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1 | Why 4 Gospels? | NT general Archive 1 | waltherpp32 | 100920 | ||
The more books the better. Also there are 5. Check into it: The Gospel of Thomas. A real document found in the same broken pot that the Nag Hammadi Library was found in (Nag Hammadi is used broadly for translation). Also we want to compare as many ancient manuscripts as possible to have the oldest and most importantly most accurate! Email me if you need. Amazon has a good book on Gospel of Thomas - i recomend the one by John Dart and Ray Rigert published by Seastone ISBN:1-56975-231-1 |
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2 | Why 4 Gospels? | NT general Archive 1 | Makarios | 100940 | ||
The so-called "Gospel" of Thomas can't be found in the Bible. And it is not there for good reason. - Makarios |
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3 | Why 4 Gospels? | NT general Archive 1 | waltherpp32 | 100943 | ||
what is that good reason? was it not found with the same manuscripts that many translations of the bible come from? and who decides not to have it in it? the gospel of thomas is authentic so why is it not in the bible? | ||||||
4 | Why 4 Gospels? | NT general Archive 1 | Makarios | 100947 | ||
Who says that the so called "Gospel" of Thomas is authentic? Certainly not by the Council of Carthage in A.D. 397. (1) Was the book written or approved by an apostle? (2) Were its contents of a spiritual nature? (3) Did it give evidence of being inspired by God? (4) Was it widely received by the churches? The so-called "Gospel" of Thomas fails in all but the first category, that is, if you truly believe that Thomas wrote this book. The manuscript weight of this book is nowhere near that of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, which have every right and should be included in the Holy Bible, which is God's Word. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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5 | Why 4 Gospels? | NT general Archive 1 | waltherpp32 | 101121 | ||
Well, i did what i wanted to do. Get something started. I personally do not accept the gospel of Thomas as inspired. But. Consider. If we went in a new cave today and found a letter of Paul to those at Troas. Would we canonize it and call it Troasites? We need to consider the canon. But it is of man. So if we found more and determined it to be authentic would we accept it? This is the question i am posing. When the gospel of Thomas was written these christians did not have the canon. So they used what they had. And they certainly did not have our "King James Version". But i will answer your questions the way people who believe in it do (I do not - it is interesting tho). 1. This book is accredited to Didymus Judas Thomas. you may better know as "doubting Thomas" the one who litteraly stuck his hand in Christ's side. 2. Its contents paralell much of the 4 canonized gospels. None of it is contradictory to anything in the old or new testaments. 3. See #1 - is an apostle inspired? It was preserved for some reason. 4. I don't know - i wasn't there but it was found as part of a library. Let me re-iterate. I do not believe the Gospel of Thomas necessary for salvation. I do consider it authentic tho - unlike the gospel q which it would be similar to if this so called q existed (it does not and i think it is ridiculous). Any ways, you should learn more of it is my proposition. And i pose this one question i stated above: 1. If we found in a cave tomorrow a never before seen document of Paul (most of N.T. is by him) would we accept it? It may enlighten us to things we bind or do not bind - ie.: water baptism, musical intrument, and any other touchy subject. Search the scriptures daily. And, why not search for more scriptures? brotherly love, jw |
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6 | Why 4 Gospels? | NT general Archive 1 | Makarios | 101125 | ||
"Well, i did what i wanted to do. Get something started." Obviously, much to the chagrin of actual "Bible" believing Christians. - Makarios |
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