full title, "'Gospel of the Lots of Mary' found hidden inside 1,500-year-old book: Ancient text was used to seek divine answers"
1 posted on
02/05/2015 4:08:21 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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4 posted on
02/05/2015 4:19:28 PM PST by
GeronL
To: SunkenCiv
..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'. .....works today as well.
5 posted on
02/05/2015 4:26:36 PM PST by
spokeshave
(He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
To: SunkenCiv
When future archeologists come across the “for Dummies” series of books, what wrong turns will it cause them to take?
I’m just saying that having to rethink what “Gospel” means after seeing one title that appears to apply the term in a different way may cause a lot of erroneous “rethinking” to occur.
6 posted on
02/05/2015 4:33:30 PM PST by
married21
( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
To: SunkenCiv
So someone used Mary’s name without permission to market a magic 8 ball?
To: SunkenCiv
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. In other words, a 6th century Magic 8-Ball.
8 posted on
02/05/2015 4:39:54 PM PST by
Leroy S. Mort
(The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it ~ G Orwell)
To: 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...."Lots of Mary....doesn't predominantly teach about Christ...."
9 posted on
02/05/2015 4:40:23 PM PST by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: SunkenCiv
10 posted on
02/05/2015 4:41:11 PM PST by
Raycpa
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11 posted on
02/05/2015 5:16:51 PM PST by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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12 posted on
02/05/2015 5:29:25 PM PST by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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13 posted on
02/05/2015 6:12:48 PM PST by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: SunkenCiv
A Gospel of Our Lady of Perpetual Motion
To: SunkenCiv
That's okay. The Catholic church will add that right into their Bible, regardless of its provenance.
15 posted on
02/05/2015 7:02:58 PM PST by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: SunkenCiv
I don’t know. What is it that God says about divination?
20 posted on
02/06/2015 6:10:51 AM PST by
chesley
(Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
To: SunkenCiv
translated by brian williams?
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