The information presented in this book will startle the world. For centuries, the authenticity of the Holy Shroud has been argued about. Skeptics push their negative opinion based on a few highly questionable clues, while the authenticists continue to detect new facts confirming that the Relic wrapped the corpse of Jesus Christ and that the body image impressed on it was produced by a source of energy generated during the Resurrection.
What is world-changing is that to explain this "impossible image" of a tortured and crucified man, the book presents a startling new hypothesis, the "Divine Photograph" taken at the instant of the Resurrection, based on a phenomenon, the "Miracle of the Holy Fire" that manifests on every Holy Saturday at the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. As this amazing relationship becomes more broadly known, the world will be shocked.
Author(s): Giulio Fanti, Robert Siefker
Series: Jenny Stanford Series on Christian Relics and Phenomena, 6
Publisher: Jenny Stanford Publishing
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 376
City: Singapore
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Miracle of the Holy Fire
1.1: The Miracle of the Holy Fire Seen by a Tourist
1.1.1: The Journey
1.1.2: Arrival in Jerusalem
1.1.3: My Encounter with the Basilica of the
Holy Sepulcher
1.1.4: In the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher
1.1.5: The Golgotha Chapel
1.1.6: The Tomb in the Edicule
1.1.7: In the Holy Sepulcher
1.1.8: Paths in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher
1.1.9: The Journey to the Holy Light
1.1.10: With the Armenians
1.1.11: The Way to the Holy Sepulcher
1.1.12: The Ritual
1.1.13: The Appearance of the Holy Fire
1.1.14: The Way Back
1.2: The First Author at the Miracle of the Holy Fire
1.2.1: The Antecedents
1.2.2: The First Contact with the Holy Fire in 2018
1.2.3: Preparation of the Trip
1.2.4: What and How to Measure?
1.2.5: The Trip
1.2.6: Discovering the Secrets of the Basilica
1.2.7: Conferences on the Holy Shroud
1.2.8: Odyssey towards the Holy Sepulcher
1.2.9: In the Holy Sepulcher
1.2.10: And Here Is the Holy Fire
1.3: Phenomena Possibly Related to the Holy Fire
1.3.1: The Fire of the Holy Spirit
1.3.2: Perspiration of Myrrh
1.3.3: Imprint on the Holy Burial Bed Rock
Chapter 2: Miracle of the Holy Fire, History and Religious Significance
2.1: What Happens Every Year in the Holy Sepulcher?
2.2: Important Background and Contextual Information
2.2.1: Scriptural References to Holy Fire
2.2.2: Jesus’s Promise of a Sign
2.2.3: The Calendars in Use in Jerusalem at the Time of Jesus
2.2.4: The Date of Jesus’s Death and Resurrection and the Dating of the First Appearance of Holy Light
2.3: The Early Fate of Christ’s Tomb
2.3.1: The Roman Emperor Constantine
2.3.2: The First Council of Nicaea
2.3.3: Initial Construction of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher
2.3.4: First Reported Appearance (ca. 330) of the Holy Fire
2.4: Historical Events Related to the Holy Fire
2.4.1: The Report of the Pilgrim Egeria in the Year 384
2.4.2: The Appearance of the Holy Fire after the Fall of Jerusalem in the Year 617
2.4.3: No Living Person in the Edicule from Mid-Ninth Century to the Mid-Fifteenth Century
2.4.4: The Letter of the Cleric Niketas in the Year 947
2.4.5: The Letter of the Muslim Doctor Al-Masihi in the Year ca. 990
2.4.6: The Destruction of the Basilica by the Caliph Al-Hakim in the Year 1009
2.4.7: The Break of Unity between the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Churches in the Year 1054
2.4.8: The First Crusade and the Holy Fire in the Years 1095–1101
2.4.9: The Famous Muslim Leader Saladin before the Holy Fire in the Year 1192
2.4.10: The Catholic Pope Gregory IX Declares False the Miracle of the Holy Fire in the Year 1238
2.4.11: Exterior Column of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher Fractured by the Holy Fire in theYear 1579
2.4.12: The Gregorian Reform of 1582 and the Lack of Fire Appearance in 1970
2.4.13: Ceremony of the Holy Fire from 1582 up to our Current Time
2.4.14: Criticism and Oppositions to the Miracle of the Holy Fire
2.5: Religious Aspects of the Miracle of the Holy Fire
2.5.1: A Catholic Event Connected with the Holy Fire: The Explosion of the Florence’s Cart
2.5.2: Interview with Two Orthodox Priests in theUnited States
2.5.3: Significance for the Relationship of Christianity East and West
Chapter 3: Science Investigates the Holy Fire
3.1: What Is Chemically and Physically a Common Fire?
3.1.1: A Common Fire Described by an Expert
3.1.2: The Blue Light
3.1.3: The Plasma in a Candle’s Flame
3.2: What Do We Know about the Holy Fire?
3.2.1: The Holy Fire and Related Phenomena
3.2.2: Exceptions to the Formation of the Holy Fire inthe Edicule
3.2.3: Flashes and Electric Discharges
3.2.4: Experimental Results
3.2.5: Initial Hypotheses to Explain the Coldness of the Holy Fire
3.2.6: Localization of the Holy Fire in the Edicule
3.2.7: The Miracle of the Holy Fire
Chapter 4: The Holy Shroud and the Impossible Image
4.1: What Is the Shroud?
4.2: The Historical Route
4.2.1: Spun in India
4.2.2: Traces from the Remote Past
4.2.3: The Shroud’s Route to Constantinople
4.2.4: The Constantinople Period
4.2.5: The Icons of Pantocrator
4.2.6: The Orthodox Cross
4.2.7: The Voice of Numismatics
4.2.8: After the Fall of Constantinople
4.2.9: Documents from the Recent Past
4.3: The Body Image
4.3.1: Typical Features in General
4.3.2: Typical Features in the Details
4.3.3: Artistic Reproduction Hypothesis
4.3.4: Direct Contact Hypothesis
4.3.5: Gas Diffusion Hypothesis
4.3.6: Radiation Hypothesis
4.3.7: Corona Discharge Hypothesis
4.3.8: Initial Hypothesis of Divine Photography
4.3.9: Critical Comments on the Initial
Hypothesis of Divine Photography
4.3.10: Hypothesis of Medieval Photography
4.4: The Blood Marks
4.5: Dating the Shroud
4.5.1: The 1988 Radiocarbon Dating
4.5.2: Alternative Dating Methods
4.5.3: The Age of the Shroud
4.6: Authors’ Opinion
Chapter 5: The Divine Photography
5.1: Summary of the Body Image Features
5.1.1: Comments on Gas Diffusion Hypothesis
5.1.2: Comments on Radiation Hypothesis
5.1.3: Comments on Corona Discharge Hypothesis
5.1.4: Comments on the Results Produced by the Holy Fire
5.1.5: Comments on the Initial Formulation of Divine Photography Hypothesis
5.2: The Improved Divine Photography Hypothesis
5.2.1: Assumptions Adopted for the Hypothesis Improvement
5.2.2: Divine Photography Hypothesis
5.2.3: Solution of the Problems Detected with the Previous Hypotheses
5.3: First Experimental Confirmation of the Divine Photography Hypothesis
Conclusion
Appendices
References
Name Index
Subject Index
