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Lewis

Lewis

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Jesus: Married...with children?

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/12/opinion/parini-new-text-jesus-married-with-kids/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

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The final paragraph of the article:

The Christian church made its selection, pushing into the margins those gospel writings and ancillary religious texts deemed heretical. Interest in these materials should surprise nobody, though one should always take the claims of these texts, and those who promote them, with a grain of salt.​

Can't argue with that.
 
This was the same controversy that came out when The Da Vinci Code was popular.

If it is obvious something is a lie, dismiss it as such and don't give it anymore thought.
 
Knotical said:
This was the same controversy that came out when The Da Vinci Code was popular.

If it is obvious something is a lie, dismiss it as such and don't give it anymore thought.
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Yup you are right, I just want everybody to know what is being said out there, so it seems like this garbage has come up again.
 
Sinthesis said:
The final paragraph of the article:

The Christian church made its selection, pushing into the margins those gospel writings and ancillary religious texts deemed heretical. Interest in these materials should surprise nobody, though one should always take the claims of these texts, and those who promote them, with a grain of salt.​

Can't argue with that.
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Not just a "grain" of salt. You need a ton of salt for all the Gnostic foolishness that was written and is now circulated as "amazing discoveries!"
 
Lewis said:
Yup you are right, I just want everybody to know what is being said out there, so it seems like this garbage has come up again.
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If you are just making an announcement, perhaps the lounge would be a better place for this thread. However this is a valid theological topic if you would like it discussed as one. But to do that we need to either refute or support the ideas in the article with scripture, not just give opinions with no support. Even the cannon of scripture and why certain material was accepted and certain material was rejected could enter in. All good topics of theological debate and apologetics.
 
Obadiah said:
... Even the cannon of scripture and why certain material was accepted and certain material was rejected could enter in. All good topics of theological debate and apologetics.
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Obadiah,

This brief summary might be helpful, and also encourage Christians to ignore all the heretical writings which came into existence:

The canon of New Testament Scripture (authoritative inspired writings of the evangelists and apostles) had begun to be established and accepted even while the apostles were alive (A.D. 40 to A.D. 90).

Peter confirmed (2 Pet 3:15-16) that all of Paul’s epistles were Scripture and at the same level of authority as the Tanach (Hebrew Old Testament), which was already established as inspired and authoritative at the time of Christ’s ministry on earth. Peter also claimed Divine authority for his own epistles (2 Pet 1:15-21). Paul recognized the Gospel of Luke as Scripture and quoted it in 1 Tim 5:18, and the Gospel of John in 1 Tim 6:13.

The earliest list of canonical books is found in the Muratori (or Muratorion) Canon, written in Greek, which is dated from before A.D. 200, and discussed in the New Testament Apocrypha (1963), edited by Henneke and Schneemelcher. All the canonical books of the New Testament are listed herein (although the fragment containing Matthew and Mark is missing) other than the 3rd epistle of John. The Muratori Canon condemns the Epistle to the Laodiceans and the Epistle to the Alexandrians as forgeries, perpetrated by Marcion’s heretical Gnostic sect.

The New Testament Apocrypha primarily discusses a multitude of so-called “lost” Gospels and writings (one of which has come to the attention of the liberal media recently). The heretical writings were not "lost" but were already recognized as heretical and discarded by Christians. Irenaeus in the 2nd century wrote Adversus Haeresis (Against Heresies) in which he exposed the heresies prevalent at his time. He also quoted from almost all the canonical books which are listed in the Muratori Canon. Regarding the Gospels, he said: “The Gospels could not possibly be either more or less in number than they are".

There are at least 60 Gnostic heretical writings (many of them called "gospels")which are worthless and should be simply ignored. God has ensured through Divine Providence that we have the genuine Scriptures in our hands. Hence the Old Testament Apocrypha should also simply be ignored. The 66 books of the Bible are all we need for life and godliness.
 
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