
Surrexit,
LSP
God's hand in it, obviously.
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Surely you are familiar with The Mystery Man, "the first hyper-realistic, science-based sculpted reconstruction of the Man of the Holy Shroud." For any of your readers who aren't familiar with The Mystery Man, you can learn about Him here:
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It seemed only right to add this to the fascinating pictures of the Shroud on your site.
I agree with you, Linda. It's quite a thing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link, Ol' Blue. Fascinating.
ReplyDeleteIt's a fascinating subject but what if the relic is real, and what if it isn't, and should those answers make any difference to what we believe as Christians? I don't think so. We'll know for sure soon enough. Meanwhile, back to work. As Paul Harvey used to say, stand by for news.
ReplyDeleteI for one come down on the side of authentic.
ReplyDeleteI remember first reading of the Shroud of Turin in, of all places, Rolling Stone magazine. Since then i've always believed it to be real.
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