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WASHINGTON (CNS) The Shroud of Turin is such a powerful image of God s love because Jesus willingly underwent this for our salvation, said Brian Hyland, curator of the Museum of the Bible s current exhibit on the 14-foot-by-4-foot linen cloth many people believe is Jesus burial shroud.
By Gerard Verschuuren, Sophia Institute Press, 2021, 240 pages
People who read the title of this book will probably divide into two camps: those who already believe the piece of cloth known as the Holy Shroud and preserved in Turin cathedral to be the actual winding sheet of the crucified Christ; and those who think the author has allowed his objective scientific judgement to be overborne by his subjective faith.
However, in this study Verschuuren remains faithful to his twin vocations, both as a Catholic and as a scientist, achieving an admirable balance in a highly controversial area. The chief value of what he has written, particularly for our modern age, is to demonstrate that there need be no conflict between the two.