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The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the origina
William Wake
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"After the writings contained in the New Testament were selected from the numerous Gospels and Epistles then in existence, what became of the Books that were rejected by the compilers?"
This question naturally occurs on every investigation as to the period when and the persons by whom the New Testament was formed. It has been supposed by many that the volume was compiled by the first Council of Nice, which, according to Jortin (Rem. on Eccl. vol. ii. p. 177), originated thus: Alexander, Bishop of Alexandria, and Arius, who was a presbyter in his diocese, disputed together about the nature of Christ; and the bishop being displeased at the notions of Arius, and finding that they were adopted by other persons, "was very angry." He comman. . . Read More
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“The Forbidden Gospels and Epistles”
These books were considered apocryphal and were forbidden. That reminds me of something else that was forbidden as well, a fruit, and what happened?
“This is a compilation of ancient books attributed to the writings of the apostles of Jesus Christ and their discip
The text and only the text
This is a brilliant compilation of the apocryphal new testament. I was a bit disappointed with the lack of proof reading, which would have greatly improved the readability of the documents.
New names to investigate. I found the letters between Seneca and Paul interesting. Seneca getting messages from Paul to Nero. I understand why some of the books were left out of the Bible. When the role of a woman was too strong, anti-Semitic texts, some miracles. All in all I am happy to have read
History in Theological context
An early response similar in scope to Bart Ehrman. There is a small but intense battle over these books. Today these are considered to be Gnostic works but many throughout Christian history have considered them just as canonical as the bible we have today. The book doe
A very interesting read. So, back in the 3rd century a bunch of dudes got together and decided what books would be included in the Christian Bible and what wouldn't be. These are the books that didn't make the cut.
As a philosophical question, I find some of the books to be pretty far out there, but
Read nearly all of these at least once before in other collections. Varies in quality from example to example.
The best stuff here is about the young Jesus, and how he would kill people (or threaten to kill people) just because they were pissing him off. Unfortunately, there's also a lot of anti-Semitism in here, which is really bad and gets serious star reductions.
Insightful
If curious to know why any work would be considered forbidden to any soul seeking to understand the truth I strongly recommend this work. Provides a greater understanding into the New testament hearing from a different perspectives that could threatens certain religious sects or authoritie
After reading these I can obviously see how some were rejected as being works truly inspired by the Holy Spirit. Some, however, seemed to still have some value. I can see in all why they were not canonized except the Epistle Barnabus, which I found to be useful.
Written by Archbishop Wake who was the Archbishop of Canterbury (1716-1737). I looked this up on the Internet to check on the author to see if he was legitimate and it appears he is. He starts off referring to the Nicene Council (who decided what books would and would not be in the 'official' Bible)