Posted on 03/02/2007 3:20:52 AM PST by Condor 63
It wasn't exactly "The DaVinci Code," but a Birmingham priest recently jetted around the world and helped deliver one of the most important documents in Christian history to the pope.
"It contains the oldest copy of the Lord's Prayer in the world," said St. Paul's Cathedral Pastor Richard Donohoe.
Donohoe assisted in the Vatican Library's acquisition of two rare pieces of papyrus, including the oldest surviving copy of the Gospel of Luke and one of the two oldest copies of the Gospel of John. They were handwritten by a scribe about 200 A.D. and found in Egypt in the 1950s.
The stunning Vatican acquisition caught the attention of one the top scholars of ancient biblical documents, James M. Robinson, who this semester is serving as eminent professor of religion at Auburn University.
"It's probably the most important New Testament biblical manuscript to have survived," said Robinson.
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American's donation lets pope peruse oldest copy of St. Luke's Gospel
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