the gospel of Thomas is one of the best i have read and yet it is not included in the holy bible.
2006-12-07 08:11:07 · 21 answers · asked by JustMe 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because it contains teachings that are inconsistent with the Bible as a whole... Jim
2006-12-07 08:25:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At a council of early church leaders, several versions of the gospel were deemed "uninspired" and thrown out of the Christian "canon" (list of inspired books).
Why?
Well, suppose Christ came now instead of 2000 years ago. What would happen? You would have the "authorized" biography, maybe an autobiography, and then there would be the "unauthorized biographies, right? Well that is what happened 2000 years ago. Many people other than the apostles wrote about Christ. When it came time to separate the different versions of His life, the early Christians had to decide which were trustworthy and which couldn't be counted on to be 100% true. Of course other things happened that are not recorded in the 4 gospels, but the early church decided to stick with just the four.
2006-12-07 08:16:52 · answer #2 · answered by presidentbryce 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before the Bible was what it is today it was a collection of copied letters and a group of men gathered together and voted on what letters could be said to be authentic and these were included (cannonized) into the Bible we Know today. I have read parts of the Gospel of Thomas and can't say whether it is authentic or not i wasnt there when it was written
2006-12-07 08:18:01 · answer #3 · answered by wayne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The difference between the gospel of Thomas and the four in the new testament, which pretty much tell the same story, is that there is nothing miraculous involved in Thomas. It does not proclaim Jesus to be the son of God or to have risen from the dead. These are core beliefs that Christianity has always wanted to bring across.
2006-12-07 08:21:03 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Bodhisattva 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off it wasn't discovered until the 40's and even then none of the Gnostic gospels are included in the Bible as most Christians don't view them as divinely inspired. Some believe they were hidden as they were heresy and would have been destroyed.
2006-12-07 08:19:43 · answer #5 · answered by biochemgirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because The Lord only wanted 4 in the bible ,4 stands for / To the ends of the earth ,North south east and west and that is where the good news is to go,
Isiah is sometimes called the 5th gospel
2006-12-07 08:16:08 · answer #6 · answered by Terry S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All Bibles; i.e. The Old Testament, The New Testament, The Koran were written by men who made the decisions as to what should go into their Bibles and what shouldn't according to their own biases.
Therefore, there are many items that were left out of every Bible.
2006-12-07 08:17:15 · answer #7 · answered by professorp12000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They used the most reliable ones. I read the gospel of Thomas and it puts very unlikely words to the mouth of Jesus.
2006-12-07 10:56:15 · answer #8 · answered by Ulrika 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read the Gospel of Thomas and found that it did not go along with the Four Gospels. In essence, there was no harmony in it.
Besides, how much of it is missing? I found that it reflected the typical Gnostic thinking that some of the others do.
2006-12-07 08:15:46 · answer #9 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The ones included in the Canon were the ones inspired by the Holy Spirit.
2006-12-07 08:13:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋