have you read the gnostic gospels? why do you think they were left out of the Bible ?

Answer 1

They believed in people following the law of God perfectly, perfecting themselves. This went contrary salvation through faith, as Paul was asserting.

Answer 2

Jesus came and preached a message of Unconditional Love and lack of self (similar to the Buddha). People didn't like the message and both misinterpreted it and changed it into what they wanted (exactly like the 'good' son in the prodigal son parable doesn't like it when the father/god doesn't behave the way he thinks he should). The most popular interpretation of Jesus' message was adopted from the different camps and made into 4 books and put into the bible. People today don't want Uncondtional Love and lack of individuality; they want the concept of saved versus unsaved (earning specialness with god as compared to others). The gnostic gospels represent another interpretation of jesus' message (probably more in line with jesus' original message -- but maybe still not exactly the 100% correct interpretation). In those gospels, there's none of the magic and other things that appeal to people's egos (the preservation of the self, etc.). Therefore, it's only natural that most would NEVER accept them.

Answer 3

The Council of Nicea put together the Bible. They picked the Books that the Majority agreed on. They didn't agree on the Gnostic gospels. The Immaculate Birth of Mary, Jesus in Hell, etc.......... didn't mesh well with the rest

Answer 4

I've read most of the Nag Hammadi Library. It gives a bigger picture of religion. "The Origins of the World" is pretty radical because it teaches that the "creator god" was an imperfect demon. It gives a different twist on the Garden of Eden also. A lot of it teaches that religion is between a person and God...no Churches needed, so yes, it was left out of the bible.

Answer 5

The scholars who assembled the books of the Bible prayed over each book and long prayed over what was contained within those scriptures and compared that to known existing scriptures from the Jewish (Hebrew) cannon (scrolls). If a book was left out then they were not led to add it and/or they could not find a connection back to the existing scrolls and text.

Answer 6

The books don't agree with the true Gospel.
uninspired
In Christ in Love,
TJ57

Answer 7

Tthey are believed to have belonged to a particular group of
people. The Essenes. We didn't know they existed until recent times.

Answer 8

Gnostics were polytheists...sort of. That's why.

Answer 9

Not inspired by God.