The answer
Most definitely. This is a real fact that cannot be doubted by anyone, unless they are ignoring on purpose all of the Scriptural and non-scriptural evidences that have come down to us.
In addition to the witness of Holy Scripture to the reality of the Crucifixion, the general history, with all that is therein from the sayings of the historians and philosophers of the first century A.D., be they Jews or Gentiles, attests to this also.
There are also many substantial evidences, beginning with the appearance of the Holy Wood of the Cross, upon which the Master Christ was crucified. St. Helen, the mother of the Emperor Constantine, uncovered it in the year A.D. 326. The most recent piece of evidence is the Holy Shroud, otherwise known as the “Shroud of Turin.” It was analysed scientifically for five years (1973-1978), and is now preserved in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in the Italian city of Turin.
We must note that the accounts of the Crucifixion, the Burial, and the Resurrection in the Holy Scripture are of utmost importance. They are to be considered as beaming evidence and decisive proof of Scripture’s soundness and accuracy in the face of distortion by omission or addition. For what honour is there for Christians to cling to, or be affiliated with, a crucified and humiliated man, who is a symbol of humiliation and shame? Unless the matter is full of honour and pride to them, as was expressed by our teacher, the Apostle Paul, when he said, “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom the world is crucified to me, and I unto the world” (Gal. 6:14).
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II
Pope Tawadros II, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed (Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, 2014), 85–86.
The pages in the book (85–86)
