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Posted on 04/10/2020 6:18:02 AM PDT by Antoninus
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Pretty sure they had no need of relics as they met the risen Lord in person shortly thereafter....
Those who meet the risen and ascended Lord still have no need of relics.
The RCC takes no position regarding the shroud.
A blessed Good Friday to you.
The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem or Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, (Latin: Basilica Sanctae Crucis in Hierusalem) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and titular church in rione Esquilino, Rome, Italy. It is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome.
According to tradition, the basilica was consecrated circa 325 to house the relics of the Passion of Jesus Christ brought to Rome from the Holy Land by Empress St. Helena, mother of Roman Emperor Constantine I. At that time, the Basilica’s floor was covered with soil from Jerusalem, thus acquiring the title in Hierusalem; it is not dedicated to the Holy Cross which is in Jerusalem, but the Basilica itself is “in Jerusalem” in the sense that a “piece” of Jerusalem was moved to Rome for its foundation.
There are many important relics in this church, but the most moving is a full-size computerized reproduction of the Shroud. It is impossible to stand before it without being deeply moved. Every detail is there and it can be observed from very close up. I have a photo of it in remembrance.
Also in this church are pieces of the True Cross, a piece of the Cross of the Good Thief, nails from the True Cross, and the forefinger of St. Thomas, which he placed in the wounds of Jesus. There are also thorns from the crown Jesus wore.
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The evidence is overwhelming that the Shroud of Turin is the image of a resurrecting Jesus. True, no Christian needs to believe this, but any Christian ought to be joyfully grateful with this special gift from God, which only could be correctly interpreted in the past century or so.
At the very least, the study of the Shroud is one of the most fascinating subjects anyone could want to do.The Shroud implicates so many areas of human existence: history, art, religion, science etc.
The best site on the Shroud I have found is run by a man in Australia:
https://theshroudofturin.blogspot.com/
The site requires some effort to navigate, but there are many rewarding insights to be found there. The site is scrupulous and meticulous, and above all it is reasonable. Well worth a bookmark and leisurely browsing.
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No, I think it was because they saw Him in person.
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Perhaps it was the reality that the wrappings lay where the body had been and they were empty but had not been unwrapped? Yet the wrapping for The Lord’s Head lay apart from the still bundled body wrappings? Or may, just maybe, the Holy Spirit stamped the reality upon their consciousness indelibly.
I have been pondering the way the image was caused ... and I do believe the image is of my Lord when His soul and Spirit took up a body again, a glorified body whose space and time coordinates are not the same as we sense now. BTW, in the snatching away departure of the Body of Christ growing sine the day of Pentecost, when He comes for us we will be instantly changed into the same as He is now, and the things we are wearing in that instant will also register an image in our departure. When He appears, we shall see Him as He is now, for we shall have been changed to be like Him.
Regeneration. That’s my belief.
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