Why was the "gospel of thomas" not allowed into the old/new testament?

Question

As the Second Coming did not materialize, later gospels, such as Luke and John, and pseudo-Pauline epistles, such as Timothy, deemphasized an imminent end of the world, with the epistle of Peter even rationalizing the delay: "A day is as thousand years . . . in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires . . . where is this 'coming' your Christ has promised, ever since our forefathers died" (2 Pet 3:3–5); and Luke: "No one will say the Kingdom is here or there for behold it lies within you" (17:21).
Just one of the hundreds of contradictions...what are your thoughts? I find it fascinating ,oh the source Wikipedia gospels of st thomas

Very good answers people,yes religion does sem to cherry pick it's own beliefs and as mentioned usually by people who craved power rather then a genuine need to discover the truth ...keep em coming ;)

Answer 1

The Gospel of Thomas didn't "jive" with the Jewish/Christian agenda at the time, so...

When something doesn't want to conform with a functioning system, you cut it out altogether. Kind of like an appendix.

Answer 2

The Gnostic's looked at the writings and teachings very differently to the writings in the new testament. They dared, and I`m glad to offer an alternative truth that is based on a deeper understanding and true interpretation if Christs message. They offer hugely differing accounts on Eden and the whole creation thing. There is a huge but wholly different understanding of who and what Gos is. The reason they aren`t included in the bible is they were claimed to be heretics and the `organised religions boo hooed their teachings with vastly closed minds and a fear that they may lose control of their followers and so the gnostic gospels were buried for a long long time. personally I understand and believe I have a much greater insight into my spirituality due to the gnostic teachings. The truth ? well that is within us all if we dare to open our hearts and minds and look. The second coming didn`t happen in the way that some interpreted it to. Christs teachings clerarly tell us the kingdom of god is within and the gnostic`s (greek for self knowledge) understanding of this is very clear within theoir writings

Answer 3

Some religious council back in the early hundreds decided which of the roughly forty gospels available at the time, merited inclusion. His wasn't one of them.

Curisouly enoguh, of the four that were retained, the one that is rather diffferent from the other 3 was Luke, who was actually a qualified historian, whilst it seems the others were not particularly qualified in anything and one was considered not very literate.

Answer 4

The "gospel" of Thomas and other gospels were not included in the New Testament, because they were not considered to contain eyewitness accounts of the life of Jesus, as the other gospels did.

Another reason was that these gospels, including the gospel of Thomas, was not written by anyone even closely related to either the eyewitnesses or the disciples.

Gospels like Thomas' that were not included had already been rejected for its lack of validity as early as 110 A.D., when the writings and sometimes the writers were carefully examined, to discern if the writings had merit based upon the above criterion, and if they were consistent with the 4 New Testament gospels.

The "gospel of Thomas" could not be proved to be reliably linked to Thomas, or someone close enough to Thomas.

If they didn't meet this criterion, they were rejected.

Answer 5

It would seem that the 'Gospel of Thomas' directly contradicts the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, and the Protestant doctrines. It also tends to throw suspicion on the Pauline doctrine, while reiterating most (but not all) of the Buddhist teachings. It also shows the contempt of the Disciples in a not-so-flattering way, unlike the Gospels, which tend to euphemize their speech and behavior. Thus, no canonization.

Answer 6

It's funny how some texts were allowed to stay in by King James and others were thrown out. I guess there is a sort of favoritism of words and people that are considered holy as for the other stuff they just consider destructive to the religion. I guess it would be when you have conflicting stories.

Answer 7

The second come of Christ is the development of Christianity, and this did happens according to the prophecies, 1000 years after Jesus death.

When you read theology, use your imagination, and better books, and by the way...just simply read, instead of criticise after 3 sentences.

Answer 8

God's timeline is based on the feasts of the jews. the beginning of the church had jewish leaders, disciples and apostles.

when the church became more gentile then catholic which embraced pagan principles.. it persecuted the Jews who held the secrets of God's plan of the ages.

so whatever is written about the second coming in the Bible must be read through the Jewish feasts and old testament prophets, new testament updated prophecies that God taught them.

and not through western religious superficial reading of the scriptures or non religious eyes.

the "gospel of Thomas" was not written by any Jew or believer in God.
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Answer 9

The Gnostics lost the battle of theology when the councils ruled them heretics, hence no Gospel of Thomas in the cannon of scripture we know today.

Answer 10

The Gospel of Thomas was not canonized because men who had multiple concubines, vied for political power and intrigue, killed political opponents and horded wealth through position, deemed it not inspired of God.

Most Christians would be appalled by the lives of the men who determined the New Testament they rely on for salvation.

It makes me laugh when I read their shots at Mormons and Joseph Smith's life, as proof that the Book of Mormon wasn't inspired.

The truth is that if the life of the writer, or those responsible for picking holy scripture matter at all, the book of Mormon AND the New Testament cannot be relied on as divine.