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W or 032 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 014 (Soden), also called the Washington Manuscript of the Gospels, and The Freer Gospel, contains the four biblical gospels and was written in Greek on vellum and palimpsest in the fourth or fifth century.[1] The manuscript is lacunose. - Wiki

The New Testament has more ancient manuscript evidence than any other ancient document, hands-down.

This is the ancient copy of the gospels I saw at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington. Worm holes, and all.

It was thrilling to be so proximate to an ancient witness.

The manuscript in question has an alternate ending to the book of Mark.

I bought some note-cards with the pictures of the four apostles on the cover (two shown here). I would send them to my friends, who, I think, must have been quite shocked by the sight of the Four Ancient Dudes.

Of course, the most important copy of the gospels is the one you hold in your hand -- and what you do with it. In Africa, there are still many Christians without a Bible -- pastors even.

Abortion and the Book of Revelation

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Two articles side-by-side in today's National Post. One is on abortion. The other a dismissive article on the New Testament book of Revelation.

The juxtaposition of an article on the book of Revelation with one on abortion was probably coincidental. But one of the central tenets of Revelation, that the devil continues to deceive mankind, is surely found in the sulphurous statement quoted in the abortion article, which says, "for most women, abortion is safer than carrying a pregnancy and having a baby".

As the abortion article indicates, many women suffer terrible psychological effects after abortions. They increase their risk of breast cancer. They kill their unborn child [at least half of whom are female] and jeopardize their soul.

People would do well to pay more, not less, attention to the book of Revelation, and its message of a heroic battle between good and evil, truth and deception, destruction and redemption. In John's companion work, the gospel of John, Jesus says concerning the devil, "The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."