The First Christmas Liturgy
Well, here I am again, and the Christmas season is all but gone. It comes to a close today with Epiphany. As I mentioned in my last post, I spent almost the whole of my Christmas vacation sick in bed, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Gospels
Great Stuff Going On . . .
Over at Fr. Dwight Longenecker’s place, in regard to the Gospels and myth, a discussion resurrected partly because of all the pre-Christmas interest in the historicity of the infancy narratives. My plans to write more about Pope Benedict on the … Continue reading
Did Jesus Have a Wife?
TV and news services are now humming with this story. A new fragment of a second-century (probably Gnostic) Gospel has been discovered, mentioning Jesus’ “wife.” Calling Dan Brown! Cue all the conspiracy theorists! And get set for another wild round … Continue reading
A First-Century Manuscript of the Gospel of Mark?
If this proves to be authentic, it is really an amazing find: A New Testament professor is setting the world of Bible scholarship on fire with his claim that newly discovered fragments of early Christian writings could include a first-century … Continue reading