Playing the Indian Card

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Jesus Gets Divorced?

If you have been following with interest the recent story of a Coptic papyrus from the 4th century that seems to imply Jesus has a wife, there now seems to be a rapidly growing consensus among experts that it is a forgery. More here.

If it were real, mind, this would not automatically mean it was Christian. In fact, it would almost certainly not be, by definition; otherwise it would be known to the church. More likely Gnostic. The Gnostics, an ancient movement, got their religious jollies more or less parodying other religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. 

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