Is Messiah,(The Anointed One) the Father?
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Then that would make contentions against the Gospel of Thomas as Gnostic and therefore dismissed invalid.
Are women worthy of life?
THIS CLAIMS THAT MATTHEW AND LUKE WAS WRITTEN LIKE THOMAS
Sayings of Thomas derive from a different tradition Although [the Gospel of Thomas] contains many sayings of Jesus that Luke and Matthew also include in their gospels, it contains other sayings that apparently derive from a tradition different from that of the synoptic gospels.38
Sayings of Thomas derive from a different tradition Although [the Gospel of Thomas] contains many sayings of Jesus that Luke and Matthew also include in their gospels, it contains other sayings that apparently derive from a tradition different from that of the synoptic gospels.38
The Gospel of Thomas was found in the Nag Hammadi library of gnostic writings. Various church fathers attributed it to the Manichaean gnostics. It's a forgery and obviously gnostic in character.
Wait a minute again. Is the current Bible with its 66 books Gods word? Or to put it another way did God "inspire" the writers of the 66 books of the Bible? Just to be clear I am not talking about the other books you claim were banned.
IN GOD THE SON,
bluto
Manichaean gnostics
"Origen listed the "Gospel according to Thomas" as being among the heterodox apocryphal gospels known to him (Hom. in Luc. 1). In the 4th and 5th centuries, various Church Fathers wrote that the Gospel of Thomas was highly valued by Mani. In the 4th century, Cyril of Jerusalem mentioned a "Gospel of Thomas" twice in his Catechesis: "The Manichæans also wrote a Gospel according to Thomas, which being tinctured with the fragrance of the evangelic title corrupts the souls of the simple sort."[24] and "Let none read the Gospel according to Thomas: for it is the work not of one of the twelve Apostles, but of one of the three wicked disciples of Manes."[25] The 5th century Decretum Gelasianum includes "A Gospel attributed to Thomas which the Manichaean use" in its list of heretical books.[26]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Thomas
Wait a minute again. Is the current Bible with its 66 books Gods word? Or to put it another way did God "inspire" the writers of the 66 books of the Bible? Just to be clear I am not talking about the other books you claim were banned.
IN GOD THE SON,
bluto
I never claimed those Books were not inspired by God, I claimed verses were tampered with by the Council.
But even if they are inspired by God, those others Books existed at same time when Jude wrote his letter. That is the difference.
They already existed or Jude could not add Enoch!!
OK, you believe in the TRINITY.
So, let's use your philosophy here!!
The Father -WORD -Holy Spirit are all considered MALE.
THERE ARE NO FEMALE ANGELS!!
ALL OF HEAVEN IS MALE!!
why would this verse bother you knowing ALL OF HEAVEN IS MALE ALREADY?
Why would heaven be ALL MALE and this verse bother you? It matches heaven?
I must go for now...but I don't see why this verse is an issue knowing ALL OF HEAVEN IS MALE DOMINATED!!