Shroud of Turin: Ongoing Debate Fueled by New Medieval Document

A new medieval document suggests the Shroud of Turin may be a clerical fraud. Learn about the evidence and ongoing debate about its authenticity.

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https://newsletter.tf/shroud-of-turin-medieval-document-clerical-fraud-debate/

A new medieval document suggests the Shroud of Turin, believed by some to be Jesus' burial cloth, might be a 14th-century fraud. This adds to the long-standing debate.

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https://newsletter.tf/shroud-of-turin-medieval-document-clerical-fraud-debate/

@sovereign_media_, Black Royalty, shared the text and video below.

...CIA - by its own decision - exerted a tremendous amount of influence over growth and spread of certain religious doctrines across

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Why would a perfect God create an imperfect world?

Ancient Gnostics had a radical answer: He didn't.

The biblical creator was actually a flawed cosmic entity unaware of higher divine realms.

Discover the heresy that changed everything 🔥
https://www.ancient-origins.net/cosmic-rebellion-ancient-mystics-declared-creator-god-tyrant-00102332

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Submissions are now being accepted for the annual Virginia Ramey Mollenkott Award! This award recognizes outstanding research into LGBTQ+ religious history. The deadline for submissions is Dec. 1, 2025.

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On October 31 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

I find the humanist Erasmus much more congenial than Luther, so I regret that the failure of a humanist inspired internal reform of the church empowered fanatics both Protestant and Roman Catholic .

Neither Rome nor Geneva but...

Image - Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam Writing -- Hans Holbein the Younger -- 1523

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I've just finished reading Jonathan Spence's "The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci", an inventively organized study of the life of a leading early Jesuit missionary in Ming China.

Now I want to read something substantial on the Rites Controversy.

Suggestions welcome!

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