![]() ![]() (B) Roman coins on the eyes of the image on the Shroud, which give evidence that it’s highly probable that the image of the man on the Shroud of Turin has two Jewish lepta, minted in A.D. Importantly, 13 of the pollen grains are unique to Israel and are found at the bottom of both the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. The remaining grains came from France and Italy. His conclusion was that the majority (45) were from the region of Israel (specifically from sedimentary layers from 2,000 years ago near the area of the Sea of Galilee), with six grains from the eastern Middle East (two grains from Edessa, Turkey, and one growing exclusively in Istanbul/Constantinople). Max Frei who collected dust samples from the Shroud during the 1978 STURP investigation and later classified 58 pollen grains by comparing them to pollen grains in the largest botanical museums around the world. Three kinds of extrinsic dating evidence: (A) Testing of pollen samples by Dr. Raymond Rogers, the two spectroscopic analyses (of professor Giulio Fanti, et al.), and the compressibility and breaking strength tests (of Fanti, et al.) date the Shroud to a time commensurate with the life and crucifixion of Jesus. Four contemporary dating tests: The vanillin dating test of Dr. ![]() The 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP) investigation and subsequent investigations were remarkably thorough, and with the exception of the questionable 1988 carbon dating, all the evidence points to it being the burial cloth of Jesus, including the following: The Shroud has undergone considerably more scientific testing than any other relic in human history. This history is confirmed by the pollen grains found by Max Frei, the coincidences between the Shroud and the Sudarium (facecloth) of Oviedo, and the coincidences between the Shroud’s seven unique facial features and those attributed to the Mandylion - the Holy Image of Edessa. It also has a somewhat sketchy traceable history from Jerusalem to Lirey - through Edessa, Turkey and Constantinople. However, the gathering has been hosted six times in Italy – in Rome in 1980, 1982, 19, and in Milan 19.The cloth has a certifiable history from 1349, when it surfaced in Lirey, France, in the hands of a French nobleman - Geoffrey de Charny. The Taizé Community’s “Pilgrimage of trust on Earth” will be hosted for the first time in Turin. Besides workshops and exchanges, there will also be time for contemplation on the Shroud. The Church of Turin is preparing to welcome thousands of young people in homes and communities. Many Taizé prayer meetings are also organized in Turin itself.Īrchbishop Nosiglia will hold a press conference on January 3 in Turin to present the initiatives related of next year’s “Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth”. Numerous groups of young people from Italy’s Piedmont region - of which Turin is the capital - travel regularly to participate in Taizé’s annual "Pilgrimage of trust on Earth". Pope Benedict XVI described the cloth as an icon “written with the blood” of a crucified man.Īrchbishop Nosiglia noted that Turin and the ecumenical Taizé Community have a bond that has lasted for decades. When Pope Saint John Paul II saw the shroud in 1998, he said the mystery surrounding the cloth forces questions about faith and science and whether it really was Jesus' burial linen. Previous popes have also visited the northern city during earlier displays of the Shroud. “The Shroud,” he said, “attracts people to the face and tortured body of Jesus and, at the same time, urges us on toward every person who is suffering and unjustly persecuted.” “It urges us on in the same direction as Jesus’ gift of love.” However, at the end of the Mass in the square that followed, he regarded the Shroud as an icon of Christ’s love. Visiting the city, June 21-22, Pope Francis prayed silently for several minutes before the Shroud without any comment. The last time it was on display was from April 19 to June 24, 2015, in the cathedral of Turin. Next year will be the fifth time that the shroud will be on public display since 2000. There is no official teaching or dogma on the authenticity of the Shroud, which is housed in the Cathedral of Turin. The Taizé Community has chosen the northern Italian city of Turin as the venue of its next meeting of Europe’s young people, scheduled from December 28, 2020, to January 1, 2021. The announcement of the extraordinary display of the revered cloth was made by Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia of Turin at Wroclaw, Poland, where this year’s annual meeting of Europe’s young people, known as the “Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth”, is currently taking place. ![]()
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