Infographic comparing the Canonical vs the Gnostic Gospels
About this Lesson
Popular culture today has made many aware of books such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and the Gospel of Judas.
On first hearing about them, many not only question why these books are not included in our Bibles, but they cast doubt on the reliability of the canonical gospels we have. I created this infographic for use in a longer lesson (How we got the New Testament, Part Two—why the Gnostic Gospels aren’t part of it
https://bible805academy.com/b/X2mKw ) to help my Bible class understand how these so-called "gospels" are in reality NOTHING like the ones we have in our Bibles.
This infographic summarizes the reasons--please check out the whole lesson for not only the details, but for excerpts from each of these books. Even a short reading of them will help you see how totally different they are than what we have in our Bibles.
Please check out the entire series (listed and linked below) that I have on How We Got Our Bibles for confidence that what we have is truly God's Word to us. Here is the series:
How We Got Our Bibles Lesson Group,
from the Old Testament to modern translations, how we got it, why we have the books we do
The Old Testament, how we got it, and why we can trust it
https://bible805academy.com/b/yd5V7
The Apocrypha, how we got it, and its relationship to the Septuagint https://bible805academy.com/b/a6hYs
The Time Between the Testaments, and what to do when God seems silent
https://bible805academy.com/b/7p3sL
How we got the New Testament, Part One—History that proves WHEN it was written
https://bible805academy.com/b/d3Tpm
How we got the New Testament, Part Two—why the Gnostic Gospels aren’t part of it
https://bible805academy.com/b/X2mKw
Canonicity, the Bible, and Us, How we discover, not determine, God’s will
https://bible805academy.com/b/cBaoU
How we got our English Bibles, The long and winding road from Greek and Hebrew to English translations