AI Depicts Likely Appearance of Jesus

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AI Depicts Likely Appearance of Jesus

2023-10-12T11:39:13+01:00

By Church News

The Turin Shroud, believed to have wrapped Jesus after his crucifixion, has been used with AI to create a lifelike image of him.The cloth, whose authenticity remains debated, was last displayed 90 years ago, drawing 25,000 people to Turin’s Cathedral.The AI image depicts a man wearing a robe with long hair and a beard.Using AI, the Daily Star has collaborated with Midjourney to unveil a realistic representation of Jesus from the Turin Shroud.Popular Lee Strobel, posted the picture on X, formerly known as Twitter. d25e1100-4fc2-482a-b0e9-f9fe5b6b3f60

Some have viewed it as a scam, while others believed it held Jesus’s blood. The Roman Catholic Church has never fully confirmed or denied its authenticity.In 1390, French bishop Pierre d’Arcis wrote to Pope Clement VII, expressing his belief that the Shroud was essentially “a clever sleight of hand.” He argued that it was more probable that someone had “falsely declared this to be the actual shroud in which Jesus was wrapped in the tomb.”In 1979, the Turin Commission questioned if the stains were pigment, not blood. Then, in 2018, forensic scientists suggested it was artificially made in the Journal of Forensic Science. Carbon dating suggests it may date from 1260AD to 1390AD.The Shroud of Turin, also known as the Holy Shroud, is a length of linen cloth that bears a faint image of the front and back of a man.It has been venerated for centuries, especially by members of the Catholic Church, as the actual burial shroud used to wrap the body of Jesus of Nazareth after his crucifixion, and upon which Jesus’s bodily image is miraculously imprinted.The human image on the shroud can be discerned more clearly in a black and white photographic negative than in its natural sepia color, an effect discovered in 1898 by Secondo Pia, who produced the first photographs of the shroud. This negative image is associated with a popular Catholic devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus.The shroud’s authenticity as a holy relic has been disputed even within the Catholic Church, and radiocarbon dating has shown it to be a medieval artifact.The documented history of the shroud dates back to 1354, when it was exhibited in the new collegiate church of Lirey, a village in north-central France. The shroud was denounced as a forgery by the bishop of Troyes in 1389.It was acquired by the House of Savoy in 1453 and later deposited in a chapel in Chambéry, where it was damaged by fire in 1532.In 1578, the Savoys moved the shroud to their new capital in Turin, where it has remained ever since. Since 1683, it has been kept in the Chapel of the Holy Shroud, which was designed for that purpose by architect Guarino Guarini and which is connected to both the royal palace and the Turin Cathedral.Ownership of the shroud passed from the House of Savoy to the Catholic Church after the death of former king Umberto II in 1983.ALSO READ: Tua Tagovailoa – ‘God’s Word Keeps Me Encouraged’