Ben Witherington: Archbishop Langton—An Interesting Dude

Fascinating.

Stuck on the back of Person Hall, at my alma mater, UNC is a statue of an archbishop, one Stephen Langton, late of Canterbury.  The statue was rescued from some rubble somewhere between Big Ben and the Parliament building.  You will notice the good bishop appears a bit tired, and he is holding a scroll.  There is a reason. He’s the chap who is responsible for the division of the Bible into chapters and verses.

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