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To: 21twelve

I got bashed for it, but the Holy Foreskin was actually a thing during the middle ages.

I think the shroud is most likely a middle ages creation. Too many historic gaps for it to be reliable.


126 posted on 06/12/2022 11:51:28 PM PDT by Houserino
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To: Houserino

“Too many historic gaps for it to be reliable.”

In my recent search there was another posting about the head wrapping (the sudarium). Below is one website that popped up when I was looking for the spelling!

https://www.simplycatholic.com/face-cloth-of-jesus-burial-the-sudarium-of-oviedo/

I only skimmed down to the part where the face cloth made it’s confirmed home in about 750 AD. After all of the battles and takeovers it survived it is amazing it is around at all. And of course hard to prove its provenance with all that changing of hands.

But - the face cloth and the shroud show lots of similarities between the two. If it was a police investigation I’m guessing that the two things would be confirmed to be related, and proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the shroud too would date to at least 750 AD as well.

I had to do a quick search on Jesus’s baby teeth. Numerous places claim to have His teeth! The Church of the Holy Sepulchar in Israel claims to have a tooth and the foreskin!

I did find some sites that state the foreskin is buried with respect after the ceremony. That is what I would expect based on the little I know of the Jews respect for human remains. I did not find anything regarding their views on baby teeth - but it seems like they don’t have any traditions regarding them.

I think it was Mark Twain that said something like if one gathered up all the relics of splinters of the Cross and the nails in His hands one could build a decent house!


129 posted on 06/13/2022 12:34:32 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: Houserino

Thus spake n00b troll in invincible ignorance.


140 posted on 06/13/2022 5:50:20 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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