Where can I get information about the Council of Nicea and the Gospels rejected at the council?

Answer 1

For information on the council of Nicea, check out wikipedia's website. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea

The issue debated at Nicea was the Arian Heresy which claimed that the 2nd and 3rd persons of the Trinity were created. It had nothing to do with a debate concerning which books belong in the Canon of Scripture.

For information on the other apocryphal writings of the early Christian era check out: http://www.gnosis.org/library/cac.htm

I invite you to read some of them along with an introduction to Gnosticism such as you can find here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism

The reason for this invitation is because the word "gnosticism" has recently become associated with the whole Mary Magdalen as Jesus' wife and goddess worship beliefs that include a secret plot by the Catholic Church to cover up these gospels. As you will see from the article on "gnosticism", this is not credible since gnostic thought was very dualistic, seeing the body as evil and the spirit as good. Women, therefore, in being associated with the earth and the body (the material) were considered evil. In the gospel of Thomas, the 12 apostles question Jesus as to why Mary Magdalen is allowed to be around him. He explains to them that he has made her a man (therefore no longer associated with the evil of the earth). Even my religion professor in college (who rejected Christianity - and he had been a minister) laughed at the notion that the gnostic gospels were about goddess worship and Mary Magdalen being Jesus' wife. Still, don't take my word for it. Please read up on it for yourself.

For an explanation of the process of deciding which books would be in the bible, please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canon_of_Scripture

I hope this helps your studies.

Answer 2

Early Christians did not have self belief the Gospel of Thomas to be a valid Gospel. contained in the early days of the Church, there have been many gospels written with assistance from adversaries of Christianity (Gnosticism, Montanism) that attempted to discredit the teachings of Christ. a lot of what change into written in those books contradicted valid writings.....The Gospel of Thomas being this way of. The Council of Nicea did not reject books of the Bible. It change right into a council to make your ideas up maximum positive on the question that were raised about Christ's equality with God the daddy. Luke financial ruin 2 also speaks of Jesus as a boy.

Answer 3

You are mistaken. The council of Nicea did no such thing.

All the books included in the authentic canon of scripture were in wide use for at least a hundred years before Nicea, and were actually written by apostles, or by those they closely supervised.

None of the false gospels are truthful, accurate, properly dated, or of apostolic origin. And none were written by the named authors.

They are ... simply put ... not worth the papyrus they were written on.

And anyone who is familiar with the authentic scriptures can see that in a minute.

To read the false gospel of thomas, go here:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/maps/primary/gthomas.html

Answer 4

No gospels were rejected at Nicea. The Church included every single work of Scripture that was read publicly in any Church throughout the entire Roman Empire. They even included several books that were not read in any Churches (like Hebrews, Revelation, the Epistles of James and Jude, etc.). Esther was included, even though it was rejected by both Jews and Christians at the time. And then, when all was said and done, they actually added in even more books when they started printing copies (like Hermas, the Epistles of Ignatius, and the entire corpus known as the 'Apocrypha').

Their goal was to include all Scriptures useful to the Church - not to get rid of books that they didn't like.

The only books that were not included were actual pagan metaphysical treatises like the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Secret James, Secret John, etc.

Of course, if you want a gospel that describes the universe as a giant menstrual discharge formed by a donkey-headed demon rapist (Apocryphon of John), or that the Holy Eucharist is the ejaculate of the presiding priest (Ophites), then feel free to stitch those 'rejected' books into the back of your Bible...

Lest anyone misread my sarcasm, most folks who think that gnostic documents were removed from the 'canon' of scripture for some subversive purpose have never actually looked at the repulsive doctrines that they actually contained.

Answer 5

Here is one that was rejected because it included Jesus prophecizing a prophet to come from Arabia. It's called the Gospel of Barnabas

http://www.barnabas.net/

Answer 6

I wish I could answer your question .. have been researching the same thing for a very long time. If you find the answer, let me know.

Some gospels not included were the gospel of Mary (Magdalene) and the gospel of Thomas, the gospel of Judas ... among others.

Answer 7

There was a great special on the History Channel a few months ago.

Answer 8

The books rejected never were considered Gospe,or part of the Bible.They were written by pretenders influenced by Gnosticism.

http://www.carm.org/lostbooks.htm
http://www.carm.org/bible.htm

Answer 9

Try a church history textbook at any christain bookstore or ,of course, the internet

Answer 10

Here is a good documentary:

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-1544297501273805838&q=lost+gospels