Lost Gospel of Saint Thomas
Title: Lost Gospel of Saint Thomas
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 983 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Lost Gospel of Saint Thomas
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 983 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Gospel of Thomas is a collection of sayings attributed to Jesus of Nazareth. Unless it is merely a collection of materials that mainly were drawn out of the Biblical gospels, as seems unlikely for most if not all of Thomas\' sayings, then Thomas is the most important historical source for knowledge of Jesus of Nazareth that exists outside of the Bible. It is the most significant manuscript ever found for the history of
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Thomas\' point of view derives from Jesus himself. Or, perhaps, not.
The Gospel of Thomas is, as you may know, not in the Bible. And probably never will be. The biblical canon is not open for debate, it is a closed entity. A church that adds Thomas to its collection of scriptures would move outside the margins of orthodox Christianity and no well-known denomination has the slightest intention of adding Thomas to its scriptures.