What are the Gnostic Gospels?

Answer 1

They were written by Thomas and Mary and others.

They weren't considered "main stream" so that when the Bible was written in Constatinople by the order of the King,(James), they did not include those, as they portrayed Mary Magdeleine as an Apostle, (The one JESUS loved).

Which, since I read Thomas and some of the others, the Bible makes more sense on some of the passages that were not put in there, but would have completed it.

I wish you well..

Jesse

Answer 2

The Gnostics were a group who believed that everything physical was sinful. They valued knowledge above all else. Of course the logical outcome of the mistaken belief that everything physical is sinful, is that physical sin is meaningless. If we had no control over our physical selves then it would make sense that God would not hold us accountable for any physical actions.
The Gnostic "gospels" are those which were long ago discarded by the theologians of the Church. They directly contradicted other writings. Atheist and agnostics are fond of holding them up and trying to use them as evidence tht the bible is nothing more than a collection of stories written by man. However as scholars continue to find scriptures that are interwoven with other scriptures, a very different picture begins to emerge. Through continued study with an open heart and open mind we can see that the true Gospels fit perfectly with other scriptures. A feat that man could simply not do on his own.

Answer 3

The Roman Catholic church decided on what should go into the bible many centuries ago. Their main problem was that most of their dogma didn't add up when compared to each other. Dates were well out as were the places named.
To make sure that they were all singing off the same hymm sheet (pun), they changed passages to match other writings and also wrote gospels of their own, I seem to recall that some of the people were "created" to pull the whole story together.
The Gnostic Gospels are similar writings from the same period which basically were not recognised by the RC church as they didn't match their "story".
There are numerous people who worship JC but don't follow the full beliefs of the christian world. This doesn't mean they are necessarily wrong.

Answer 4

The so-called "Gnostic Gospels" are writings of the second or third century, having the title of "Gospel" and falsely attributed by their anonymous authors to the apostles, in order to gain credibility (for example "Gospel of Thomas").
They were part of the sacred writings of gnosticism, a conglomerate of diverse sects holding a variety of belief systems. What is common for them is the fact that they combine elements of Christianity with other religions of the time, and the belief that the respective sect holds a special secret knowledge ("gnosis", which in greek means knowledge), accessible only to initiates and which will allow them to enter higher levels of reality. (They usually believed the earthly reality to be evil.)
Gnosticism and the contorted use of Christian scriptures in Gnostic texts were well-known in the Early Christian times and many authors wrote against them, defending the Christian standpoint, so that Christians do not become confused in their faith out of ignorance. (See links below for more details.)
Modern scholarship is also well aware of the non-Christian and post-apostolic origin of these texts.
For the guy who thinks King James put together the New Testament canon: King James only suggested a new, more thorough translation of the Bible into English was necessary, which translation was published in 1611. The canon was defined by consensus in the Church around 200 AD. Before that, however, it was the "Oral Gospel", the apostolic teaching preserved without being written, that was used to test the validity of any writing. And of these, "gnostic gospels" failed.

Answer 5

There was a group called the Gnostics. They popped up shortly after Christianity started. They believed in things like magic words and ritualisitc practices would get you into a better afterlife. They believed that words held power. They kind of leeched themselves onto Christianity because it was growing so quickly at that time. If you read their "gospels" you'll find that they are clearly different than any other Chrisitan or Jewish writings. They claim strange things. One book claims that women can't get into Heaven. They kind of imply that sex changes are needed. Clearly, not something that falls in line with anything else relating to Jesus.

Many want to imply that they were kept out of the Bible because they taught kinder, gentler things, but once you've actually read a few of them, you'll find that not to be the case. Dogma works both ways. Common sense would tell anyone that's actually read gnostic writings that they are clearly not Christian in origin.

Great question.

Answer 6

Gospels from Gnostic christianity. Gnostic refers to knowledge (agnostic-against knowledge/lack of knowledge...they are not idiots, they just admit to not knowing if there is a god or not and what 'form' that 'god' might take if it does exist). They were opposed to 'literalist christianity', what modern christianity is based on.

Answer 7

BASICALLY The Dead Sea Scrolls. Biblical age writings which were not included in the authorised Bible.
Gnostic's were Christians but they did not accept the accepted version of Christianity. They were often persecuted

Answer 8

the Gnostic's were spiritual people part of the Jewish faith but not accepted in Christianity. there is a similar sect in Islam I forget the name now but people have asked about it soffy or some think they use drugs or grass to enhance visions

Answer 9

these were the Gospels which did not fit in with the ideas of those who formed the mainstream Christian Religious Belief System

Answer 10

Books written by Gonstics and not included by the Bible translstors.
In Christ,
TJ57