Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC/BCE — 30–36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus Christ, Gesù Cristo or Yeshua ben Yosef, is the central figure of Christianity, which views him as the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament believing him to be the Son of God who was raised from the dead and ascended into Heaven. According to the Bible, the Christians’ main religious scripture, he performed miracles, mostly involving the body, and sacrificed himself to cleanse the sins of all humanity.
In the universe of the Assassin’s Creed series, Jesus' miracles were hallucinations induced with the powers of the Shroud, a Piece of Eden. The Templars had Christ crucified, with the sole purpose to gain the Shroud. Somehow, the disciples stole the Shroud back and possibly used it to resurrect their Messiah.[2]
Trivia
- In recent developments, official Vatican researchers had uncovered evidence that the Shroud of Turin had been kept and venerated by the Templars since the 1204 sack of Constantinople.