Critics of the Shroud of Turin say it is a Medieval fraud, but their
endeavors to produce conclusive proof have failed. This is partly due to the
fact that the following obvious questions have yet to be explained:
(i)
Given the scientific certainty that the Shroud is not a painting,
who using what methods in the Middle Ages could have
produced a negative image when this technique only emerged
in the mid 19th century?
(ii)
If it was a forger who subjected his contemporary to the same
sufferings as Jesus Christ, how could he have obtained an
image impressed on one side of the cloth only? And how, even
at the beginning of the 21st century with all its scientific
advances, does the method for producing this image remain
unknown?
(iii)
How could this forger have arranged for the presence in the
cloth of microscopic grains of pollen coming from Palestine,
Asia Minor, France and Italy?
(iv)
How could the forger on the face on the Shroud produce details
that only the modern invention of three-dimensional
photography has been able to reveal, for instance, the imprint
of two coins, one over the right eye and the other over the arch
of the left eyebrow?
These and many other questions remain unanswered by the skeptic, but the
faithful undoubtedly see the work and face of God before them.
Like all the wonderful relics of Christendom, this miraculous relic is in the
possession of the Catholic Church and forms part of the treasures of history
and an addendum to the treasure of the Deposit of Faith of which she is the
custodian.
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