Ancient Paper Suggests Jesus May Have Been Married Robert Siegel speaks with Elaine Pagels, religion professor at Princeton University, ...

How could a respected scholar be so confident that a Coptic fragment referring to Jesus's wife is indeed ancient? Almost everything we know about the nature of historical evidence points to a forgery.

Jesus' tomb in Jerusalem is being renovated 00:36. The Edicule was last restored in 1810 following a fire, and is in need of reinforcement after years of exposure to humidity and candle smoke.

Jesus used this tactic, too, which is why today’s Gospel features two economic analogies: the kingdom of heaven as buried treasure and the kingdom of heaven as the pearl of great price.

The Harvard Theological Review said Monday that it does not plan to print a retraction of Harvard professor Karen L. King’s 2014 paper on the so-called “Gospel of Jesus’s Wife,” now that ...

Malaysia closes Jesus row paper Malaysia has shut down a newspaper for a month after it published a picture of Jesus holding a cigarette and what appears to be a can of beer. Prime Minister Abdullah ...

The Vatican newspaper has added to the doubts surrounding Harvard University’s claim that a 4th century Coptic papyrus fragment showed that some early Christians believed that Jesus was married ...

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