https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/the-gospel-of-the-lots-of-mary/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:00:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/the-gospel-of-the-lots-of-mary/#comment-13214 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 16:10:41 +0000 https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/?p=37978#comment-13214 Augustine was convicted and converted by opening the Bible to a random passage– he got Romans 13:13-14

]]> https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/the-gospel-of-the-lots-of-mary/#comment-7469 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:41:48 +0000 https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/?p=37978#comment-7469 KiwiChristian: “What thou do, doest thou quickly!” 8^)

]]> https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/the-gospel-of-the-lots-of-mary/#comment-7447 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 17:46:52 +0000 https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/?p=37978#comment-7447 Canonical and Apocryphal Gospels
Between 41 and 98 C.E., Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John wrote down “the history of Jesus Christ.” (Matthew 1:1) These accounts are sometimes called gospels, meaning “good news” about Jesus Christ.—Mark 1:1.
While there may have been oral traditions as well as other writings about Jesus, these four Gospels were the only ones considered inspired of God and worthy of being part of the Holy Scriptures—providing “the certainty of the things” regarding Jesus’ earthly life and teachings. (Luke 1:1-4; Acts 1:1, 2; 2 Timothy 3:16, 17) These four Gospels are mentioned in all the ancient catalogs of the Christian Greek Scriptures. There is no basis for questioning their canonicity—their status as part of the inspired Word of God.
In time, though, other writings started to appear that were also given the name gospels. These other gospels were called apocryphal.*
At the end of the second century, Irenaeus of Lyon wrote that those who had apostatized from Christianity had “an unspeakable number of apocryphal and spurious writings,” including gospels that “they themselves have forged, to bewilder the minds of foolish men.” Hence, the apocryphal gospels ended up being considered dangerous not only to read but even to own.
However, medieval monks and copyists kept those works from going into oblivion. In the 19th century, interest in the subject increased greatly and many collections of texts and critical editions of the apocrypha, including several gospels, came to light. Today there are editions published in many of the major modern languages.
http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200270408

]]> https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/the-gospel-of-the-lots-of-mary/#comment-7439 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:01:52 +0000 https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/?p=37978#comment-7439 Random phrases for guidance from a book? Reminds me of the story of the bloke who tried the same with the Bible. First verse it fell open to ends with “…and he went and hanged himself”. Decided that wasn’t helpful so tried again and the next verse ended with Jesus instructing “Go thou and do likewise”.

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