It’s the size of a business card. A piece of papyrus with text indicating Jesus referred to someone as “my wife” has supposedly been tested and authenticated by people who know how to do that sort of thing.
Of course, as with things like this, there is naturally controversy. The Vatican and other scholars say it isn’t real, other theologians say it is real.
It’s interesting that such a tiny piece of paper is causing such a stir, yet there is no confirming text. Before scripture is canonized, it is validated against multiple sources confirming it’s content. Yet here we have a fragment of text that is turning religious scholars up-side-down.
Real or fake, what difference will it really make anyway? Let me know what you think.
You can read more about this tiny piece of paper here.
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