The 'gospel' of Thomas is not in the Apocrypha, and certainly not in the
Catholic cannon of Scripture.
At 10:13 PM 2/3/1999 -0800, Andy Burns wrote:
>Well, I'm not sure how much I agree with that. (i.e., the 'gospel' of
>Thomas).
>
>That book portrays Jesus as a spoiled brat who turned birds into stones and
>then threw them when he was upset... quite far from the perfection of Jesus
>as the Bible tells...
>
>
>Andy.
>
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>Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 5:15 AM
>Subject: [RR] apocrypha
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>In a message dated 2/1/99 12:42:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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>
><< Actually, the Apocrypha is not the hotbed of heresy you think. Indeed, it
>is helpful in understanding the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments. I
>would rank the Apocrypha as recommended reading - along side contemporary
>Christian books. I may not consider them as inspired in the same way as the
>66 books of the Old and New Testaments, but they are worth reading and
>preserving. I have even heard some rather respected Evangelical pastors
>quote from a part of the Apocrypha on occasion in the process of explaining
>some history that helped set the background for whatever they were teaching
>on.
> >>
>
>The apocrypha and the pseudopigrapha, all given insight into understanding
>the
>Bible.
>It answers questions that can not be answered any other way. Like, where did
>Jude get the idea about Michael contending over the body of Moses? Go read
>the Testament of Moses and you will find it. These books are in not way
>inspired, infallible, etc., but the shed light on many of the historical and
>hard to understand passages. None of these books belong in the canon, but I
>would not hesitate to read them. BTW there are many more books than what is
>found in the Catholic canon.
>
>Yours in Christ
>Ron
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