Banned from bible pdf's

Conchappie

Im sure this has been discussed before but I was wondering if anyone has any links to PDF or online versions of some of these so called discredited and banned books of the bible...?

Or if you have any info on their history (aside from YouTube)

i've been doing my own research so far but if anyone can help speed it up or point me in the right direction or even just share what they have discovered I'd appreciate it.

Chappy ^_^

humbled

You can find many on line or under gnostic web-sites.

They are available through amazon.

The name "Gnostic" is a way to designate many non-canonical books as heretical. But just remember that you and I are called "apostates" and no JW even considers or even hears a word we have to say.

Read Elaine Pagels--or even read the reviews of her books on the Gnostic writings. That is a free way to get handle on content from many view points. she is, in my view, a great source of information on how to step back from scripure to consider the historical view point but also a way to step into the content.

Good luck and do not be afraid, you may enjoy having Jesus the carpenter brought to earth and knowing that's where he belongs--with us. That's how it was for me.

Maeve

jgnat

I am betting that nearly all of these texts are here:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/apo/

Copyright is long passed, so no need to buy them!

Jon Preston

What are the accuracies or validity of these? Are there any that are more valid than the others? That can be traced back to similar dates as both the old and new testies (hehe)

Conchappie

From what I've read some of these were written by pharasies who needed an creative outlet for their frustration over certain gaps or mysteries in the existing scriptures.

Its the equivalent of Dan Browns davinci code so nanny started to believe that story as fact lol

but it was more of a story based on real facts.

Ive also read that some were excluded cause they don't harmonize or even contradict the known bible cannon.

Any one one else read similar explanations?

jgnat

pixel

http://www.earlychristianwritings.com

Have fun. jgnat, awsome site!

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The Epistle of Peter is one of my favorites!

jgnat

As for origins, provenance check out a Wiki article. Here's a sample for the Gospel of Mary. Note the condition of an "original".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Mary

If you mistrust the authorship of wiki articles, you can always follow up with the source references at the bottom.

jgnat

You know your list is incomplete, right? In another thousand years the DaVinci Code will be fresh candidate for the psedoapocrypha.

Banned from bible pdf's

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