Shroud of Turin is authentic, 'not a medieval forgery'

[Loki]

[Armenian Bishop]

An excellent discussion, with methodically proven facts. I've seen these facts, presented before, and they should be taken seriously.

I think it is the shroud of the crucified Jesus, and I've believed so for a very long time. A valid alternative theory, posed by some, is that it might be someone else crucified at roughly the same time and place. The flogging marks are a good sign that it's the shroud from Jesus, because Jesus was flogged. The pollen grains and thistle thorns give us a time and place. Then there's the bloody spear mark -- don't know if others were pierced the same way.

The lance tip of the Holy Lance of Geghart is exhibited at Armenia's Etchmiadzin Cathedral. The Holy Lance's spear tip pierced the side of Christ.

https://armenianchurch.us/2017/12/13...n-etchmiadzin/

[Armenian Bishop]

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/71587/

The Holy Lance (also known as the Spear of Destiny, Holy Spear, Lance of Longinus, Spear of Longinus or Spear of Christ) is the name given to the lance that pierced Jesus's side as he hung on the cross in John's account of the Crucifixion.

The first source that mentions it is a text about Holy Relics of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in a thirteenth century Armenian manuscript. According to this text, the spear which pierced Jesus was to have been brought to Armenia by the Apostle Thaddeus.

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This 3D “carbon copy” of Jesus was created using the Shroud of Turin
Lucandrea Massaro | Mar 28, 2018

Slideshow images: YouTube/TgPadovaTelenuovo

“Therefore, we believe that we finally have the precise image of what Jesus looked like on this earth. From now on, He may no longer be depicted without taking this work into account.” The professor granted exclusive coverage of his work to the weekly periodical Chi, to which he revealed: “According to our studies, Jesus was a man of extraordinary beauty. Long-limbed, but very robust, he was nearly 5 ft. 11 in. tall, whereas the average height at the time was around 5 ft. 5 in. And he had a regal and majestic expression.” (Vatican Insider)

Through the study and three-dimensional projection of the figure, Fanti was also able to count the numerous wounds on the body of the man of the Shroud:

“On the Shroud,” the professor explains, “I counted 370 wounds from the flagellation, without taking into account the wounds on his sides, which the Shroud doesn’t show because it only enveloped the back and front of the body. We can therefore hypothesize a total of at least 600 blows. In addition, the three-dimensional reconstruction has made it possible to discover that at the moment of his death, the man of the Shroud sagged down towards the right, because his right shoulder was dislocated so seriously as to injure the nerves.” (Il Mattino di Padova)

https://aleteia.org/2018/03/28/this-...roud-of-turin/