They are mentioned but Not Written in the Bible
Examples:
The Lost Books
Book of Lilith
Book of Jashur or Jasper etc...
Your Thoughts Please on Keeping the Bible and Gospel Message Simple...
2007-12-18 12:15:26 · 5 answers · asked by ShadowCat 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Actually, the Book of Enoch was very popular with first century Christians. And that line in Revelaton refers to the Book of Revelation, not the whole Bible. Remember the Bible was not assembled until about 300 AD.
And the Book of Judas would have been about as popular as a book by Benedict Arnold today.
Most of the Apocrypha was simply written too late to be acceptable. They wanted only firsthand accounts that made sense. As to the Gospel of Thomas, it is not a narrative. It's just a collection of sayings.
2007-12-18 12:20:56 · answer #1 · answered by Michelle C 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The book of Revelation cannot declare that no other books can be added to or taken from the bible. Bible literally means collection. The collection did not exist at the time the book of Revelation was written.
2007-12-18 12:30:58 · answer #2 · answered by murigenii 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Revelation was talking about Revelation. The Bible did not exist when it was written. Does it bother you that The Gospel of Thomas was written a century before The Revelation of St. John?
2007-12-18 12:24:14 · answer #3 · answered by Shawn B 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The way I see it, the Apocrypha are no more or less valid than the books which were included in the Bible. The Council of Nicea simply chose from the available Christian writings at the time. It is simply by chance that the Apocrypha were not included. So I have no problem with them.
Some books of the Apocrypha are actually included in the Ethiopian Bible.
2007-12-18 12:23:04 · answer #4 · answered by Chantal G 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I
will
write
slowly
to keep
my
answers
simple.
Why
did
Christian's
omit
Judas'
Gospel
from
the
New
Testament
?
2007-12-18 12:20:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋