British archaeologists are seeking to authenticate what could be a landmark discovery in the documentation of early Christianity: a trove of 70 lead codices that appear to date from the 1st century CE ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Scientists have delivered the most detailed assessment yet of a set of disputed lead books known as the Jordan codices. With debate centered on whether they could date back to the early Christian ...

The codices are said to have been found in a Jordanian cave Questions have been raised over the claims of a self-styled archaeologist who is arguing that a set of supposedly ancient Christian books is ...

The question: What would you add to the Bible? The most astounding finding from the newly discovered lead codices is that Jesus Christ was unambiguously and openly gay. He and his disciples formed a ...

During French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Mexico in November, he and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to simultaneous loans of two colonial-era codices: the Codex Azcatitlán, held ...

AT DAYBREAK, after prayers in the ancient basilica, Father Justin, the Texan-born librarian of St Catherine's monastery in Sinai, doffs his clerical head-dress and begins operating a Swiss camera that ...