2007-01-16 02:24:02 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Newly discovered=recently found
2007-01-16 02:28:23 · update #1
The Catholic canon has been closed. Since Protestants do not accept the authority of the Catholic Church, they are free to accept the Gospel of Judas into their canon.
2007-01-16 02:53:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Gospel of Judas, while written in Biblical times, will never be accepted by any church. There were many
'books" written in early Christian times by members of the various religious sects all of whom professed to know the "truth" about Christ and his followers. Members in each of these sects would write a Book of 'truths' and conveniently sign them with the name of one of disciples in an effort to gain the trust of the reader to promote their particular brand of Christianity. This is the case with The Gospel of Judas. And since it is not in line with the concepts of the canonized texts of the Bible, it would never be included in the "divine" writings of any Church. Bart Ehrman, a well known Biblical scholar (and an agnostic by the way), has written commentary on it. You can have a cup of coffee at Borders and browse through it.
2007-01-16 11:16:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not new. Its been around for awhile...
But - because it is a gnostic gospel written a long time after the apostles lived and walked on the earth. Wasn't actually written by Judas.
Gnostic gospels are not biblical. They deny that Jesus was ever human.
Gnosticism claims that you have to have special knowledge. All matter is evil and we should only focus on the spirit. It think its from Greek pagan beliefs.
I posted a link about it if you want to know more.
2007-01-16 10:33:09 · answer #3 · answered by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible, although composed of 66 books is a unified whole, meaning it only points to one story, that is, the story of God's love. Although there are a lot of historical records that confirm the stories written in the Bible, not every book is considered "inspired" to be part of the Bible. Some Bibles, like the New International Version [NIV] and New Living Translation [NLT] offer a short history how the Bible came about. Hopefully, it will help you understand why not every so-called "gospel of..." can be accepted and be part of the Bible.
2007-01-16 10:42:28 · answer #4 · answered by myjesuslives2002 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What a find. How come I've never heard of it? Where was it found? Who found it?
I'm sure with Judas record, nothing he would have to say would be considered inspired by God or of any benefit to humans.
2007-01-16 10:40:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There has been criteria set up for selecting the books of the new testament. Its a science. You would need about 6-8 weeks to go into all of what is analyzed before anything is considered scripture.
2007-01-16 10:31:02 · answer #6 · answered by mariedockins 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is a God of order not chaos, the gospel of Judas does not agree with the bible's whole theme....it only brings confusion...if it does then it doesnt bring order and is not from God. who do you think it is from?
2007-01-16 10:30:29 · answer #7 · answered by Gizelle K 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Define "newly discovered" first
2007-01-16 10:27:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didnt even know that there was a gospel of judas...
2007-01-16 10:46:57 · answer #9 · answered by lOvInG mOmMiE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gospel of Judas, heh hee. There are good reasons why some gospels are left out.
2007-01-16 10:27:45 · answer #10 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋