Thanks sparklite2.
Posted on 12/01/2017 6:05:11 PM PST by sparklite2
“The Lord said, ‘James, after these things I shall reveal to you everything, not for your sake alone but for the sake of the unbelief of men, so that faith may exist in them’,” a Coptic fragment reads.
He seeks to reassure his brother everything is as it should be. He describes heaven. He gives James the passwords necessary to guarantee his entry. He gives advice on fighting supernatural challenges. He foretells future events. He warns James of the circumstances surrounding his own martyrdom.
Many other Early Christian texts, some of them immensely popular, were among those banned. Names include the Epistle of Barnabas, The Shepherd of Hermas, The Magdalene Gospel and The Gospel of Judas. Yet others were attributed to more familiar authors — including Matthew, Mark, John and Peter.
But chief among them was likely to be one key concern: Was it the real deal? Three hundred and thirty years is a lot of time for fan fiction to rise and circulate, after all.
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“The Holy Spirit.”
Who exactly decided what that is?
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Well, both of the other synoptic gospels refer to the torn curtain. They also refer that something happened that was momentous enough to make the Centurion turn to Jesus and admit he must have been the son of God. That's consistent with Matthew. Matthew's account also fulfills prophecy from Jeremiah and Ezekiel. So, yes I believe it is supported by scripture.
Did I say anything about that?
Okay. Thanks.
It wasn’t a “banned” Bible book because it was never part of the Canon of Scripture. Fake news.
The Church. The traditional cannon has been remarkably consistent from the beginning. (I’m not talking whether you do or don’t accept the apocrypha as canonical here.) All of the current books of the NT were widely read and preached from the time they were written in the first century. There was always a general consensus on the traditional cannon with some minor disagreement on two or three books, but not much. The Holy Spirit was guiding the early church from the start in this regard. Just as Jesus and Paul said it would.
It goes back to ritualistic belief verging upon Gnosticism regarding the “keys of heaven” and Peter. From what I can tell RC’s seem to think it’s a physical object imbued with some sort of magical power. If you need a key then an abracadabra password isn’t far-fetched but it’s straight out of Harry Potter. Par for the course if so.
Maybe his user name was James, and his password was “I_am_the_half_brother_of_Jesus.
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I suppose it’s better than having to know
the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow.
European or African?
I don’t know.
AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeerrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggh!
They call me... Tim....
The passwords are to pass by the 3 soul stealers. You answer their question of who you are by saying that you are a son of the Pre-Existent Father, for one example.
Thanks sparklite2.
“And James was stuck with having to remember a password.”
Was he logged in?
As opposed to a ladened one? 🤣
Bump for intersting canon discussion
The group who put the new testement together were not lovers of the Lord.
Next thing ya know we'll have found photos from Alexandria's library that PROVES that Ancient Aliens really built the pyramids!
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