Titulus Crucis

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Titulus Crucis

The Titulus Crucis (

Jesus Christ was crucified.[1] It is venerated by some Catholics as a relic associated with Jesus. Its authenticity is disputed, with some scholars confirming a plausible authenticity,[2] while others ignore[3] or consider it to be a medieval forgery.[4] Radiocarbon dating tests on the artifact have shown that it dates between 980 and 1146 AD.[5]

The board is made of

INRI familiar to Roman Catholics. The Titulus Crucis is also mentioned in the Synoptics: in Mark 15:26[9] (as the reason of the crucifixion), in Luke 23:38[10] and in Matthew 27:37.[11]

Helena's relic

A part of this sign, relic known as the "Title" or "Titulus Crucis", kept in the Cappella delle Reliquie in Rome, Italy.

Saint

cardinal priest of the church in 1124 and, some time before he became Pope Lucius II in 1144, he renovated the church and had the relic deposited in a box that bears his seal as a cardinal.[12] The box was apparently forgotten until 1 February 1492, when workers restoring a mosaic discovered it hidden behind a brick that was inscribed "Titulus Crucis".[12] Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal priest of Santa Croce at the time, encouraged veneration of the rediscovered relic.[13]

Other Jerusalem relics

Some Christian pilgrims who visited Jerusalem in the centuries between Helena and Pope Lucius reported seeing Christ's titulus there:

Antoninus of Piacenza in the 6th century described a titulus of "nut" wood with the inscription "Hic est rex Iudaeorum" ("Here is the king of the Jews"), corresponding to Luke 23:38.[15]

Authenticity

In 1997, the German author and historian

University of Tel Aviv and Carsten Peter Thiede of Paderborn/Germany and the University of Beer Sheva, Israel. According to Hesemann, none of the consulted experts found any indication of a medieval or late antique forgery. They all dated it in the timeframe between the 1st and the 3rd–4th century AD, with a majority of experts preferring, and none of them excluding, the 1st century. Hesemann concluded that it is very well possible that the Titulus Crucis is indeed the authentic relic.[2]
order of the languages match what is historically plausible rather than the order shown in the canonical New Testament because had it been a counterfeit, the forger would surely have remained faithful to the biblical text.[6] Joe Nickell refers to this argument as "trying to psychoanalyze the dead," saying that "Forgers—particularly of another era—may do something cleverer or dumber or simply different from what we would expect."[12]

In 2002, the

peer-reviewed journal Radiocarbon.[5] The Titulus Crucis recovered from the residence of Helena is therefore most likely a medieval artifact; an Italian classical scholar Maria Rigato discussed a possibility that it is a copy of the now-lost original.[16]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Latin original: "et affertur loculus argenteus deauratus, in quo est lignum sanctum crucis, aperitur et profertur, ponitur in mensa tam lignum crucis quam titulus."[14]

References

  1. ISBN 978-9004335400
    . Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b Titulus Crucis - The title of the cross of Jesus Christ? by Michael Hessemann"
  3. ISBN 978-0-19-826928-1 p.32 [1]
  4. ISBN 978-0-8078-3298-1 p.87 [2]
  5. ^
    S2CID 131394510
    .
  6. ^ a b 'TITULUS CRUCIS'..Evidence that the Actual Sign Posted Above The Lord on The Cross Has Been Located?
  7. ^ Antoninii Placentini Itinerarium, in Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina, Vol. 175, 130.
  8. ^ John 19:19
  9. ^ Mark 15:26
  10. ^ Luke 23:38
  11. ^ Matthew 27:37
  12. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8131-2425-4, pp. 87–8. [3]
  13. ISBN 978-0-19-871615-0
    . Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  14. ^ Itinerarium Egeriae, 37, 1
  15. ^ Luke 23:38
  16. ISBN 978-88-7652-969-6
    .

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