It was sold to the Vatican. Here's the article about it, interesting. Notice it says it's the same as our gospels today.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/03/05/gospel_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070305094530
2007-03-10 02:17:19 · 15 answers · asked by Jeanmarie 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My point is so many atheists say our bible couldn't possibly be accurate with tall the copies over the years.
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2007-03-10 02:26:14 · update #1
Praises to our FATHER :) but unfortunately, I doubt the people who do not believe will be moved one bit :(
Thank you so much for sharing this news .. Its AWESOME.
Have a Blessed Day
2007-03-10 02:37:31 · answer #1 · answered by Joann 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
March 5, 2007 — The world's oldest known copy of the Gospel of Saint Luke, containing the earliest known Lord's Prayer, and one of the oldest copies of the Gospel of Saint John have been acquired by the Vatican, according to reports from Rome.
A nonsectarian New York nonprofit, Pave the Way, helped facilitate the acquisition.
Now stored in the Vatican's Library, the documents are for the first time available for scholarly review. In the future, excerpts may be put on display for the general public.
2007-03-10 10:21:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
What is interesting is comparing these early Greek manuscripts with early manuscripts in the Coptic language. Since Coptic used indefinite articles, it can be clearly seen that the early Christians believed John 1:1 to read "...and the Word was a God."
http://copticjohn.com/
http://jehovah.to/exe/translation/coptic.pdf
http://depts.washington.edu/cartah/text_archive/coptic/coptjohn.shtml
2007-03-10 10:58:11 · answer #3 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's nice to hear Jeanmarie. Now if we just had some idea who wrote them we would be doing great.
The biblical scholars can't seem to agree about much. The one thing they are nearly unanimous in agreement about is that not one of the four gospels were written by the people that they were named after.
Love and blessings Don
2007-03-11 09:19:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only problem ,with that is. now the public can't read them, unless they go to the Vatican.
2007-03-10 11:00:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It says the same as the gospels today is a common christian comment to try to validate thier religion. I could rebuttal with James Cameron found Jesus bones even though the christians say he had no bones.
2007-03-10 10:21:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
“Gospel of the Kingdom of God”
MARK 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of The Kingdom of God
From the above Verse, it is clear that Christ, Jesus-The Son of Mary preached the Gospel of The Kingdom of God. This Gospel (The Good News) actually contained the Words of God because of course, it was the Gospel of The Kingdom of God which was preached ONLY by Jesus. There is not even anything as the Gospel of Jesus as noted by Mark 1:1. The words of the Gospel which Jesus (pbuh) preached, were not his words as he says:
JOHN 14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
Matthew and John were actually the disciples of Jesus (pbuh). But did they really write these Gospels by themselves. Do we have Gospels “BY” Matthew and John? From an account in the Gospel of Matthew, we can clearly see that this Gospel is not written by Matthew himself:
MATTHEW 9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
If Matthew would have been the author of this Gospel, he surely would have written that “.. and he saith unto “ME”… and “I” arose and followed him.”
Luke and Mark were not even the disciples of Jesus. Luke was a physician and a companion of St Paul and Mark was an interpreter who probably worked with St Peter in Rome.
The Gospels also differ from each other a lot:
Was Joseph the Son of Jacob (MATTHEW 1:16) or was he the Son of Heli (LUKE 3:23)?
Why isn’t the ascension of Jesus (pbuh) to heaven mentioned in Matthew and John?
These Gospels which were written down 100 Years after Jesus (pbuh) ascension, circulated anonymously, no names were attached to them until almost 200 and the Christian theologians who came up with the idea of having a New Testament was condemned as heretic.
Do we have that True Gospel which Jesus Christ (pbuh) Preached in Hebrew or Aramaic?
Did Jesus (pbuh) asked Matthew, Mark, Luke and John to write these Gospels?
How can Christians rely on the accounts in these Gospels which are the basic Pillars of their Faith?
http://www.thetruecall.com/home/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=268
2007-03-10 10:25:16 · answer #7 · answered by A2Z 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
A priest said they're the same. I'll wait for the scholarly analysis.
2007-03-10 10:21:52 · answer #8 · answered by E D 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
good for you for sharing this with us..
it makes me feel much better
God Bless You ..
2007-03-10 10:20:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
And your point is.......Sorry its still fake. Nice try.
PS. Why do you care what we say or think? If you believe it to be true. Should be good enough.
2007-03-10 10:24:46 · answer #10 · answered by Atheist Eye Candy 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋