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[24 Aug 2009 | 2 Comments | 1 views]

The surviving pages of the world’s oldest Christian Bible have been reunited online. The early work, known as the Codex Sinaiticus (“the book from Sinai”), has been housed in four separate locations around the world for more than 150 years. As of last week, it is now available for anyone to peruse at the Web site www.codexsinaiticus.org, allowing scholars and other readers to get a closer look at this unique treasure. The only other Bible that rivals Codex Sinaiticus in age is Codex Vaticanus, which was written around the same …

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[1 Jul 2009 | No Comment | 150 views]

The Vatican has announced that bone fragments found in a church crypt may be the remains of the Apostle Paul.
Pope Benedict XVI has announced the bone fragments were found in a tomb beneath the floor of Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside-The-Walls.
Benedict said the bones, which were found inside a stone sarcophagus under the floor of the basilica, confirmed church thinking that they are the remains of the Apostle Paul.
Vatican scientists said recent carbon dating tests run on the fragments confirmed they had come from the first or second century.
The …

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[1 Jul 2009 | No Comment | 171 views]

In reference to the following news story…
http://news.softpedia.com/news/St-Apostle-Paul-Remains-Found-41948.shtml
It’s in the news. The Catholics say they’ve found the “Apostle St. Paul” … I didn’t know he was lost.
They found his bones. But will they also find his message?
They found his remains. But will they search for his gospel?
If those bones could live … my how they would speak.