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When we are speaking of the Bible, we are looking for manuscript, not only a manuscript but the oldest one. Codex Sinaiticus is the oldest written Christian Bible ever preserve in our time. It was written in Greek during the middle of the fourth century, year 325-360,on animal skin, or vellum. It was believed that it was written through the order of the Emperor Constantine after he embraced Christianity. For several centuries it was housed on different locations and countries. For many centuries the manuscript was housed in St. Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai , in Egypt. In the 19th century the pages were divided, and now reside in the British Library in London , St. Catherine's Monastery , the Leipzig University Library in Germany , and the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg . Originally some 1,400 pages long, now only 800 pages and fragments remain today. It is considered on the one of the most important books in the world. Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, t...

This is a repost. This is a good news , a good story, a personal expereince of a reporter meeting the Pope PDI reporter teary in Rome for losing bag, meeting Pope By Juliet Labog-Javellana Inquirer Last updated 03:42am (Mla time) 06/10/2007 VATICAN CITY—Meeting the Pope was an experience next to none. Coming as it did the day after I was robbed of my belongings, the opportunity to meet Pope Benedict XVI in his private library could not have come at a better time. While being led to the high-security Apostolic Palace past the Vatican Gardens at the back of St. Peter’s Basilica and up to the papal residence by elevator, I already got goose bumps. Even the air smelled holy. The moment I was called to approach the Pope as he stood in the reception hall of his magnificent library, I felt my knees tremble. And when the Holy Father looked down at me, smiled and extended his hands in welcome, I completely broke do...