[RobbyS]

The Bible itself is a Holy Relic.John’s Revelation makes mention of the martyrs. As for the veneration of the Martyrs, early evidence can be found in the catacombs dating back to the 2nd century, As early as 140, pilgrims were visiting the tomb of Peter in Rome. Evangelical “horror” about the veneration of relics seems to Catholic a kind of over-spiritualization, tending even to a gnostic distaste for the corporal. The Puritans were iconoclasts, and ahistorical in their outlook, but not squeemish.

[Bellflower]

As a non Catholic I do not venerate nails, bones or other items said to have been part of the history of the Church or The Bible. I glory in the cross. My focus, worship and "veneration" is upon Jesus Christ who, I believe, all true saints of God would also have had their focus upon. None of them would have wanted us to spending our adoration on any other but God Himself.

The Shroud of Turin is more than a relic. It is evidence of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It has captured, by an astounding negative picture, a glimpse into one of the most important points of all of time. For any honest, thinking person who has carefully studied the evidence it is amazing proof that Jesus Christ actually did rise from the dead. It has helped many who sought truth to believe that what The Bible says is the truth. It shows forth the resurrection power of Jesus Christ which is spoken about in The Bible. The Shroud of Turin is not a bone or a nail said to be an item from the history of The Bible and often as not really isn't. It is a powerful confirmation of The Word of God.

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MarK 16:6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

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Act 4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

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Romans 1:4 And declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: ____________________________________________

Philippians 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;