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Posted on 02/05/2015 4:08:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv
An ancient gospel has been discovered in the pages of a diminutive book dating back to the 6th century.
The text, dubbed the 'Gospel of the Lots of Mary' is written in Coptic and contains oracles that would have been used to provide support and reassurance to people seeking help for problems.
It is not a gospel in the traditional sense, because it doesn't predominantly teach about Christ, and its translator suggests that the discovery could rewrite the ancient definition and purpose of gospels.
The ancient book was given to Harvard University's Sackler Museum in 1984 by Beatrice Kelekian, in memory of her husband Charles Dikran Kelekian.
Her father-in-law Dikran Kelekian's was said to be 'an influential trader of Coptic antiquaries', but the origin of the book is unknown.
The text was studied by Professor Anne Marie Luijendijk from Princeton University.
She told LiveScience that when she deciphered the first line, which referenced a 'gospel', she expected to read about Jesus and his life.
The 160-page codex contains a series of 37 short passages and measures just 3 inches (75mm) tall and 2.7 inches (68.7mm) wide.
A person seeking an answer to a particular query or concern would have opened the book on a random page to read a statement designed to serve as an answer.
Instead, she found what is described in her book 'Forbidden Oracles? The Gospel of the Lots of Mary' as a '5th or 6th century Coptic book of oracular answers.'
...The full translation of the book's opening reads: 'The Gospel of the lots of Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus Christ, she to whom Gabriel the archangel brought the good news.'He who will go forward (or: will seek) with his whole heart will obtain what he seeks.'Only do not be of two minds'.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Since it's 6th century, there's no chance of that. 500's AD is long after the apostles were writing. In other words, a fake, phony document.
“So someone used Mary’s name without permission to market a magic 8 ball?”
Damn, I’ve lost a lot of money over the years at pool because I didn’t know you could buy a magic 8 ball. I guess the other guys had one—and I wasn’t part of the secret circle.
Maybe I can find a crystal ball that will tell me where I can buy one so I can recoup my losses.
And some Protestant will start a new religion based on it, build a steel warehouse on a busy street corner and call it a church, have his own TV show, and teach its members to hate Catholics.
I had hoped this thread wouldn't turn into a
translated by brian williams?
Wouldn’t he have to be able to write, as well as read from a teleprompter? ;’)
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