[ml/nj]

his brother Paulus, who was believed to be named after the apostle Paul

Gee. Ya think?

ML/NJ

[sauropod]

Oh I agree. This is cool!

Thanks for posting it. ‘Pod

[VanDeKoik]

What’s more amazing that his simple letter is being read 1700 years in the future by people all over the planet.

[ConservativeMind]

Hmm. The “pope” is not mentioned...

[BusterDog]

“Wives”. One is more than enough.

[2banana]

Can’t get enough of the fish liver sauce!

[Red Badger]

PinGGG!...............

[circlecity]

"insight into the world of the first Christians in the Roman Empire."

Christians had been living throughout the Roman empire for 200 years by the time of this letter.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Bookmark

[metmom]

The Papyrus P.Bas. 2.43 was written by a man named Arrianus to his brother Paulus, who was believed to be named after the apostle Paul. The letter has been dated to 230s AD and is thus older than all previously known Christian documentary evidence from Roman Egypt.

The math doesn't work.

Jesus was born about 1 AD and died about 33 AD. The church started pretty soon after that and it wasn't very long before Saul began persecuting it. So by the 30's AD, Saul was already an adult.

I seriously doubt he lived another 200 years.

[miliantnutcase]

I wonder how Twitter will be viewed 1700 years from now.

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

The letter has been dated to 230s AD and is thus older than all previously known Christian documentary evidence from Roman Egypt.

One piece of clarification/correction needed. The treasure trove of documents from the city dump at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt includes Christian documents, including portions of the New Testament, from the early to mid second century.

[mbarker12474]

All: Before responding to posts with a serious rebuttal, make sure the post isn’t making a wisecrack.

[Wuli]

The letter is addressed to his brother Paulus and at one point it says: “Our lady mother is well and salutes you as well as your wives and sweetest children”

Wives??? Is he speaking of Paulus as having more than one wife???

[Ancesthntr]

“It describes day-to-day family matters...”

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“My lord wife still constantly nags me about leaving the seat on the commode down, taking out the garbage just after I sit down with a beer upon coming home from a hard day’s work, and constantly asks me about me feelings. If there is such a thing as Hell, surely this is a preview.”

[thinden]

What a miracle that we are still digging up more and more artifacts dating back to the time of Christ!

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better get um before the caliphate destroys um

[Fhios]

I’m having headline problems and I feel misplaced in time somewhere.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

“your wives”?

[Rebelbase]

I’ve never seen fish liver sauce in the Asian market.