The Holy Fire and the Divine Photography : The Image of the Holy Shroud of Christ.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fanti, Giulio.

Contributor:

Siefker, Robert.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

JENNY STANFORD SERIES ON CHRISTIAN RELICS AND PHENOMENA.6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holy Shroud.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Jenny Stanford Publishing, 2023.

Biography/History:

Giulio Fanti is associate professor of mechanical and thermal measurements at the the University of Padua, Italy. He was a founding member of the Interdepartmental Center for Space Studies and Activities "G. Colombo", and a member of groups for important space missions. He has been studying the Shroud for more than 25 years and is the coordinator of the Shroud Science Group. He has published more than 200 works, many of them on the Shroud, including books, articles, and educational texts. Robert Siefker graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in Civil engineering on a U.S. Navy scholarship. After five years serving in the Naval Civil Engineering Corps, he pursued a civilian career in software development. He worked in the Turin Shroud Center of Colorado (TSC), headed by Dr. John Jackson, leader of the Shroud of Turin Research Project (STURP). He built a website for TSC and is a co-author and the editor of the highly rated book on the Shroud entitled The Shroud of Turin: A Critical Summary of Observations, Data and Hypotheses.

Contents:

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

Notes:

2.4.11: Exterior Column of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher Fractured by the Holy Fire in theYear 1579

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Fanti, Giulio The Holy Fire and the Divine Photography

ISBN:

9781000987287

1000987280

9781000987270

1000987272

9781003454441

1003454445

Publisher Number:

99996272210

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