An ancient piece of papyrus found in 2012 caused a major upheaval in the theological community when it was translated and found to contain a reference to Jesus' wife, causing many to label the scroll as fake. Testing has now determined that the scroll isn't a forgery.
According to the Christian religion, Jesus never had a wife. The scroll contains the line “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife...’” while another part of the writing reads: “She will be able to be my disciple,” reports The Times . The scroll took the Christian world by surprise, with many scholars declaring it a fake because of the strange grammar and uncertain origin.
However, researchers at the Harvard Divinity School tested the parchment, and found it to be completely legit. According to the researchers, the scroll is an "ancient document", which dates between the sixth and ninth centuries. After many scientific tests, the team decided that the scroll is "almost certainly a product of early Christians, not a modern forger."
Though the parchment is real, it's still under debate as to if Jesus' wife is real or not. If it were true, the existence of Jesus' wife, or even a female disciple, would call into question the role of women in the Church throughout history.