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Originally Posted by SirLance
Remember that the canon of scripture was formed well before the council of Nicea. The Gnostic Gospels were not hidden or suppressed, they were not included because of the theology the represented. The church fathers referred to Gnostic precepts in their writings, and simply rejected them. The Gnostic bibles were not suppresed, rather, they were not included because they present a theology that is heretical to Christian theology:
Christian:
Salvation comes to all who put their faith in Christ
Jesus died on the Cross for sins of humanity
Christ was God in the Old Testament who entered humanity
Jesus was God from eternity past, dwelling in flesh
Gnostic:
Salvation comes to those who attain secret knowledge (Gnosis).
Jesus did not die on the Cross, a phantom or subsitute died on the Cross
God of the Old Testament is a demon who has trapped spirit being in physical bodies
Jesus came into existence from All-father and Sophia (Goddess).
The USCCB (Council of Catholic Bishops) has a good website: http://www.jesusdecoded.com. They cite their sources, so you don't have to take their word for it... |
I have only read the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Judas but to me the Gnostic beliefs dont really entail what you have listed. It might just be me though or my lack of reading the other Gospels.
Also I think the other Gospels were suppressed weren't they? I mean in second century (100ish) a.d. werent most of the other Gospels thrown out and burned and Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were left to be canonized? Isn't that why the other Gospels were not found until fairly recently? I may not have my stories straight but thats what I remember hearing from somewhere.
the part about the suppression of the other Gospels in 100 a.d. or so came solely from the national geographic special I watched on the Gospel of Judas.
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