(ABC News) Reports that a 4th century papyrus suggested that Jesus was married have been rendered false.
The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, expressed its disbelief in the cryptic message today in an article titled "At any rate, a fake." Authors, Alberto Camplani, Coptic scholar, and Editor Giovanni Maria Vian, who are both experts in early Christianity, question the fragment's authenticity and the lack of archaeological attribution upon purchase, according to the AP.
The article continued to criticize Harvard for contacting the media about its incredulous findings, considering the outcome to be "clamorous."