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cherylpf
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 Posted: 01/22/06 - 19:54 Post subject: with the upcoming Olympics
in Torino (Turin) Italy, can someone either Catholic or Italian or both explain to me the Shroud of Turin? I don't mean pick it apart or dispell myths or what not, but just what it is and what the beliefs are? I don't even know what it is and I've heard the phrase "Shroud of Turin" a few times in the last few days...can you explain? Mary's shroud? And if so, why in Italy and not say Jerusalem? (or am I really confused?)
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Posted: 01/22/06 - 20:29 Post subject:
It is supposed to be the cloth they wrapped Jesus in after the crucifiction. It supposedly has His blood, and an image of Him is on it.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 01/22/06 - 20:35 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | | It is supposed to be the cloth they wrapped Jesus in after the crucifiction. It supposedly has His blood, and an image of Him is on it. |
Ahh. Thank you.
Is it named after Turin or Turin named after it and what is its affiliation to Italy?
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Posted: 01/22/06 - 20:39 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | gretriever wrote: | | It is supposed to be the cloth they wrapped Jesus in after the crucifiction. It supposedly has His blood, and an image of Him is on it. |
Ahh. Thank you.
Is it named after Turin or Turin named after it and what is its affiliation to Italy? |
I'm guessing it's named after the city, and I don't know the connection.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 01/22/06 - 20:43 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | | cherylpf wrote: | | gretriever wrote: | | It is supposed to be the cloth they wrapped Jesus in after the crucifiction. It supposedly has His blood, and an image of Him is on it. |
Ahh. Thank you.
Is it named after Turin or Turin named after it and what is its affiliation to Italy? |
I'm guessing it's named after the city, and I don't know the connection. |
I mean, geography isn't my strongest subject but in my mind the crucifiction happened far from Italy....
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Posted: 01/22/06 - 21:53 Post subject:
The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (Italian Duomo di San Giovanni, "Dome of Saint John") was built in Turin during 1491-1498. It is adjacent to an earlier campanile (1470). The Chapel of the Holy Shroud, the current resting place of the Shroud of Turin, was added to the structure in 1668-1694.
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Posted: 01/23/06 - 10:14 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | gretriever wrote: | | cherylpf wrote: | | gretriever wrote: | | It is supposed to be the cloth they wrapped Jesus in after the crucifiction. It supposedly has His blood, and an image of Him is on it. |
Ahh. Thank you.
Is it named after Turin or Turin named after it and what is its affiliation to Italy? |
I'm guessing it's named after the city, and I don't know the connection. |
I mean, geography isn't my strongest subject but in my mind the crucifiction happened far from Italy.... |
it had been moved a few times, especially during the crusades when the Moors were trying to destroy images and idols that were being worshipped.
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