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Fascinating Book!, November 29, 2010
This review is from: The Face of God: The Rediscovery of the True Face of Jesus (Hardcover)
For those who thought that the Shroud of Turin was the first and last of the great Christian relics concerning Jesus Christ, this book might make you believe otherwise. Many of the Shroud authorities are written about in the book including Ian Wilson.
This is a fascinating book which I found to be well witten, exciting and easy to read! It flowed extremely well. I actually had started reading another book and then this one arrived and I began reading it to see how it was and I couldn't put it down!
Ultimately, whether the reader believes that the face on the cloth is made by human hands or not, the story of Paul Baddes journey of discovery and of those others mentioned in the book is quite thrilling.
When I first saw the picture of the face on the cloth, I can't say that I was particularly impressed. However, Badde's descriptions of what it actually appears like in person are quite vivid. Also, hearing about some of the people who believe it to be a genuine likeness of Jesus, such as two Capuchin Stigmatists, which includes Saint Padre Pio, is a very strong argument for authenticity, as far as I am concerned.
I can't wait to make a pilgramage to see it and two other Holy relics I also have been reading about in St. Laurence And The Holy Grail: The Holy Chalice Of Valencia and Sacred Blood Sacred Image: The Sudarium of Oviedo: New Evidence for the Authenticity of the Shroud of Turin.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Indispensable and Essential Reading, December 14, 2010
This review is from: The Face of God: The Rediscovery of the True Face of Jesus (Hardcover)
Part mystery, part history, part theology, part psychology, following in the tradition of classic Catholic pilgrimage authors such as Dante and Chaucer, and utilizing all the means available to a respected and competent journalist, Paul Badde invites and brings us along on his journey to meet the people who guide him to deeper knowledge of the image of the Holy Face of Manoppello, not made by human hands, showing the true face of Jesus formed in the tomb in Jerusalem, which had been nearly forgotten for centuries.
Every believer must know this image, and there is no one who is more qualified than Badde to explain it. Non-believers who wish to delve into the mystery of the Holy Face will be intrigued and rewarded by the multi-faceted approach which Badde, as a veteran journalist and historian, has taken to get to the truth about the image.
Ignatius Press has produced a well made and beautifully printed edition of Badde's book with a number of fine color photos of the Holy Face. This is fitting for Badde's book is no less than a treasure for the ages, a landmark and compass of Catholic culture for the twenty first century.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Self Portrait - with love - from the Artist?, November 24, 2010
This review is from: The Face of God: The Rediscovery of the True Face of Jesus (Hardcover)
I first heard about this on Paul Badde's radio interview with Teresa Tomeo on Catholic Connection. After having read much about the Shroud of Turin, I was fascinated that there might be another "original" image of the face of Christ. So I ordered the book immediately on Kindle and dived into it with enthusiasm. I was not disappointed in the least.
Paul Badde traces his own discovery of the "Holy Face" of Manopello, Italy, and his subsequent investigation of the image. His journey reads like a mystery novel--almost as though he were a detective seeking out all the clues to unravel a mystery. At first they seemed as confusing as the disparate pieces of a jigsaw puzzle; but, as they fell into place, a new picture emerged--and several more questions.
By the end of the book, I was convinced that the Holy Face (or "Volto Santo") of Manopello is--at the very least--an image that could not have been made by human hands. The picture is the front view of a man which appears upon a thin, transparent, and very costly cloth called "byssus"--weaved from the fibres of mollusk silk. The threads of this fibre cannot be painted on. It is a "positive" image--as opposed to the "negative" image on the Shroud of Turin.
It appears quite possible that this may have been the "Veronica Image" which was venerated by the early Church until the 16th Century. It may also be the cloth which covered the head of crucified Christ when he lay in the tomb--and which was found "folded up and set aside" apart from the burial shroud when Peter and John entered the empty tomb on the first Easter Sunday morning.
As fantastic as these theories are, Paul Badde paints a convincing picture as he presents his findings in this fascinating book.
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