"She Will Be Able to Be My Disciple"

"Even with many questions unsettled, the discovery could reignite the debate over whether Jesus was married, whether Mary Magdalene was his wife and whether he had a female disciple. These debates date to the early centuries of Christianity, scholars say. But they are relevant today, when global Christianity is roiling over the place of women in ministry and the boundaries of marriage.

"The discussion is particularly animated in the Roman Catholic Church, where despite calls for change, the Vatican has reiterated the teaching that the priesthood cannot be opened to women and married men because of the model set by Jesus."

Laurie Goodstein in The New York Times reports on the discovery of a fourth-century scrap that has Jesus of Nazareth referring to his wife.

But Andrew Brown in The Guardian says that the scrap is a fake.