A study on the Shroud of Turin based on bloodstain pattern analysis used to investigate crime scenes has sparked fresh debate on what is believed to be Christ’s burial cloth, saying the marks left by the blood flow are not authentic.
The study, “A BPA Approach to the Shroud of Turin,” was published July 10 in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.
In comments to CNA, the leading author, Dr. Matteo Borrini, said that after doing extensive experiments, the results show that bloodstains flowing from Christ’s wrists and a spot where he was stabbed in the side with a spear “are not the blood stains of a man who was crucified.”
The stains “are not realistic” in terms of the direction blood would flow from those type of wounds, he said, adding that he believes that “the stains were done artificially.”
Professor Paolo Di Lazzaro, the director of research at the International Center of Sindonology in Turin, said Borrini’s methods, while sound, would require more time and “specific attention” to details in order to be “scientifically valid and authoritative.”
Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia of Turin noted that the study “does not affect the spiritual and religious meaning of the shroud as an icon of the Passion and death of the Lord,” adding that “no one can deny the evidence that contemplating the shroud is like reading the pages of the Gospel tells us about the Passion and death of the Son of God.”
Among the most well-known artifacts believed to be connected with Christ’s Passion, the Shroud of Turin has been venerated for centuries by Christians as the burial shroud of Christ, and has long been subject to intense scientific study to ascertain its authenticity, and the origins of the image.
Appearing on the 14-foot long, three-and-a-half foot wide cloth a faintly stained postmortem image of a man – front and back – who has been brutally tortured. The image becomes clear in a haunting photo negative.
Full story at Angelus News.
Real shroud. Fake study. Fake results. Fake news.
I think the researchers might be making some false assumptions. From the “Angeles News” article is the quote:
“Borrini said some of the results showed that the man whose image is imprinted on the shroud would have had to be standing vertical, rather than horizontal, for the blood flow patterns to make sense.”
So if Jesus was executed vertically, the blood dried, and the body was placed horizontally, how does this disprove the cloth?
Excellent point.
Goodness gracious… this story has been hyped up by the anti-Christian secular left media, which has its own agenda to pump. the “study” isn’t worth a single piece of sand. the story itself acknowledges that no valid nor authoritative conclusions can be reached from the study, so why is it even news? because some people will do anything and use any flimsy reason to bash Christian faith. believe you me… the shroud is the real deal. that shroud blood is the blood of Jesus Christ, the same as what you drink from the chalice. only on the shroud its dry not liquid and physical not sacramental.
For all the old and new scientific evidence for the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin..and no fake news,see the official Shroud of Turin website, link below:
https://www.shroud.com/
We could only know for sure if we knew the DNA of Christ.
I have often wondered—-if Christ had no easrthly father, then what would the genes of Christ look like from an earthly mother and a heavenly Father?
Eddie,
What do you mean by “if” Christ had no earthly father? If you are Roman Catholic you certainly know that God the Father is Christ’s real Father and that St. Joseph is Christ’s foster father. That is Roman Catholic Doctrine, in the foundation of Holy Mother the Church.
Now it is also a known fact that Holy Mother the Church does have a few strands of human hair which is believed to belong to Our Lady the Mother of God. By testing the DNA in those strands, there ought to be a relationship to Our Lord’s Precious Blood Stains on the Shroud of Turin. I wonder if researchers and forensic scientists have ever pondered of making a comparison?
You can bet Our Lord’s DNA in His blood matches that of His Holy Mother, Mary!
You…