Posted on 06/12/2024 9:41:36 AM PDT by george76
You can always count on Gateway.
I’m still waiting for the even earlier document of Jesus as a kid. When Joseph and Mary change the first diaper, are overwhelmed by the smell, and say to each other, “Holy crap!”
BS
Joesepth would not need to scold Jesus for that....’didn’t you know that I woukd be at my father’s house?’
The Catholic Church already rejected it.
I know that story. It’s part of the Apocrypha............
I think I will just stick with the Bible, Thank you very much!
In the Biblical writings it was after His baptism that Jesus performed miracles. Could that mean public miracles vs private ones before?
This isn’t new, this story has been around for a long time.
You’d be best served by sticking to what the Bible says.
Not some “manuscript” that was written 400 years after Jesus was on this earth and ~300-450 years after the New Testament was already put together by the church.
“manuscript” that was written 400 years after Jesus was on this earth
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There’s no claim that the manuscript is the original ... its likely a copy of a copy of a copy, etc.
This is nothing new. Many of these are Gnostic writings that are very anti-Christian. One of these fake infancy narratives had Our Lord as a youngster being beaten in a footrace, cursing the winner “May you never walk again”, and breathing life in a toy bird he was making in arts and crafts. Some of these types of writings MAY have historical values and MAY have truths (NOT inspired writing) in them (”The Assumption of Moses”). Any of these faux infancy narratives are worse than worthless.
Hmmm… Color me skeptical.
That ‘account’ reads more like Fan Fiction than anything even remotely close to the reality of who, even as a young child, Jesus was.
Indeed.
Yes, nothing new about this story - it appears in at least one other apocrypha.
Yes, this supposed miracle story has been known for some time, and the apocryphal gospel seems to date to sometime in the 2nd century (before 180). The earliest records of Jesus’ childhood are found in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke.
Unbelievable indeed!
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