(September 18, 2012 at 8:40 pm)Polaris Wrote: Well the Church is referred to as the bride of Christ throughout the New Testament.....in the format of that papyrus fragment, it seems that was likely the meaning.
I seldom agree with you, however you could be onto something. Because given it is likely this manuscript fragment is from a Gnostic gospel, portraying Jesus as a married man is a little odd. Since Gnostics were anti-sex, anti-marriage and considered a celibate life as the ideal that all Christians should aspire to.
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