Jesus "Wife" Papyrus - Much Ado About Nothing

I really hate to waste my time on the likes of this, but I can't resist. This is such a perfect example of the blasphemy that goes on under the name of Christianity, and undoubtedly has its genesis in satanic deception, as he uses his usual tools, the phony theologians from schools known for decades for their apostasy.
My comments are in red. If there are no comments after the black highlighted words, it's because the very words themselves speak for their lack of credibility.

The New York Times

September 18, 2012

A Faded Piece of Papyrus Refers to Jesus’ Wife

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A historian of early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School [enough said] has identified a scrap of papyrus that she says was written in Coptic in the fourth century and contains a phrase never seen in any piece of Scripture: “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife ...’ ” [So what? Even if this scrap of paper was true - which it isn't - the wife/bride of the Lord God is a central theme of scripture from beginning to end. The wife/bride of the Lord is always the community of his devoted followers, always using the husband/wife example. One more evidence of the ignorance of the elite scholars regarding the Word of God.]

The faded papyrus fragment is smaller than a business card, with eight lines on one side, in black ink legible under a magnifying glass. Just below the line about Jesus having a wife, the papyrus includes a second provocative clause that purportedly says, “she will be able to be my disciple.” [See my note above!]

The finding was made public in Rome on Tuesday at the International Congress of Coptic Studies by Karen L. King, a historian who has published several books about new Gospel discoveries and is the first woman to hold the nation’s oldest endowed chair, the Hollis professor of divinity. [This 'first woman' to hold this divinity 'title' is a shame and pariah to all true Christian women; this woman should stick to making divinity rather than commenting on it.]

The provenance of the papyrus fragment is a mystery, and its owner has asked to remain anonymous. [The history and the anonymity speak volumes.] Until Tuesday, Dr. King had shown the fragment to only a small circle of experts [again with the 'experts,' none of which carry any validity in the true Church....] in papyrology and Coptic linguistics, who concluded that it is most likely not a forgery. But she and her collaborators say they are eager for more scholars to weigh in and perhaps upend their conclusions. [This is not her real intent, but even if it were she won't need to wait long...]

Even with many questions unsettled, the discovery could reignite the debate [there has never been even a hint of a debate on this phony issue coming to us straight out of the impatient minds of the Abyss] over whether Jesus was married, whether Mary Magdalene was his wife and whether he had a female disciple. These debates date to the early centuries of Christianity, scholars say. But they are relevant today, when global Christianity is roiling over the place of women in ministry and the boundaries of marriage. [True Christianity is not giving any of this a second thought ... it is roiling only in the New Church of the Apostates and the Antichrist.]

The discussion is particularly animated in the Roman Catholic Church, [no comment needed] where despite calls for change, the Vatican has reiterated the teaching that the priesthood cannot be opened to women and married men because of the model set by Jesus.

Dr. King gave an interview and showed the papyrus fragment, encased in glass, to reporters from The New York Times, The Boston Globe and Harvard Magazine in her garret office in the tower at Harvard Divinity School last Thursday. [All purveyors of false information, particularly relating to Christianity.]

She repeatedly cautioned that this fragment should not be taken as proof [pretending to be the thoughtful researcher that she isn't...] that Jesus, the historical person, was actually married. The text was probably written centuries after Jesus lived, [21 centuries, to be exact]  and all other early, historically reliable Christian literature is silent on the question, she said. [All Christian literature is silent on the matter for the obvious reason that such a fanciful and heretical idea never entered the minds of sane Christian scholars.]

But the discovery is exciting, [...no doubt some quarters are excited, none of which are in the Christian community...] Dr. King said, because it is the first known statement from antiquity that refers to Jesus speaking of a wife. It provides further evidence that there was an active discussion among early Christians [It provides nothing of the sort, and serves only to identify once again those apostates ... those wolves among the sheep.] about whether Jesus was celibate or married, and which path his followers should choose.

“This fragment suggests that some early Christians had a tradition that Jesus was married,” she said.

If you have plenty of time to waste reading heresies, the rest of the article is HERE.

.....I have been saying for a long time that we could expect to be hearing about 'ancient discoveries' which would be designed to attack the Bible and the faith of Christians. I just didn't realize how amateurish it would be.

     We can expect much more of this.

     Maranatha!

ROYAL HEIR