Elizabeth Scalia
(Photograph by Karen L. King) When the New York Times published this piece and kicked off the whole breathless week of speculation that “Jesus had a wife!” I was surprised. I thought it odd that the Times would report on a story as potentially huge as this, without first making sure that a credible academic [...]
Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and the Managing Editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos. She is a writer, speaker and a regularly-featured columnist at First Things and at The Catholic Answer. Look for her book, Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life to be released in 2013, via Ave Maria Press.
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