CHRIST'S PERSONALITY.
ROMAN OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION DISCOVERY IN THE VATICAN. (Received 1 p.m.) PARIS, May 3. The earliest personal description of Christ, according to the -Matin," has been discovered in an old Latin text in the Vatican library. It is practically the equivalent of a modern oflieial report of a police department written in the time of Publius Lentulus, who is believed to have been Pontius Pilate's predecessor as Governor of Judea, and says: ''Christ possesses long fair hair, falling in curves on his shoulders. His hair is parted in the middle, and he wears a double pointed beard fairer than his hair. His eyes are light blue and kindly in expression, but sometimes flash under the stress of feeling. Of normal build, he stands erect, and his voice is soft. He is never seen to laugh, but oten cries. His hands are well kept."
The dscription concludes: "He is called Jesus, son of Mary; His friends call Him the Son of God."—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 4 May 1923, Page 7
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