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The "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" Is Most Likely Not a Modern Fake
Smithsonian Magazine ^ | 4-10-2014 | Colin Schultz

Posted on 04/11/2014 6:35:46 AM PDT by Renfield

In 2012, Harvard researcher Karen King revealed the "Gospel of Jesus' Wife."

A small piece of papyrus, the lightly worn document was written in Coptic Egyptian, with parts missing and ink faded, and didn't say much. But what it did say, wrote Ariel Sabar in Smithsonian Magazine two years ago was enough to “send jolts through the world of biblical scholarship—and beyond.”

The fragment’s 33 words, scattered across 14 incomplete lines, leave a good deal to interpretation. But in King’s analysis, and as she argues in a forthcoming article in the Harvard Theological Review, the “wife” Jesus refers to is probably Mary Magdalene, and Jesus appears to be defending her against someone, perhaps one of the male disciples.

“She will be able to be my disciple,” Jesus replies. Then, two lines later, he says: “I dwell with her.”

The papyrus was a stunner: the first and only known text from antiquity to depict a married Jesus.

The new document had a curious past. It was given to King by an anonymous source, and, as Sabar notes, some pieces of the papyrus' history seemed a little too convenient. It didn't take long for the suggestion that the new gospel was a forgery to arise. (Indeed, the possibility was a reservation of King's.)

According to new research, however, scientists are now largely certain that the document is a true piece of early text, and not a modern forgery. Spectroscopic analysis of the ink, says the New York Times, revealed the text was from thousands of years ago.....

(Excerpt) Read more at smithsonianmag.com ...


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To: gleeaikin
Just because a gospel was rejected by the politicians who were most succesful in ruling the church doesn’t mean they are any more true or false that the gospels that were chosen to be included. The words may be inspired from God, but the selection of which works to approve was done by men.

Yes, they were done by men, but not just ordinary Joe Schoes from Kokomo.
Jesus commissioned His Apostles to teach all nations. He commissioned the Twelve, then the Seventy-two.

He commissioned Peter and told him: whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven; who sins you shall retain, they are retained.
The Apostolic Tradition continued all these 2000 years with the EARLY Church fathers deciding on early issues, mainly heresies. But, over the millenia these Church fathers continued to deal with the business at hand.

The early Church had only priests and bishops. As the Church continued to grow the necessity for a larger bureaucracy became apparent. It used to be that ALL bishops had to be consulted for EVERY problem and dilemma. They were the ones who elected the pope. That got way too unwieldy. So, the Church appointed another layer of bureaucracy to cope with their growth.
Cardinals are first priests, then bishops, then cardinals. The cardinals still elect the pope.
All men ordained are priests. Fewer become bishops. Even fewer become cardinals. It's pretty simple really and not much has really changed over the millenia.

81 posted on 04/12/2014 4:04:43 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain

http://www.wordonfire.org/WOF-Radio/Sermons/Sermon-Archive-for-2014/Sermon-692-The-Passion-of-the-Christ-Palm-Sunday.aspx


82 posted on 04/13/2014 7:09:08 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: Renfield

2000 years from now, they are going to claim, “Deep Throat “ is the Clinton sex tape just because they are from the same time frame.


83 posted on 04/13/2014 7:20:14 AM PDT by Sensei Ern (FUBO (and Fallujohn Boehner, too))
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To: muir_redwoods

Ann Margret...


84 posted on 04/14/2014 6:09:02 AM PDT by Nabber
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

“As a wise old monk told me once—”Jesus didn’t die for you—he lived for you.”

I think I may understand what the monk said, but stated just like that — that’s heresy in anyone’s book.
Old does not equal Wise.


85 posted on 04/14/2014 6:11:36 AM PDT by Nabber
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To: stevem

Steve, does the “m” stand for “moronic”? Wait a while until you get out of high schoolm and come back and say something intelligent.


86 posted on 04/14/2014 6:17:35 AM PDT by Nabber
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

“Monk was Episcopal who told me Jesus lived for me. His message was more powerful than his blood—the death was only a confirmation of his message.”

Episcopal — you’ve said it all. Might as well be Unitarian, whose prime message seems to be, “Jesus was a nice guy.” The Episcopal Presiding Bishop said there are many ways to God. No, Ms.Bishop, there is only One Way to God, according to Jesus.

Jesus had to die and shed his blood, otherwise we could not be saved. Otherwise, the message would have no meaning.


87 posted on 04/14/2014 6:26:38 AM PDT by Nabber
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To: Nabber

Sophia Loren too, although she’s always been worthy of great respect.


88 posted on 04/14/2014 7:41:05 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
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