The canon of the Bible and its inspiration
The Holy Bible is the Church’s great treasure and the standard of her faith and life: the Old Testament bears testimony to the Triune God’s revelation of Himself […]
The apocryphal Gospel of Barnabas
We do not find in the ancient Christian tables that Barnabas (see his accounts in: Acts of the Apostles: 4:9 and 11-15) left a book (a gospel or a letter...)
What are the esoteric (apocryphal) Gospels and why did the Church reject them? Are these writings of any benefit?
The Greek word apocrypha means “hidden, esoteric, unknown.” The esoteric gospels were given this name because they were filled with the theology and ideas of their writers
Apocryphal literature and the Gospel of Thomas
Apocryphal literature, or apocryphal Gospels, are writings that were written (mostly) during the period of writing down the books of the New Testament, and gave themselves a legal status.
Jesus laughs: The “Gospel” of Judas?
On Thursday, April 6, the National Geographic Society published an English translation of an ancient Gnostic Gospel called “The Annunciation of Judas,” and then recited this