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I was introduced to the Shroud of Turin while in the
seminary in the late 1950’s. I found the information about the Shroud to be
most intriguing and compelling. Then in 1988 a team of scientists subjected a
small sample taken from the Shroud to a carbon dating test. From this test they
concluded that the shroud originated some time in the Middle Ages. The
headlines in the press announced the “shroud” to be a fake. Since that time up to the present opinion remains divided
over the Shroud’s authenticity. One of the major debates is over the carbon
dating of 1988, questing whether it was done accurately or not. The question remains, is it an icon or a relic? For me I
have no doubt, it is a true relic, the very burial Shroud of Jesus. I think of the Shroud as having been given to us not so much to be proof of Jesus' resurrection, as compelling is the argument it makes, rather it is meant to take our contemplation of Jesus passion and death to an ever deeper level. And further to this, it is only recently, with the technology of photography that a more perfect image of the figure has been revealed; perhaps to be a challenge to this scientific age which is often so quick to dismiss the value of faith and religion. The following is just one of many articles in the media
today. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/17/the-1m-challenge-if-the-turin-shroud-is-a-forgery-show-how-it-was-done
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