Apostle Philip's tomb found in Turkey? Maybe not

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Robert,

To what register are you referring? The Catholic Encyclopedia is written by the Catholic Church and therefore reflects its ideology. Also, the Vatican's page on the Apostle Philip states: "According to certain later accounts (Acts of Philip and others), our Apostle is said to have evangelized first Greece and then Frisia, where he is supposed to have died, in Hierapolis, by a torture described variously as crucifixion or stoning."
You can see the whole page here:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2006/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20060906_en.html
This indicates that the Church doubts the account.
Personally I'm an agnostic, so I'm not taking the Catholic Church's word for it, but they make the fair point that the Acts of Philip is a much later source with no other supporting evidence.
As for Christ, there's good circumstantial evidence that he was a historical figure. As for all those miracles, well. . .

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