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Five Dead Sea scrolls are forgeries Comments 0

Thursday, October 25th, 2018

Five of the Dead Sea scrolls on display at the Washington, DC-based Museum of the Bible are forgeries, experts say. Until the forgeries were exposed, the scroll fragments were considered among the most valuable and historically significant items in the museum’s collection. The museum says a German testing company has concluded the fragments on display Read more

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Non-sectarian Bible Museum opens Comments 0

Monday, November 20th, 2017

A non-sectarian Museum of the Bible opened in Washington on Saturday. The US$500 million museum’s aim is to entertain and educate visitors about the Bible’s history and significance. Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Israeli Ambassador to the United States and the museum’s co-founder, evangelical businessman Steve Green, were at the opening. Wuerl spoke on behalf of Read more

Tags: Catholic, Hebrew, Jewish, Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Christian, Museum of the Bible, Pope Francis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Protestant
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  • Mister Mckee "In the present-day blockage and impasse in which ministry finds itself, we can see the beginnings of disintegration everywhere (which is theologically to be regretted): 'the word' is detached from 'the sacrament,' Bible teaching becomes a secular occupation, the liturgist is cut off from the...

    Amazon: One priest per 25,000 square kilometers ·  October 15, 2019

  • Mon As one of those who asked to present an oral submission to the select committee I am shocked at the arrogance of the committee in rejected 95% of us. RIP democracy. Of those that were selected there seems to have been a 50/50 split between those opposing and those supporting the bill even...

    Abortion law rushed and undemocratic ·  October 14, 2019

  • Bev ”But I have seen how young women flirt with priests. ” That a woman of Joy’s mana would make this statement and that Cathnews would print it is a cause of concern to me. A young woman is exactly that, young, inexperienced, vulnerable, discovering who she is as a woman, an individual, and as a...

    Being human ·  October 7, 2019

  • Mon The history is complicated, but well documented in studies such as Stefan Heid’s 'Celibacy in the Early Churc'h. Yes, indeed, during the first millennium it was perfectly regular for married men to be ordained deacon or priest, but they had to separate from their wives beforehand. Technically not...

    Being human ·  October 7, 2019

  • Mon Wrong, so wrong. Having celibate priests reflect the wisdom of the church. If we change to allow married priests we will just get divorced and adulterous priests. Just look at the Anglican church for proof of this. Joy ignores the fact that the vast majority of priests throughout the world are...

    Being human ·  October 7, 2019

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