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A FRAGMENT of ancient text has been discovered, and is said to be the only existing artefact that quotes Jesus explicitly referring to having a wife.
Harvard University professor Karen King, an expert in the history of Christianity, says the text on papyrus contains a dialogue in which Jesus refers to "my wife", whom he identified as Mary.
King says the fragment of Coptic script is a copy of a gospel, probably written in Greek in the second century.
King unveiled the fragment of the "Gospel of Jesus's Wife", in Rome today.
She says it doesn't prove Jesus was married but speaks to issues of family and marriage that faced Christians.
King says on a Harvard website that the dialogue includes the disciples discussing whether Mary is worthy and Jesus saying "she can be my disciple".
Harvard University professor Karen King, an expert in the history of Christianity, says the text on papyrus contains a dialogue in which Jesus refers to "my wife", whom he identified as Mary.
King says the fragment of Coptic script is a copy of a gospel, probably written in Greek in the second century.
King unveiled the fragment of the "Gospel of Jesus's Wife", in Rome today.
She says it doesn't prove Jesus was married but speaks to issues of family and marriage that faced Christians.
King says on a Harvard website that the dialogue includes the disciples discussing whether Mary is worthy and Jesus saying "she can be my disciple".
neutered, lol.
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