With the discovery of an ancient parchment said to mention Jesus' wife, it seems a good time to revisit the likelihood of a married Jesus.

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The idea that Jesus might have been married was popularised by Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.  Millions read the book and saw the movies and some were easily swayed by the presentation. This new document is sure to find a ready audience willing to believe just about anything, but what does the evidence say? Putting on my historian hat I look at the case for a married Jesus and the implications of this for Christianity.