Posted on 05/25/2012 2:29:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The worldwide collapse of Christianity is set to take place due to a purported Gospel of Barnabas, claims an Iranian newspaper. But Christians have dismissed the claims, describing them as "laughable."
The text was discovered 12 years ago in an anti-smuggling sting in Turkey, and Iranian news outlet Basij claims it says Jesus was never crucified and that he was not the Son of God.
The paper also argues that in the text Jesus himself predicts the coming of Muhammad.
The text was written in Syriac on animal hide, and Basij argues that it was written in the 5th or 6th centuries.
Christian scholars, however, have dismissed the text, rebuking it as a fake and saying that interest in the discovery was sparked only after the Vatican made an official request to review the text back in February.
Basij also claims that Chapter 41 of the text says that Islam is the final and righteous religion.
"God has hidden himself as Archangel Michael ran them (Adam and Eve) out of heaven, (and) when Adam turned, he noticed that at the top of the gateway to heaven, it was written 'La elah ela Alla, Mohamad rasool Allah (Allah is the only God and Mohamad his prophet),'" the Iranian news outlet claims.
"The discovery of the original Barnabas Bible will now undermine the Christian Church and its authority and will revolutionize the religion in the world," the report claims.
St. Barnabas was one of the earliest Christian disciples in Jerusalem. He traveled alongside Saint Paul undertaking missionary journeys and was a prominent leader in the formative days of the Church.
Phil Lawler, editor at Catholic World News and author of six books has described the report as a "laughable Iranian challenge to Christianity."
"If the document was written in the 5th of 6th century, it couldn't very well have been written by someone who was traveling with St. Paul about 400 years earlier," Lawler wrote.
"It must have been written by someone who was claiming to represent St. Barnabas. Should we accept that claim? Another good question."
good luck with that
I’ve read copies of that apocryphal “gospel” online. It reads exactly like the Koran. The last verse contains a blasphemy that accuses the apostle Paul of apostasy (against Allah that is).
"...it says Jesus was never crucified and that he was not the Son of God."
How do you know that Christianity is the one true worldview?
I have a home movie from the time of Jesus that would blow the lid off Christianity.
RE: “...it says Jesus was never crucified and that he was not the Son of God.”
That’s EXACTLY what Islam teaches. Jesus is their prophet but he is NOT divine.
To worship Jesus as God is blasphemy to Islam.
Anyone who claims that the roads of Islam and Christianity lead to the same God clearly DOES NOT understand what Islam and Christianity teaches.
You cannot reconcile one with the other without violating the law of non-contradiction.
On this issue, either Islam is right or Christianity is or both are wrong.
Islam=Satanism
why can’t we just turn the whole place into a freaking sand bowl.
It was like that in OT times. You go against God, you get zotted. Some portray Jesus as a hippy but he wasn’t. Praise God that Christians are under a better covenant. Iran however, is NOT.
The paper also argues that in the text Jesus himself predicts the coming of Muhammad.
WOW!!! What a coincidence.
Found in Iran and it coincides perfectly with the blather found in the koran!!!
Who'd have thunk it!
Is that allah you got in yer bag o lies satan?
I’ve got the menu from the Last Supper. I got it from Fr Guido Sarducci.
The Gospel of “Barnabas” = another book of “mormon”,
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both false.
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Christianity as it exists today is showing some real wheel wobble; i.e. “gay marriage” some of its leaders denying the Lords divinity etc. Some recently found pseudo gospel will not destroy Christianity, but its current leadership just might.
Sorry, not even close.
If Jesus lied about being the Son of God, why would I believe his prediction about Mohammad?
‘Gospel of Barnabas,’ by Dan Brown.
Another huge lie from the liar religion created by the biggest liar of all time: the Enemy of God.
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