{"id":6733,"date":"2013-11-10T01:39:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T06:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=6733"},"modified":"2015-03-13T22:56:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T02:56:45","slug":"the-vatican-visit-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2013\/11\/10\/the-vatican-visit-part-three\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vatican Visit&#8211; Part Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/vati12.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/vati12-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6734\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why are these guys smiling?  Well first let me tell you who they are\u2013 they are some of the few Protestants invited to Pope Benedict\u2019s conference on the historical Jesus. There were, by my count, only four American Protestants invited, all Evangelicals\u2014 from left to right you see Darrell Bock from Dallas, Eckhard Schmidt (not an American!) Paul Anderson from George Fox, and yours truly from Asbury. Of these, only Paul and I were asked to do papers (two Canadians Protestants were also asked\u2014 Stan Porter and Craig Evans).  Back to why these guys are smiling. It\u2019s not just because the last day of the conference was in the Vatican\u2014  for instance here is the reception hall and the beautiful new St. Paul aula (lecture hall)<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/vati14.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/vati14-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6735\"><\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/vati15.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/vati15-e1383397125162-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6736\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/vati16.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/vati16-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6737\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course the real reason these guys are smiling is because they would soon have an audience with this nice gentleman in white\u2026<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/vati13.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2013\/11\/vati13-e1383397609630-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6738\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But first a private tour of the crypt of St. Peter, of the art of the Vatican, and of the Sistine Chapel was in order\u2026.. stay tuned. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why are these guys smiling? 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