Resurrection of Jesus

== Relics ==
{{Main|Acheiropoieta|Shroud of Turin|Veil of Veronica}}
[[File:Turin plasch.jpg|thumb|[[Secondo Pia]]'s 1898 negative of the image on the [[Shroud of Turin]] has an appearance suggesting a positive image. It is used as part of the devotion to the [[Holy Face of Jesus]].]]

The resurrection of Jesus has long been central to the Christian faith and appears within diverse elements of the Christian tradition, from feasts to artistic depictions to religious relics. In Christian teachings, the [[sacrament]]s derive their saving power from the passion and resurrection of Christ, upon which the salvation of the world entirely depends.<ref>''The encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 5'' by Erwin Fahlbusch, Jan Milic Lochman, Geoffrey William Bromiley, John Mbiti 2008 {{ISBN|0-8028-2417-X}} p. 490</ref>

An example of the interweaving of the teachings on the resurrection with Christian relics is the application of the concept of "[[Acheiropoieta|miraculous image formation]]" at the moment of resurrection to the [[Shroud of Turin]]. Christian authors have stated the belief that the body around whom the shroud was wrapped was not merely human, but divine, and that the image on the shroud was miraculously produced at the moment of resurrection.<ref>Charles S. Brown, 2007 ''Bible "Mysteries" Explained'' {{ISBN|0-9582813-0-0}} p. 193</ref><ref>Peter Rinaldi 1972, ''The man in the Shroud'' {{ISBN|0-86007-010-7}} p. 45</ref> Quoting [[Pope Paul VI]]'s statement that the shroud is "the wonderful document of His Passion, Death and Resurrection, written for us in letters of blood" author Antonio Cassanelli argues that the shroud is a deliberate divine record of the five stages of the Passion of Christ, created at the moment of resurrection.<ref>Antonio Cassanelli, 2001 ''The Holy Shroud: a comparison between the Gospel narrative of the five stages of the Passion'' {{ISBN|0-85244-351-X}} p. 13</ref>