2007-08-30 00:33:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Gnostic "Christianity" has already been discredited as a heresy, and all documents espousing it have been cited as forgeries. The same is true for many other ancient heresies that tried to infiltrate the early church.
http://usminc.org/gnostics.html
http://www.ntcanon.org/
2007-08-30 00:37:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why don't we include the encyclopedia Britannica to the Bible too!!!!? The Gnostic Gospels are interesting in a historical context. However, the New Testament cannon was set down to counteract what main stream Christianity thought were heretical ideas. How can the bible be scrambled with the writings it rejected in the first place; the whole theology of the main stream Christian Churches will have to be re written.
Peace.
2007-08-30 01:04:09 · answer #2 · answered by ziffa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Gnostic gospels did not meat the criteria to be included in the New Testament canon. They needed to be written by someone who was an eyewitness, or was connected to an eyewitness of Christ. Some very early seeds of gnosticism can be seen in Scripture (Paul's letter to the Colossians has some anti-gnostic themes), but it wasn't prevalent until the second century.
Cricket, I like the term "pseudographical" - you hit the nail on the head here.
2007-08-30 01:41:21 · answer #3 · answered by Swish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, the Gnostics are very much like the modern humanist. They did not find acceptance by the Apostles, in fact the Apostles condemned their practices as heretical. If they were not preaching sound doctrine their works do not beling in the Bible any more than the works of Joseph Smith or Mohammad belong in the Bible. They are the ones Paul spoke of that were preaching "another gospel'.
2007-09-06 18:25:14 · answer #4 · answered by cowboy_christian_fellowship 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The Gnostic "gospels" were written too far after the fact to be considered reliable, and were pseudographical.
2007-08-30 00:45:25 · answer #5 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I agree with the original thinkers that they did not add anything unique or helpful.
They like the bible was hidden for century's but now you can take a look if you please.
I recommend a firm base in biblical knowledge first though. Please don't decide to start your own religion just because you see one or two things that appeal to your human nature. Best to have the Spirit to guide you in all biblical studies.
2007-09-06 04:59:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salam
I have found great knowledge and many words that in The Holy Bible and the Gospel and or Engeel. Allah SWT shoots his words straight through the light he shines for those who have knowledge and able to see knowledge and such.
2007-09-06 14:44:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They are spurious in my opinion. The Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Judas are not complete, than they are erroneous to the Gospels that we do have.
To me, it would be like adding the Book of Mormon to the Bible.
2007-08-30 00:45:51 · answer #8 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not only this, any Gospels that came after Jesus should not even be there. isn't this suppose to be the Bible of God or a note book of which any preacher can add his opinion into it?
2007-08-30 00:42:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The christians cannot handle the truth, they would prefer we not confuse them with the facts.
2007-08-30 10:27:22 · answer #10 · answered by single eye 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋