Gospel of Philip....?!?

Question

Has anyone heard of this? (what am I saying, I am sure you have) I watched this show where they mentioned this, and said that there is probably as many as 50 other gospel's not included in the bible.

WHY? What does this say? What about the others?

Thanks!

Answer 1

According to my friend, "Electric" Bill, who is ordained minister, said when they compiled the "Canon" they took books in and out of bible. The church at the time decieded what they did and did not want in new testiment, and many things, like Gospel of Philip and Gospel of Mary were taken out becasue at the time, it seemed to give women too much power. Gospel of Judas was taken out because many peopel wnat to keep him as villian of bible, even though he did what had to be done, and many texts claim he was Jesus's most trusted, and that's why he was chosen to "betray".
"Electric" Bill says there are a lot of wisdoms in Gnostic Gospels, and they are worth looking up for your own research. Never blindly follow a religion without studing it for yourself. Knowledge is power, you know.
To people who say "it's a fake, written after" I say to you, if I was to make a book on lets say Thomas Edison, 300 years does that make it less valid? The truth is, most of the gospels were written down long after Jesus was around. It's true. That doesn't mean they are fake or invalid. Do not be blinded by ignorance, read for yourself and research things. If you want to put your faith in something, learn all you can about it. Same thing for people saying "If they aren't in bible, they must not have been inspired by God" you really need to understand the chruch at that time was massive political power, and at that time, Constintine delcared Christianity not only legal for first time in Rome, but made it official religion becasue it was popular, Constintine himself was a non believer until near the time of his death. He and the early popes wanted to make sure that they chose books that would fit an agenda on their part. Sad to say but it true, that doesn't mean the entire faith is invalid.
THese books were not put into Canon, which meant the Church didn't fund for copies to be made of these gospels, so if no one is comissioning them, they became forgotten. That's all. King James would do the greatest disservice to Christinaity, as he claimed he was the authority on religion, and changed the bible to suit his beliefs. King James bible features many rewrites, not cool. He was no scholar, just a power hungry man who thought he knew it all.
Forgive me if my English isn't perfect, I'm not from here.
I hope this helps you.


And we get thumbs down from the ones afraid of the truth. Funny, but expected.

Answer 2

The Gospel of Philip was written around the 3rd Century AD and is considered a Gnostic gospel. As to the 50 other gospels, there is really no historical evidence of the number being that high.

All Gnostic gospels were not included in the canon of Scripture for many reasons. Some incude the fact that they are written so late that they no longer carry the eyewitness weight of the 4 canonical Gospels; these "gospels" were not written by the authors that bear their names (all scholars agree with this); the information found in them is so outrageous that it cannot be seen as an attempt to report factual events or sayings of Christ.

Read The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel. It has a lot of good info on the canonizing of the Scriptures in a concise format.

Answer 3

In the early history of Christianity, there was a lot of controversy over what would be considered doctrine and what wouldn't. Many groups disagreed and finally they got together some councils to decide (ie. Council of Trent). At these meetings, they decided as a group the divinity of Christ, what books would be considered to be a part of the canon, the role of the Holy Spirit, etc. A lot of factions were formed at this time (ie. Gnostics, Coptics, etc.), but mainstream Christianity (Catholism) stuck around for the most part. Protestants came into the picture at a later date when they decided a few of the books considered holy by the Catholic church didn't belong in the Bible (hence the different books in the Catholic Bible vs. Protestant Bible).

If you're really interested in this, you can go to any book store and check out all of the "missing" gospels. I suggest the ones written by the women to stir up some contreversy. ;) Also, check out Q. There's a whole fun back story to that too!

Answer 4

The Catholic church met in Nicene and decided which books should be in the bible, casting aside any that didn't say what they wanted to say. Christians should read those other gospels or they're not getting the whole story.

To Bob, I think all gospels were written long after Jesus' death and the death of Matthew Mark Luke and John.

And also, who said they were heresy? The Catholic Church, who was the government at the time. And you know you can't trust the government.

Answer 5

These "gospels" that have not been included into the Bible (whether the Catholic Bible or the King James Version) have been deemed by both church bodies as questionable.
Questioned are things like authorship, authenticity, historical accuracy, dates written, theme and doctrines presented; and gernerally, are they supportive and in agreement with those texts that are beyond reproach.
Many of these writings were written after the first century, so "first-hand" knowledge of the Apostles was greatly diminished, and most contained gnostic heresies.

Answer 6

It was normal about 150 years after the death of Christ to write gospels in the name of apostles or evangelists. They were not written by the person that they claim to be. These are the gnostic gospels. They were people that believed that a relationship with Christ is not what was important, but knowledge that is important.

They stressed philosophy, which I call 'philo-sophia'. Philo meaning friend and sophia, the goddess of wisdom.
The philosophers loved wisdom, therefore were referred to as lovers of sophia the goddess of wisdom.

For those who have been bathed in philosophy, you know that it is a critical medium, always questioning, but rarely providing answers. That is the reason that I believe we have philosophers on this forum.

There is a gospel of Thomas, not written by Thomas, etc.

Answer 7

There are many other gospels, most of which were removed by the early church. Up until the middle ages there were five gospels, but the fifth was removed at that time, leaving only the four you know today.

Answer 8

The bible is what's called "Faction" A fictional tale set in a real time and place. for this reason the time, place and authentic historic characters are all maximum suitable however the fictitious characters and memories are no longer! The Roman Emperor Constantine produced the bible and he replaced right into a pagan no longer god! He took the Jewish faith and basing it on the Mithras faith, prepared it into Christianity and then into the Holly Roman Catholic Church!! no longer in Israel or any of the international places of meant beginning yet fullyyt ITALIAN! no longer one be responsive to that's present day with the era and replaced into no longer written till various hundred years after the era the story is desperate in!! How did the apostles write their books extra beneficial than one hundred years as quickly as they could have been ineffective? What a ask your self finished disinformation and deception marketing campaign he waged against his Jewish enemies by utilising turning them into his invented Christianity - so reliable in certainty that Christians are nonetheless following the deception to in the present day!

Answer 9

The gospel of phillip is the one where the other disciples are jealous of Mary because Jesus likes to kiss her so much.

Another interesting one is the Infancy Gospel of Thomas which is the one where Jesus kills a kid for bumping into him. Its interesting to see the gospels which were voted out of the bible. They show us the true history of Jesus and not just what the catholic church would have you believe.

Answer 10

Those are all gospels that the Church was aware of when they were first discovered. They (incl. the so-called "Gospels" of Thomas, James, Phillip) were not considered for the canon of Scripture because of their gnostic content.

The Church is the arbiter of Scripture and the canon of the same, as she is the Body of Christ here on earth, indwelt with the Holy Spirit at the first Pentecost.

"Huckleberry Finn" is not in the Bible, either. It, like the gnostic books, does not belong.