Karen King, a Harvard divinity professor, unveiled a 4th century Coptic script at a conference in Rome.  Ms. King announced that researchers identified the words, "Jesus said to them, 'My wife,'" which, she said, might refer to Mary Magdalene. 

The discovery could rise up debate over celibacy and the role of women within Christianity, she said. 

Jim West, a professor and Baptist pastor in Tennessee said, "A statement on a papyrus fragment isn't proof of anything.  It's nothing more than a sta...
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