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A Doctor at Calvary
By Pierre Barbet, M.D.
What the Gospels don't reveal about Christ's sufferings, science does. From close analysis of the Holy Shroud of Turin Dr Barbet re-creates every stage of the Passion with heart-rending precision and detail. For example: • The painful hemorrhaging phenomenon which corresponds to Jesus' sweating "drops of blood" - and renders the skin more susceptible to pain • The "flagrum" used for scourging: designed to inflict deep wounds • Evidence that Christ received more than the customary number of blows during the scourging - by two soldiers at once • The Crown of Thorns: more like a cap - cutting into Our Lord's head in every part. How we know the thorns were particularly long and sharp • Countless medically accurate details on the Shroud that no medieval artist could have forged - or even known about • Why Our Lord's violent thirst? Why the nailing to the Cross is one of the most terrible ways of torture a human can suffer • The determining cause of Our Lord's death: asphyxia, after prolonged struggle. Hardcover 192pp
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