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In April, 1204, the French and Venetian crusaders looted the treasures of
Constantinople and carried away many relics. The Edessa Cloth disappeared along
with other priceless treasures. There is evidence that suggests that the Edessa Cloth, then known as the "The Venetians partitioned the treasure of gold,
silver and ivory, while the French did the same with the relics of saints and
the most sacred of all, the linen in which our Lord Jesus Christ was wrapped
after His death and before the resurrection. We know that the sacred objects are
preserved by their predators in Venice and France and in other places." Nicholas d’Orrante, Abbott of Casole and the Papal Legate in Athens, wrote,
in 1207, about relics taken from Constantinople by French knights. Referring
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scientific study of the Turin shroud is like a microcosm of the
scientific search for God: it does more to inflame any debate than
settle it.”
And yet, the shroud is a remarkable artefact, one of the few religious relics to have a justifiably mythical status. It is simply not known how the ghostly image of a serene, bearded man was made.”
Scientist-Journalist Philip Ball Nature, that most prestigious of scientific journals, that once had bragging rights to claim that the Shroud was fake, responding to new, peer-reviewed studies that discredit the carbon 14 dating and show that the Shroud could be authentic. WHAT WE KNOW IN 2005
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