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Title: Turin Shroud Led Apostles To Believe In Resurrection of Christ, Claims New Book
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URL Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/ ... st-resurrection_n_1380984.html
Published: Mar 27, 2012
Author: staff
Post Date: 2012-03-27 13:39:08 by Ada
Keywords: None
Views: 218
Comments: 7

A new book was published today in the UK, following what Penguin Books told The Bookseller was “Harry Potter-style security measures” to keep its contents secret.

"The Sign: The Shroud of Turin and the Secret of the Resurrection" by Thomas de Wesselow (Viking) is the latest book to take a controversial angle on the world-famous religious relic.

With a US release date of April 3rd (in other words just in time for Easter), the book claims that it was encounters with the shroud itself, rather than seeing a risen Christ, that convinced the apostles that Jesus had risen from the dead.

The author, an art historian based at King’s College, Cambridge, told the Daily Telegraph that “back then images had a psychological presence, they were seen as part of a separate plain [sic] of existence, as having a life of their own.”

de Wesselow was brought up in the Church of England but describes himself as agnostic. He worked on this book for eight years.

In the book, he writes:

"Throughout most of history images have been viewed as mysterious, metaphysical beings... Before the Enlightenment, images of gods, sains, spirits and ancestors were routinely credited with power, not only affecting the emotions of those who looked at them, but also influencing the course of events. In the premodern world images were perceived to be, in some sense, alive."

"The Shroud's envelopment of Jesus's body would have fostered the idea of the transference of his soul from flesh to cloth... Christ's clothing (like Peter's shadow) contained or conveyed something of his spiritual presence. The Shroud, which clothed Jesus in the tomb, would surely have been infused with similar power - a power focused and increased by its "miraculous" image."

The book also contains explanations for the carbon-dating of the shroud that took place in 1988, and placed the date of the shroud as 1260-1390, as well as for the Biblical depictions of the resurrected Christ.

It concludes:

"Finding a peculiar image on the inner surface of his burial cloth, the followers of Jesus became convinced he had been raised from the dead and exalted to heaven. This belief led to the emergence of a new sect within Judaism - Christianity-to-be. The real founder of Christianity was not Peter or Paul or even Jesus - it was the Shroud."

The shroud, whose existence is first confirmed in the 14th century, is currently held in its own chapel at Turin Cathedral, where it has been since 1694. In 1983, it became the property of the Vatican, which has not proclaimed on its authenticity.

It is only occasionally exhibited to the public; the last time was in 2010, with the next date for its public display currently set as 2025, to coincide with the next Holy Year of the Catholic Church.

Italian researchers last year declared that they were “95% certain” that the shroud dated back to the time of Christ.

Clarification: The Daily Telegraph interview used the exact term "plain of existence." As it is a direct quote, we have left the error in place, adding [sic] for clarification.

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#1. To: Ada (#0)

He's writing it to make money.

All writers are liars. They know it, too.

"You shall have fun, no matter what you do." -- Turtle

Turtle  posted on  2012-03-27   15:58:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Ada (#0)

bible.cc/acts/10-41.htm

"...as long as there..remain active enemies of the Christian church, we may hope to become Master of the World...the future Jewish King will never reign in the world before Christianity is overthrown - B'nai B'rith speech http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/luther.htm / http://bible.cc/psalms/83-4.htm

AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt  posted on  2012-03-27   16:23:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Ada (#0)

Turin Shroud Led Apostles To Believe In Resurrection of Christ,

Remember the doubting Thomas who would not believe that Christ was risen until Christ told him to put his finger in the holes in his hands and to put his hand in the spear wound in his side.

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2012-03-27   17:16:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Ada (#0)

Two problems:

1) Scripture is older than the shroud

2) In historical Israel the men were absolutely dominant. If the story was fiction it would have been the men who went to the tomb and discovered it empty. No way would a fiction writer during those times have women doing what it was believed only men would do at that time.

Think about, what are the odds that those who wrote the Scripture would have had women going to the tomb and finding it empty if it was fiction? About 0%.

bush_is_a_moonie  posted on  2012-03-27   18:14:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Ada (#0)

Pathetic creature; he'll sell tens of copies of this rubbish.

Break the Conventions - Keep the Commandments - G.K.Chesterson

Lod  posted on  2012-03-27   22:11:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Lod (#5)

Pathetic creature; he'll sell tens of copies of this rubbish.

Does it get any more pathetic than this:

The real founder of Christianity was not Peter or Paul or even Jesus - it was the Shroud.

wrong again...

1 Corinthians 3:11 For other foundation no man can lay, but that which is Jesus Christ.... bible.cc/1_corinthians/3-11.htm

Acts 4:11

For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, 'The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.'

"He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone. bible.cc/acts/4-11.htm

This shroud thing is probably some British-Israel [ www.seekgod.ca/identity.htm / www.redicecreations.com/s.../08aug/britishisrael.html ] poopaganda.

I am so grateful to see you back, Lod. You gave us quite a scare.

"...as long as there..remain active enemies of the Christian church, we may hope to become Master of the World...the future Jewish King will never reign in the world before Christianity is overthrown - B'nai B'rith speech http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/luther.htm / http://bible.cc/psalms/83-4.htm

AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt  posted on  2012-03-28   7:59:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Ada, All (#0)

The Daily Telegraph interview

I went to the Daily Telegraph interview and this exchange in the Comments section there doesn't really have anything to do with the topic but I thought it was educational and humorous:

"how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?"

"It depends on whether they're doing the waltz or the foxtrot."

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"They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC

GreyLmist  posted on  2012-03-29   6:39:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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