Then they gave lots to them, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was counted with the eleven apostles. ―Acts 1:26 The betrayal and death of Judas caused severe disappointment and hurt to the ...

A newly authenticated and newly translated ancient document known as the "Gospel of Judas" tells the story of Judas, not as Jesus's betrayer, but as his favored disciple. Two religious experts discuss ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s no spoiler alert to say that Judas is one of the Bible’s most controversial characters. For two millennia, the Disciple has ...

An essential characteristic of Christian community is its unity in diversity, and the freedom this gives to Christians to come alive as witnesses of Christ, Pope Francis said Wednesday. The selection ...

Although the “Gospel of Judas” was discovered near the middle of Egypt in the 1970s, the National Geographic Society published the first modern text of the gospel in April 2006. It caused a stir among ...

There is a dark place in the Easter story that we all have visited. It’s called betrayal, and it competes with the pain and death of the cross in intensity. For many years I have sought understanding ...

Last year the National Geographic Society released “The Gospel of Judas” from a fourth century C.E. manuscript in Coptic, the language of Egypt written in Greek letters. The expense of acquisition had ...

Is there any biblical figure more reviled than Judas Iscariot? The name of the disciple who hath betrayed Jesus with a kiss is universally synonymous with all that is evil, self-serving, and ...