…the story of how celebrated Harvard scholar Karen King, author of books such as The Gospel of Mary of Magdala, was duped really gets thick. It involves East Germany, BMW brakes, porno films, antiquities scholarship, and an academic fitting the evidence to her prejudices. Really, it\u2019s a story worthy of Werner Herzog. I\u2019m not giving away too much when I say that the papyrus is clearly a fake and proves nothing about Jesus\u2019s marital status.<\/p>\n
The Catholic Church puts an enormous amount of emphasis upon marriage. Isn\u2019t this odd for a tradition that was founded upon the teachings of a celibate Messiah? What could celibates know about marriage and sexuality?<\/p>\n
Most Catholics have probably heard a millions versions of these questions from people with smug looks on their faces. It is the sort of look that says \u201cI\u2019ve caught the simpletons in a massive contradiction. Let\u2019s watch them squirm.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
My preliminary surveys indicate some, not all, Catholics might be surprised that the perfectly orthodox (small \u201cO\u201d\u009d) answer to this question is that there\u2019s nothing odd about the Catholic obsession with marriage, because Jesus is married as well. No, I\u2019m not talking about Swedenborg\u2019s The Delights Of Wisdom Pertaining To Conjugial Love where people get married in heaven. This is different and decidedly not heterodox.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a> (from Patheos) and take special note of Addison Hart (yes, the brother of David Hart) and his new book The Woman, the Hour, and the Garden: A Study of Imagery in the Gospel of John<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …the story of how celebrated Harvard scholar Karen King, author of books such as The Gospel of Mary of Magdala, was duped really gets thick. It involves East Germany, BMW brakes, porno films, antiquities scholarship, and an academic fitting the…<\/span><\/p>\n