NEWSMAX:The Pope says in a new book that Jesus was born earlier than commonly believed, suggesting the entire Christian calendar is based on a miscalculation, London’s Telegraph reports…
“The calculation of the beginning of our calendar – based on the birth of Jesus – was made by Dionysius Exiguus (Dennis the Small), who made a mistake in his calculations by several years,” the Pope writes in the book which was published Wednesday around the world. “The actual date of Jesus’s birth was several years before.”
Dennis the Small created the current Christian calendar which has been accepted historically, although many scholars share the Pope’s view that he was off by several years as no one knows exactly how he calculated the date of Jesus’ birth. Most scholars believe Jesus was born between 6 BC and 4 BC… (more)
