The Papyrus That Proves Nothing

How can you tell that Holy Week are approaching? Well, I hope that you’ve been observing Lent, and that you always keep an eye on the liturgical calendar. But even if you don’t, you can tell we’re getting close to Easter because a secular publication has given prominence to a flimsy argument against traditional Christian beliefs.

Ordinarily you can count on a few stories about the “Jesus Seminar” scholars, telling us that the “real” Jesus is different from the Jesus of the Gospels. Those stories may yet be coming, but the Boston Globe has struck first with a feature about a tiny papyrus fragment that proves-- nothing at all.

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