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TexasProgresive

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1. Be a bit difficult to tell

Reply to MADem (Original post)

Mon Nov 30, 2015, 10:33 AM

Nov 2015

Questions I have: \
1st - Is it an autograph?
If so then the author has no direct knowledge of Jesus as the papyrus is from the 8th century.

2nd - If it is not an autograph and is a copy of an earlier papyrus was the original work the account of someone who knew Jesus or was it a work of fiction?

3rd - Does it make any difference to me as a Christian?
Not a bit of it. It makes no difference to me if Jesus was married and possibly left children behind or not. Some people get all in a twit about this stuff but like all studies of antiquities. It's like interpreting the Bible there seems to be so much clarification that just muddies the waters.

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Be a bit difficult to tell TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #1

Oh, sure. I thought it was an interesting article, though. MADem Nov 2015 #2

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