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[ria777]

Christ at play
Makes a dead boy speak
Gathers spilt water
Kills a playfellow
Kills his schoolmasters
Disputes with the doctors,
and confounds them.
Is baptized.

all chapter headings genuine and from a translation of the first Infancy Gospel

Comments

[strangedivine]

I've been meaning to read that!

[ria777]

but I thought you'd read everything!

[strangedivine]

I've read little and have understood even less.

I think that's a James Joyce quotation. Nevertheless it's quite poignant.

[nonentityb]

I've always been a fan of the apocryphal gospels. I remember telling my friends about this one a few years ago, and they actually didn't believe me...

[ria777]

I knew you'd like this!