If Oresme swore by his holy office that the shroud was authentic, we would still know it was fake. He only confirms what is established - that fake relics were the phishing of his time, relic forgery was banal and pervasive, and that the shroud was prominent as one such fake. Fake relics were the currency of release from purgatory, and even if you were not fully convinced, a little insurance would not hurt. Luther was to shake western civilization by pulling back the curtain.
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