Posted on 06/16/2006 6:26:23 PM PDT by restornu
>> these manuscripts have been throughly and competently debunked starting with the early Christian church fathers. <<
Actually, no... although the list includes at least two stinkers, several of these books were accepted by several of the Church Fathers. The ones which made it into the bible were those that there was a consensus for, and those that were deemed fitting for public worship (i.e., mass). Two of the books listed are quoted by Jesus; one he even goes so far as to call scripture (Jubilees); another Paul cites as scripture (1 Enoch)!
But there are light years between the better of the books (Jubilees, 1 Enoch) and the obscenely absurd gnostic books.
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