Wider Ancient Witness Archive · 4.3 Protective, Ritual, Magical, and Esoteric Witness Archive
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Christian Magical Papyri
This text is included as a comparative, historical, philosophical, ritual, textual, or fragmentary witness. It is not presented as part of the Restored Bible.
Archive witness — presented for historical study only. Not doctrine and not recommended practice.
Christian Magical Papyri
[Archive witness: an ancient protective or ritual text, preserved as historical evidence — not doctrine, and not for practice.]
Fragments of Christian protective texts on papyrus, using the names of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, the cross, and the openings of the gospels. Representative lines:
“In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The beginning of the gospel of Jesus the Anointed. [Line damaged] Guard the body and soul of your servant from every evil.”
“Christ was born; Christ was crucified; Christ rose. Lord, drive away the fever and the chill from the one who wears this, by your holy name. Amen.”
[Fragment breaks here.]