[meandog]

Though some here and elsewhere with a sectarian axe to grind have used this ossuary box inscription as if it definitively disproved certain Catholic teachings about the Blessed Virgin Mary.

See post #11...even if hoax it backs up fact about early Church theology...

[Polycarp]

even if hoax it backs up fact about early Church theology...

I guess you fail to see the contradiction in this post of yours.

Typical of the defenders of this hoax.

[patent]

Though some here and elsewhere with a sectarian axe to grind have used this ossuary box inscription as if it definitively disproved certain Catholic teachings about the Blessed Virgin Mary.

See post #11...even if hoax it backs up fact about early Church theology...

Let me get this straight, are you suggesting we should take a liar’s word for what the theology was in ancient times? Look, they had debates back then too. See the Arian heresy, etc. If you accept the premise that someone perpetrated a hoax, you must ask yourself why? Was he just a greedy conman, was he trying to influence theology, what was the goal?

As for me, I will take the witness from honest Christians fathers about what ancient theology was, not from some hoaxer. No way a fraud should form the basis for Christian theology.

patent  +AMDG