Question about Gospels...?

Question

How come the bible only has the 4 gospels of John, Luke, Matthew and Mark when there are many other gospels out there? I heard those other gospels talk about Jesus very differently than the ones we have read.

Answer 1

You may think of it like this: The same reason that every newspaper or magizine article aren't published- because they are not all written by reliable people. The books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were voted into the New Testament by The Christian Church Cannon (Organization of Church Leaders) starting around c.150. Matthew and Mark were both reliable sources because they were both disciples of Jesus. Mark and Luke (a physician) were also voted reliable. They were also both companions of the apostle Paul. The story-line in all four gospels, for example, are synomymous. The Gospel of Thomas, among others, are not considered reliable. For example: In the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus supposedly got angry with someone and killed them. This is considered a heresy because it is not consistent with the other Gospels.

Answer 2

The reason only Matthew Mark Luke and John are in the Bible, is because they were personally involved with Jesus, the other gospels came much later and were the individuals own opinion, rather than being inspired by God. 2 Timothy 3: 16 All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, disciplining in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.

Answer 3

If all the Gospels were in the Bible, you would only be able to fit it into a small library. No one person could ever read it all.

The Bible is a cannon. That's not a big gun that shoots a cannon ball. The Church leaders held a council about 400 years after Christ, and mediated on which books should be canonized into the Bible.

Was there human bias in what they chose? I can't very well say. As far as I know, they didn't keep a record of their discussion. That would make an interesting research in itself.

According to the Catholic Church, human bias in the decisions made could not have happened because of something called "infallibility in matters of faith." This means that the churchmen, although imperfect sinners, can't make mistakes when it comes to religion because God wouldn't let that happen.

What do you think?

Answer 4

The four gospels that are incorporated into the New Testament were all written during the lifetimes of the men after which the books are named. There are statements written by first and second century early Church elders that confirm that only these four Gospels were recognized by believers as being authentic.

However, the gnostic gospels were obviously written many centuries after the last Apostle died. They present ideas and "revelations" that conflict with the theology presented within the four accepted Gospels and the various Epistles written by Peter, Paul, James and Jude. Therefore, they have always been rejected by the Church as being heretical.

Answer 5

"How come the bible only has the 4 gospels of John, Luke, Matthew and Mark"

Because there are three different sides of the Messiah, The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the suffering servant, the Son of Man, God with us. These four are prophesied in the four faces of the Cherubim found in the Tonakh.

Other gospels...

The use of gnostic gospels were condemned by Paul with a double-anathema in Galatians 1:8-9.

Example:
In the gospel of Thomas is found the following perversion of a Messianic prophecy from Psalm 118

From the gospel of Thomas - http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gthlamb.html
(66) Jesus said, "Show me the stone which the builders have rejected. That one is the cornerstone."

In all three true gospels, Jesus is quoting directly from the scriptures in Mt 21:42, Mr 12:10, Lu 20:17. Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, identified who this was “[ Jesus Christ of Nazareth] is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’
Paul in Ephesians identifies the stone that the builders rejected..."having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone."

Answer 6

There are Gospels of Mary, Phillip, Judas, Nathanal, and Peter.

But because of the traditions of men they were not included.
Men, Christians, say they believe in Jesus but they do not, they say that they are Jews, but they are not.

They do not believe that John the Baptist wrote the Gospel of John or Revelations. That the Gospels had no names (authors) because of the warning God gave to them, concerning rewards.

They reason with themself that because John was dead and that the "other" Gospels were written to late, they could not have been written by those people who didn't claim to write the Gospels,
Lazarus come forth, Jesus raises whoever he will, for God, the Father which is in heaven, gave him the authority to do so.

Some of you standing here shall not taste death until they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

You see even though many say they believe in Jesus, they do lie.

Answer 7

just read the rest of the gospels rather than those 4 like the continuation of acts then to romans and all the way to revelations and the beginning if you want. the whole bible is called the gospel and it is finalized whats written in it and none shall add or take away from it. each book in it is very important and it proves the fallacies of this world with other religions.

Answer 8

It's a bit late to ask the committee of 300 Catholic Bishops( who in 325 AD at the Council of Nicea voted which books & letters should be included in the New Testament--& which ones should miss the cut-)-Not only did they omit eyewitness gospels--but they filled up the majority of the New Testament with the opinions of that woman hating Pharisee Paul . Small wonder Christendom is in such a fragmented mess

Answer 9

Depends on who you believe. There were many other gospels written about the man known as jesus. Most were not accepted because they either spoke of him as just a man and a prophet. But, yes, many of them likely painted a very different picture than the creators of christianity wanted taught to its followers.

You can look many of them up.

Answer 10

It's nonsense that they were picked because they were written first. We have no clue why they were picked. In fact, we're not even sure who wrote them - or who wrote "Revelation" for that matter. It seems it was a political decision - at the behest of the Romans - and we'll never what the agenda was because a lot of the original material has disappeared and a lot of it burned in the library of Alexandria.