THE BANNED GOSPELS OF THE BIBLE (DOCUMENTARY) (8170 hits)
What many people don't know is that there is so much more to the Four Gospels than Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. There was also The Gospel of Peter, The Gospel of Thomas, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene and other gospels that were banned from the Bible.
In 325AD the Council of Nicea under Emperor Constantine had to decide on the layout of the Holy Christian Bible for the burgeoning new religion. What follows here is a list of the books left out of the Bible.
The Gospel of the Birth of Mary The Protevangelion The First Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ Thomas's Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ The Epistles of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edessa The Gospel of Nicodemus, Formerly Called the Acts of Pontius Pilate The Apostles Creed The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Laodiceans The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to Seneca, with Seneca's to Paul The Acts of Paul and Thecla The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians The Second Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians The General Epistle of Barnabas The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnĉans The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians The Shepherd of Hermas The Second Book of Hermas, Called His Commands The Third Book of Hermas, Which Is Called His Similitudes Letters of Herod and Pilate The Lost Gospel According to Peter
The Gospel of Peter, the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene were banned by a man by the name of Saint Ireneaus. St Ireneaus chose four Gospels because he reasoned we only have four compass points and four winds of the earth, so we only need four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John). The Gospels of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Madgalene didn't fit in with St. Ireaneus beliefs so he condemed them as heresay and declared no one was going to have them.
The Banned Gospels of the Bible documentary is a 9 part documentary available to view here:
The Gospel of Peter didn't make it as a canonized gospel because the version that Peter gives is that Jesus didn't suffer on the cross as the Roman Catholics like to claim.
