Edited sentence: Fabrication, or alteration of an existing work, without detection, if that is what occurred, would be much more possible in the 4th Century than it would be today.In this context, it must be remembered that the Testimonium only appeared after Christianity had become the dominant religion, with the power to censor, destroy, and alter dissenting texts.Moreover, copies of any book at this time were rare, as most people were illiterate all copying was done by hand