President of Presidents
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Good and evil
We tend to spiritualize what it means to be good and evil and have a hard time defining it. I think good and evil can be simplified into two basic ideas. Good is keeping God’s word and evil is obeying oneself. This is illustrated in the story of Adam and Eve in the garden of …
Sack of Constantinople in 1204
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File … eJeune.JPG So, how did the TS get from Constantinople to Lirey, France?Geoffrey de Charny had owned it in Lirey, but he never disclosed how he got it. Even Geoffroy de Charny, owner of the Lirey- Chambery-Turin Shroud about 1349-54, never gave any sign that he ever heard of it. Long after his death …
Christ Pantocrator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chri … ulchre.png Christ Pantocrator is a very popular icon motif in Christianity, particularly among the Orthodox. The most important Christian icon is Christ Pantocrator. This image portrays Jesus as the world’s sovereign ruler. Christ Pantocrator was one of the oldest images of Jesus and appears in the most prominent positions in cave churches. https://www.cappadociahistory.com/post/ …
Icons and Orthodoxy
https://smocgb.com/ Icons are an important and integral part of the Orthodox faith. When you walk into an Orthodox Christian Church, one of the first things you might notice is that it is filled with icons. The next time you are in a Greek Orthodox Church, consider taking the time to notice the icons. They have …
Constantinople
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constanti … ouchup.jpg Constantinople was THE city during the Middle Ages in Europe. From the mid-5th century to the early 13th century, Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city in Europe. As the largest and wealthiest city in Europe during the 4th–13th centuries and a center of culture and education of the Mediterranean basin, Constantinople …
Man of sorrows
A common motif, particularly in Byzantine and Medieval art, is the Man of Sorrows. It sometimes has Jesus in a “box”. This motif has been popular throughout history. https://www.ebyzantinemuseum.gr/?i=bxm. … bit&id=214 This motif originated from the Byzantine Epitaphios which dates back to possibly 8th century. The image developed from the Byzantine epitaphios image, which possibly …
Robert de Clari
During the Fourth Crusade, a knight, Robert de Clari, wrote about what he experienced in “History of Those Who Conquered Constantinople”. Full text translation is available here. de Clari is one of two primary sources that we use to understand the Fourth Crusade. The two major western sources for the Fourth Crusade are Villehardouin’s account …
Pray codex
The first evidence that predates 1350 is the Pray codex. The Pray Codex, also called Codex Pray or The Hungarian Pray Manuscript, is a collection of medieval manuscripts, dated to the late 12th to early 13th centuries. In 1813 it was named after György Pray, who discovered it in 1770. It is the first known …
Start discussing provenance of the shroud
Next, I’ll be going into the provenance of the shroud. Knowing the history of the shroud is not a necessary condition for my arguments on the authenticity of the shroud. But, it would satisfy intellectual curiosity of how the shroud traveled from Jerusalem to Lirey, France. The analysis of the possible route will be assuming …