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Showing posts with label Coptic papyrus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coptic papyrus. Show all posts

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.