Jul

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Mr. Halley and the History of the Church

July 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The Bible Handbook has a short but quite well researched history of the Church. It’s not a pure history though, and he seems biased against the Papacy. And rightly, perhaps, given the behaviour of the Church in the medieval period. Martin Luther, of course, comes across as the hero of the age. I should like [...]

Jul

9

Jesus died in India? Mary buried in Pakistan?

July 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment

I found a book at the local bookstore today. It claims that Jesus spent his ‘lost years’ in India (this I’ve heard before) studying Buddhism and then his post resurrection years, dying there in old age. He’s apparently buried in a place up north called Jammu and Kashmir (or what was formerly called that). It [...]