Newly deciphered manuscript is oldest written record of Jesus’ childhood: ‘Extraordinary’

NY Post ^ | June 11, 2024 | Andrew Court

[Redcitizen]

Yeah but is it the King James Version?

[ealgeone]

I always find it interesting that the same protestants who could care less about what Catholics believe, accept the New Testament as it was assembled by Catholics at the Council of Nicaea as divine and perfect.

Except it didn't. The canon of Scripture was not discussed at the First Council of Nicaea.

And if one does a little homework one will find the NT canon was largely in place before the 2nd century.

The OT canon had already been defined by Christ and it did not include the Apocrypha.

[fidelis]

And Mark twain wrote “The Mysterious Stranger” who performed the same miracle. I wonder if this is where they actually go the idea?

Yes, come to think of it, the stories are very similar, except that in Twain's story it was an "angel."

[rexthecat]

So, a book supposedly written 400 years after Christ died is accurate? Uh...No.

[Twotone]

Personally, I find it interesting that they have all these bits & pieces & haven’t bothered to decipher them yet. You’d think there would be lots of Grad students or PhD candidates who would be doing this kind of work.

[Olog-hai]

That’s correct. The clay birds story is in Surahs 3:49 and 5:110.