The Mandylion (Holy Image) & The Shroud Prayers

By request. After 3 years of research my thoughts on The Shroud of Turin.
A special thanks in my 3 concluded years of research to Ralph Ellis, Ian Wilson , Barbara Frale, Robert Eisenman, Thomas de Wesselow, Sue Benford and Daniel Scavone.

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[cfapps]

Gnostic text. aka Gospels of the Shroud
Gospel of Mary
9) Blessed are you that you did not waver at the sight of Me. For where the mind is there is the treasure.

10) I said to Him, Lord, how does he who sees the vision see it, through the soul or through the spirit?

11) The Savior answered and said, He does not see through the soul nor through the spirit, but the mind that is between the two that is what sees the vision and it is [...]10) And desire said, I did not see you descending, but now I see you ascending. Why do you lie since you belong to me?

11) The soul answered and said, I saw you. You did not see me nor recognize me. I served you as a garment and you did not know me.

Acts of Barnabas
Barnabas said to them: If you wish to know whence and who we are, throw away the clothing which you have, and I shall put on you clothing which never becomes soiled; for neither is there in it anything filthy, but it is altogether splendid. And being astonished at the saying, they asked us: What is that garment which you are going to give us? And Barnabas said to them: If you shall confess your sins, and submit yourselves to our Lord Jesus Christ, you shall receive that garment


The Gospel of Truth

His wisdom contemplates the word,

his teaching expresses it,

his knowledge has revealed it,

his honor is a crown upon it,

his joy agrees with it,

his glory has exalted it,

his image has revealed it


Gnostic Gospel of Philip
JESUS IS A HIDDEN NAME

Jesus is a hidden name, Christ is an open one.

So Jesus is not a word in any tongue but a name
they call him.

In Syriac the Christ is messias, in Greek he is christos.

All languages have their own way of calling him.

Nazarene is the revealed name for what is secret.


WHAT IS CHRIST?

In himself Christ has everything, be it human
or angel or mystery and the father.


THE LORD ASCENDING

Some say the lord died first and then ascended.

They are wrong. He rose first and then he died.

Unless you are first resurrected, you will not die.

As god lives, you would already be dead.


PENNY AND SOUL

No one would hide a beautiful and valuable object
under a lovely cover, but often vast monies are held
in a bag worth only a penny.

Consider the soul. It is a precious spirit and it came
in a contemptible body.






















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[timberwolfenstein]

Love your videos! I actually got to see the Shroud in person years ago when my band played a gig in Turin, Italy. It was a lot bigger than I had imagined it to be.

[denisej]

Extremely interesting. Appreciate this. Thank you

[reginaredding]

Phenomenal research cfapps.as always .
:-)

[ellurko]

Great video. Big fan of your work. well researched, thought provoking and refreshing ideas to consider instead of commonly mainstream views. A book I would recommend, (if u haven't already read) that share the above qualities n is related to nazerians n other similar took A is the Hiriam Key by Chris Knight and Robert Tomas. Keep doing what your doing!

[travisb]

So what's your spiritual belief after concluding all of your research

[patdu]

The first depictions of Jesus had him clean shaven with short hair, it was changed after Christianity started to get more popular, the church felt that there Jesus did not have the same image as the Greek gods with long flowing hair and beards, So they changed the image of Jesus to match the Greek Gods.
So I have no idea who that image is on the Shroud.

[reginaredding]

You are absolutely correct .
This research is phenomenal sir.
:-)

[mikedunn]

Chuck, this is an absolutely brilliant piece of research. Is there any chance you could edit your shroud series into a single long vid? Well done!

[cfapps]

Not one comment. Smh...Elian in arabic is the same as Elijah. The first one in Old Testament to resurrect someone from the dead. No one researches. I found him and can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt.

[amyking]

AMAZING INFO!!! THANK YOU, TRULY FOR AL THE RESEARCH YOU DO, TO BRING US THIS AMAZING INFORMATION!!! There is no doubt you put a lot of time into your research!!! I can't can't wait to look into this further. Looking forward to your next video. ☺

[MrSonicseeds]

I watched a show where they said it was probably a projection like a photograph, they did do this at the time it was very convincing and that it wasn’t made by human hands, makes it even more convincing it was some form of photograph type projection onto the cloth and it does look like a negative no ?

[cfapps]

Church of the Holy Grail (Rose ...vessel..da vinci)

[mandaboiarry]

Wow 😮. Amanda... Manda. Lol 👍

[DeciBellsquad]

You, with certainty, treat your subjects of research with absolute respect. Few could protest or take insult. Since Saturday night, I have viewed all (or most) of your presentations on this shroud'. Indeed the last two, from 2016, just before bedtime. So, waking to see this post leaves me far from perplexed, rather feeling a sense of great gnosis. Further, I feel that Gnosis has sought you. If we seek and find then it too has found us. D

[cfapps]

Simeon & The Secret of the Hagia Sophia

[reginaredding]

John 27
There was an additional
And separate
cloth
covering Jesus's head and face.
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[reginaredding]

Omg cfapps :-) your mind ..
:-) odessa is absolutely
a spiritual root.
The coordinates of Turkey are a root.
And there absolutely was.
A separate" cloth"
according to ancient hebraic burial practices..
That was separately wrapped
around the Head...
The bible explains this..
There were TWO cloths.
:-)