Is this the tablecloth used at the Last Supper?

Aletelia ^ | June 14, 2017 | Daniel Esparza |

[NYer]

Catholic ping!

[NYer]

Ping!

[MayflowerMadam]

“Catholic ping!”

Because nobody but Catholics relate to, or believe in, The Last Supper.

[Lady Heron]

Just wow. Not true.

[Telepathic Intruder]

No really, the Catholics invented the whole idea of the Last Supper just after they faked the moon landings.

[MayflowerMadam]

I was being sarcastic.

[BlessedBeGod]

“Catholic ping!”

Because nobody but Catholics relate to, or believe in, The Last Supper.

NYer maintains a ping list of Catholics who might be interested in articles that are posted. You've been here for 16-1/2 years. You have heard of a ping list, haven't you?

[HarleyD]

Because nobody but Catholics relate to, or believe in, The Last Supper.

All Christians believe in the Last Supper. Leaving aside all the theology for the moment, communion dates back to this very event where we were commanded to "Do this in remembrance of me." It's an historical event that ties us directly into Christ's death and resurrection. It took place and we do it as a remembrance that it took place. And we will continue to do it until the Lord comes back.

Now whether this is the actual table cloth...who know and who cares.

[GraceG]

I’ve got the last supper salt and pepper shakers too....

[circlecity]

"I’ve got the last supper salt and pepper shakers too...."

That's nothing. I've got the microwave oven the last supper was cooked in...

[ETL]

[agere_contra]

Now whether this is the actual table cloth...who know and who cares.

If you have no intellectual curiousity then perhaps this thread isn't for you.

[ETL]

Now whether this is the actual table cloth...who know and who cares.

If someone believes the story of the Last Supper is true, you can't understand why they would care if this is the actual tablecloth used?

[agere_contra]

Now that blue dye on the cloth - would that be techelet, or would that have been an insane expense for a tablecloth?

[Telepathic Intruder]

If I only had that cup. I've heard it's made from a pound and a half of solid gold, encrusted with gems, emblazoned with symbols known only to the angels, and heals anyone who drinks from it. Who knew the disciples had that kind of money to spend on tableware?

Seriously, though, whether or not this is the actual tablecloth doesn't test my faith. I still find it sort of interesting however that the Shroud of Turin bears some amazing properties that science can't explain away, as well as ones consistent with the Bible.

[Drawsing]

From what I was taught, in those days and in that culture, they “reclined” at the table - meaning that the table was so short it was almost level with the floor and they had to lay down next to it. Obviously, DaVinci didn’t know this, but that doesn’t make any difference for the tablecloth.

[agere_contra]

Having a go at answering my own question (thanks to Wikipedia).

Maybe the blue color is from “Asp of Jerusalem”, the woad plant.

It seems to be a lighter blue than you would get from techelet - and if techelet is made from murex, it wouldn’t be kosher anyway.

[PeterPrinciple]

If someone is dead, you tend to focus on the memory items. I still have some of my parents stuff.

But if I discovered they were alive, I’d drop the stuff and run to them.

God is alive.
Jesus is Risen.
God’s Spirit should living in us.

Or don’t we really believe that?

[katana]

Since a table isn’t mentioned in scriptural descriptions of the Passover meal, and having seen how meals are traditionally conducted in the region, I’ve always seen Leonardo’s mural as creative license, made so all the faces can be displayed, the wall space filled, and the table reflecting how people would have a meal in fifteenth century Florence. In the Middle East people eat sitting around in a circle on a carpeted floor and use bread as a means to dip into common dishes. No table doesn’t necessarily mean no cloth for the food to have rested on. But relics in general ought to be looked at with some skepticism.