Why were books left out of the Bible?

Question

i.e. Gospel of Thomas, Mary, Judus, etc...

How do they portray Jesus?

Answer 1

Those books were left out of the Bible for various reasons. Some of those reasons are:

1. Women had authority over men, which was contrary to the beliefs of the people in those times, when women were considered of less value than cattle.

2. Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, and they kissed often in public.

3. Jesus had a twin brother.

4. Mary (mother of Jesus) was also an Apostle who wrote Epistles to the Disciples and other Christians.

5. Other things which have recently been proven as fact and are shaking constantly the very foundations of the Christian churches today. (The idea was then - and still is today - to prevent the truth from being known).

Answer 2

Well, the first reason that books were "left out of the Bible" is space; there were hundreds of texts written on the new Christian philosophy in the first few centuries C. E.
*Which* books were left out--or rather, which were put in--was an entirely political process. For example, we have four Gospels--three of which are actually versions of the same text, and two of which give *conflicting* paternal lineages of Jesus (wasn't God supposed to be his father?); but the Gospel of Thomas, which historians are generally certain was actually written by Jesus, was left out.
Why? Because the Gospel of Thomas tells people to think for themselves.

As for how these other texts treat Jesus, they vary. Most of them were written by Gnostics, and it is our practice to create religious mythology as an interpretation of the human condition. You may read these texts on-line, for free, at:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm

Most of text you are interested in, particularly the Gospel of Thomas, can be found under the "Gnosticism" link.

Answer 3

I have been taught that while Christianity was being lived out by the first Christians and anyone who followed afterwards that there were different beliefs and movements occuring at the same time.

According to www.carm.org:
"The additional books were not included in the Bible for several reasons. They lacked apostolic or prophetic authorship, they did not claim to be the Word of God; they contain unbiblical concepts such as prayer for the dead in 2 Macc. 12:45-46; or have some serious historical inaccuracies."
You can follow my links below to go to a section on each book that wasn't included.

Answer 4

If I'm a teacher,and I'm grading papers,and all the papers say 2+2=4.Then I get a paper that says 2+2=6,I'm not accepting that paper.That's basically what they did with the Bible.
It was written by 40 different authors over a 2000 period ,on three different continents,Africa ,Asia and Europe,by guys for the most part never knew one another yet everything they said about God was the same.Just like 2+2=4.Every once in a while a book would surface saying 2+2=6,and so it would be rejected.

Answer 5

The books you mentioned were penned much later and were known as the Gnostic gospels. The Books in the Bible were all written by 90 AD.

Answer 6

Most of the books left out of the Gospels were not included because they portrayed Jesus as a man or a prophet, but not the Son of God. When Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire, a conference was held to determine what shape the NT should take, and only books portraying Jesus as divine were accepted.

Answer 7

They have been judged no longer genuine. whilst the books have been being assembled, the previous testomony books have been of course scriptures that the Jews had used. via fact the apostles, and later, Paul, wrote the books that grew to grow to be our new testomony, they have been copied and despatched to the church homes of the day. They have been frequently customary then as genuine and used via those church homes. In assembling the bible, the church fathers pushed aside many "forgeries" and different books that in simple terms had no credibility with any of the 1st church homes, and weren't used via them. There are 2 books you will desire to verify out, "the place We have been given Our Bible" and "Halley's Pocket Bible education manual". The latter certainly lists the books that weren't included interior the bible and let us know why.

Answer 8

Most "books" in the New Testament were voted into Canon Law by a group of Catholic Bishops in 325AD--the most contentious inclusion of these being the Book of Revelation being written some 100 years after the crucifixion on the isle of Patmos by an unknown author calling himself John--this disjointed book is a book of so- called "signs"--which directly contradicts Christ's teachings-that the Kingdom of God will NEVER come with signs-for the Kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17v20,21).
As to why they refused to admit the writings of direct eye-witnesses and instead chose to fill up the New Testament will the out-dated opinions of that woman hating Pharisee Paul-(AKA Saul the self-confessed murderer) remains a mystery to this day!

Answer 9

Some were excluded because they were known to be false and promoted bad teachings including things like promiscuity and no respect for marriage. Others were excluded because their authenticity could not be verified and even at the time it was acknowledged that there was a possibility that some true books had been excluded but it was done so that only those books that were 100% authentic would be in the New Testament.

Answer 10

Cause they were forgeries, also books that were impossible to read were left out, also books that were talking about people peeing on each other in the temple were left out, and any books that mentioned various perversions in a favorable light. So now we have the Bible, pure as driven snow, containing no doubtful or questionable stuff, can you say hallelujah?