Do "Gnostic Gospels" tell the real story of Jesus?

Answer 1

the gospel of thomas (which is fairly gnostic) is considered one of the earlier written sources and it's in a more spoken word of mouth style that is also found in mark as opposed to the more literary and seemingly more edited style you find in the later gospels like matthew and luke and particularly in john. the latter don't sound as much like the common type of aphorism and parable formats that were around in those days and when you compare the sayings side by side in the different books the latter usually come across wordier and interpretive. I would say thomas and mark probably are your best bets for what jesus actually said. mark and thomas humanize jesus a lot more and were written earlier so are probably the most historically accurate. One point against the gnostic book of thomas is that half of its sayings are not found in any other texts. but one point in its favor is that the ones that are found are typically the ones thought to be the earliest sayings. Thomas is thought to have been written about 50, around the time of Mark. while peoples faith dogmatically says "no, only the books that were chosen to be in the bible are true", this is a ridiculously untenable position from the point of bible scholarship as the books chosen reflected what was the common understanding at a much later date, and is relative to the historical and political situation the decisions were made in.

However, your question is about 'gnostic' gospels in general, and there were lots of other gnostic texts that go so far as to deny jesus existed bodily at all, they insist on the jesus of pure spirit, and this of course seems likely to be an implausible interpretation that occured later on. these are the ones that people talk about as being written hundreds of years later. and yeah, they're not as well-respected in bible scholarship.

finally, incorporating thomas doesn't mean you have to deny the other ones as there is a lot of overlap. But if you were to deny one of them, the one gospel that obviously has a radically different theme both in literary style, in the content of the sayings, in the time it was written, and the philosophy contained in it, is the gospel of john. I would say that that is the gospel that probably reflects more the belief IN jesus than the sayings of jesus and is the least historically accurate.

Answer 2

The gnostics taught that people need to attain this secret knowledge in order move up into the spiritual realms. The story of Jesus with his miracles, teachings, and his popularity made him an easy person to use to help spread their own message. The gospel that were included in the Bible were those that spread Jesus' message. The gnostic gospels were written by people trying to spread the gnostic message which severely distorted and contradicted Jesus' teachings. Very significant of which was the outright denial of Jesus' humanity.

Answer 3

The Gnostic gospels are poorly written, badly constructed, early "cut & paste" jobs, that would be laughable if some people didn't actually take them seriously.

Anyone who's familiar with the real Gospels, and God's authentic truth, can tell a false gospel in a second.

Don't waste your time on them.

Answer 4

Good question....the answer is no. Most of them were written 200-300 yrs after jesus died and ascended into heaven. They didnt have 1st accounts of Jesus. They made Jesus seem like He was never human. The real story is in the gospels. Matthew, mark Luke and John

Answer 5

Uh,no.
Seriously,what record of Jesus would you trust more:
A couple of outlandish books written by imposters wanting to sounds important,who never knew Jesus,and the books themsleves are dated to hundreds of years after Jesus?
That's what the Gnostic books are.

Or would you rather trust a record of Jesus written by eyewitnesses to his life,who knew him very well,had no desire to become famous,and the books were written only a few years after Jesus?

Thos are the Gospels.

I'll cast my vote with option two.

Answer 6

No. The true gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, are actually 4 separate witnesses; why should we believe one instead of 4?

Answer 7

They may or may not... The real point is that the books of the Bible were selected based on the evidence that they were divinely inspired, that is written by the Holy Sprit.

More info here:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03274a.htm

Answer 8

I would not think so that is why they were not put in the bible. 5 peaple seeing the same accident would all tell different vertions its up to the police or courts to accept ehoch is most accurate and that is what they did with the gosples.

Answer 9

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