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Whatever else one might think about the Gospel of Judas, or the canonical gospels, the GoJ is most emphatically terrible evidence of what happened historically. It was probably written around 150 CE, at least 60 years after the last book of the New Testament. I've also heard, but am less sure about this point, that scholars generally agree that the gnostics do not represent the mainstream of the church in the early centuries. So, in this case at least, there are very good reasons the church decided not to include it in the canon.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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