Historians Found a 600-Year-Old Document Declaring the Shroud of Turin a Fraud

Historians Found a 600-Year-Old Document Declaring the Shroud of Turin a Fraud

The theologian Nicole Oresme wrote that the shroud was being passed off as authentic by deceptive clergymen.

Medieval Manuscript Adds More Proof That Shroud of Turin is Fake » Explorersweb

The Shroud of Turin is a length of linen cloth that believers argue is Jesus Christ's burial shroud. The fabric appears to show the faint image of a man and wounds sustained during crucifixion. Until recently, researchers believed that documents from Champagne in 1389–1390 were the earliest reference to the shroud. But a new publication by Nicolas Sarzeaud in the Journal of Medieval History examines a fresh source from decades earlier. Unexplain…