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05-09-2012, 12:47 AM #1
for you christians, well i guess anyone
this is beginning to intrigue me
(long read)
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/20...burn-text.html
before you christians freak out, look at three great facts here,
one, it's oldest copy is as old as most new testament copies
two, it is mentioned as far back as 180 ad
three, a great read just to understand how much man really influence what we call the bible
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05-09-2012, 09:46 AM #2
It was not included in the canon because it is inconsistent with the teachings of Christ.
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05-09-2012, 11:56 AM #3
It was not included in the canon because it is inconsistent with the teachings of Christ
according to who? a council of humans? and when they cannot when a discussion they simply exile you
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05-09-2012, 02:28 PM #4
The Church has withheld a lot of documents over the years. The gospels of James, Peter, Thomas, and Judas, the Q document...
If it doesn't fit into the story they want to promote, regardless of truth, they'll pretend it doesn't exist.
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05-09-2012, 02:46 PM #5
The "Gospel of Judas" was not written by Judas.... he was dead. They are gnostic texts written long after the death of all the apostles. The stories were judged to be not according to the teaching of the Church either historically or spiritually.
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05-09-2012, 04:37 PM #6
The "Gospel of Judas" was not written by Judas.... he was dead. They are gnostic texts written long after the death of all the apostles. The stories were judged to be not according to the teaching of the Church either historically or spiritually.
you need to do some research, the only biblical gospel that predates this one is a small fragment of john
they are labeled gnostic to try and discredit them, but when the council decided to call in one to question him and show him up, they found themselves out done and exiled him. the official reason was his ideas did not match theirs so it must not be correct
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05-10-2012, 12:11 AM #7
It is a gnostic text. This is not up for debate. Christ did not teach gnosticism. He taught that there was one way to salvation and that it was available to all. Do you not believe the Council of Nicea was guided by God's hand?
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05-10-2012, 12:14 AM #8
Do you not believe the Council of Nicea was guided by God's hand?
no, constantine's
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05-10-2012, 12:36 AM #9
when someone can explain to me why every gnostic gospel makes the claim that its author was jesus' closest friend then i will start listening. The gospel of judas claims he was the closest follower, as does the gospel of thomas, as does the gospel of mary, as does the gospel of...
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05-10-2012, 08:48 AM #10
you guys are relating this to gnostics because the church has.
do some research, there were many christians that were not unified in the church and read many of these works and were not gnostic
what better way to legitimize your claim but to relate all else to something people were uncertain about
the gospel of thomas was found buried with a christian monk, who was not gnostic
were not all apostles the closest to jesus?
and some other bad news, most other gospels that made in into the NT were written for an apostle by someone else
and just because someone had the worst job doesn't make them the worst person
but i am not sold on this "gospel" yet, but intrigue by it
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Originally Posted by shrewsbury 
