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Shroud of Turin is a four-meter linen the canvas. According to tradition, the Jewish elder Joseph The Arimathea wrapped the body of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion of the Savior. Many believers on the planet are convinced that the shroud contains genuine imprints of the body and face of the Son of God. For this reason, the canvas considered one of the most important Christian relics.
However, laboratory studies were conducted during which it was concluded that the shroud was made in the period Middle Ages, so the shroud is the most common falsification, albeit quite skillful. Now scientists conducted a new study of the artifact using high-tech microscope. Italian specialists from The Institute of Crystallography in Bari carefully examined the shrine and found traces of blood on it.
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The Blood of Jesus Christ on the Shroud of Turin
Shroud blood particles have high ferritin content and creatinine. According to researchers, this blood belongs Jesus Christ, therefore, the canvas may well be genuine. Professor Padua Giulio Fanti explains that excessive presence in blood of the aforementioned substances suggests that the person who was wrapped in this shroud, suffered greatly. Ferritin and creatinine, by According to the scientist, they are released into the blood then a person experiences severe physical torment, for example, during torture. This discovery indirectly confirms the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, as well as proves that the Passion of Christ was perfectly real.
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The results of a microscopic atomic analysis of Christian relics were published in the international scientific journal PLOS ONE “.
Recall that today the shroud is in the Turin Cathedral John the Baptist. While eminent scientists alternately refute and prove its authenticity without stopping heated debate, turn to the shrine does not dry up. Many believe that no scientific studies confirming the falsification of the shroud will not force the believer to stop worshiping him, since the point here is rather in traditions than in the authenticity of the shroud. Pope Francis in last visited the place where the artifact was stored the year before year.
The authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, like the crucifixion of Jesus, a big question
Skeptics from science continue to believe that the relic has no no relation to Jesus Christ. Linen analysis showed that the shroud was completed no earlier than the 10th century. Wherein the blood on it, they say, can belong to any person. So, cases of self-crucifixion and self-torture are known when followers The good shepherd tried to repeat his torment and purposefully injured themselves to draw near to God. It’s fine shown, for example, in the movie Da Vinci Code.
There is another fact against the Shroud of Turin – recently 2,000-year-old Bible found in Turkey that contains the gospel one of the true disciples of Jesus is Barnabas. And here in it it is claimed that Christ was not crucified; Judas appeared on the cross Iscariot. In this case, it turns out that even the authenticity of the shroud believers in it give nothing, and the blood on it is not of Jesus, but the traitor of Judah. And the betrayal of the latter is also very big question …
