We have some of the best evidence for Jesus of anyone from the ancient world.

Do you believe Alexander the Great was a real historical figure?

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We have far more historically

reliable information about Jesus than either of those two figures. Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I'm Brandon Vot the host and the senior

publishing director at Word on Fire. An exciting group of psychologists, scientists, and thought leaders are

rediscovering the Bible, its beauty, its brilliance, its value, what's causing so many of them to look at the Bible with fresh eyes?

That's what we're discussing today with Bishop Barron, who joins us freshly back from Rome in our studio in Rochester.

Bishop, good to see you again.

Back from Rome, not sure how freshly back I am

because I got a cold or something

at the end of my time in Rome.

I'm just kind of getting over it, so you might hear it in my voice a bit. At the end of my time in Rome I'm just kind of getting over it so you might hear it my voice a bit

At the end of the Synod everybody was coughing all around all the table so there was something there was something going around that I got

Now you were there for nearly a month I know we can't summarize all of

that succinctly here but give us a little two minute summary of how was the

Synod for you? You know the Synod was good Brandon. It was also exhausting. I think my illness probably

decided that. They really worked us. Anyone that thinks we were over there on a little

Roman holiday or something.

They had us going six days a week from morning to night.

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