All the books not included in the 66 book cannon actually have doctrine that contradicts the Levite agent Saul's and the Church's teachings.
FTFY.
Conflating the works of Paul (or his underlings) as the teachings of Jesus has been a huge misdirection. If you look at the gospel of Thomas for example (quite possibly written by the brother of Jesus), there is nothing in there that contradicts any quote by Jesus in the Bible (red letters).
There are the actual sayings of Jesus, and there is the narrative overlay. There is substantial evidence of additions to that overlay as time went on. (That is just a place to start, it's not "the evidence").
The early Church Hierarchy recognized the contradictions between the teachings of Jesus and their narrative, which is why those books were never included in the cannon to begin with.
FTFY
Remember what happened as a result of this effort. We had the creation of The Church, at the behest of Emperor Constantine, which made into Law, on penalty of death, certain beliefs (like the Trinity, which was not doctrine before 383 AD). The resulting outcome of these efforts of creating official doctrine set up a God-Emperor as the highest official mouthpiece of The Truth of Jesus Christ's Teachings. This same institution became the Holy Roman Empire which created the Dark Ages, where all of humanity was ruled by The Church. A thousand years of darkness...
Or two thousand years. I mean, we are still in it. It has just changed from one dark room to another, run by the same group of people.
All the books not included in the 66 book cannon actually have doctrine that contradicts the Levite agent Saul's and the Church's teachings.
FTFY.
Conflating the works of Paul (or his underlings) as the teachings of Jesus has been a huge misdirection. If you look at the gospel of Thomas for example (quite possibly written by the brother of Jesus), there is nothing in there that contradicts any quote by Jesus in the Bible (red letters).
There is the actual sayings of Jesus, and there is the narrative overlay. There is substantial evidence of additions to that overlay as time went on. (That is just a place to start, it's not "the evidence").
The early Church Hierarchy recognized the contradictions between the teachings of Jesus and their narrative, which is why those books were never included in the cannon to begin with.
FTFY
Remember what happened as a result of this effort. We had the creation of The Church, at the behest of Emperor Constantine, which made into Law, on penalty of death, certain beliefs (like the Trinity, which was not doctrine before 383 AD). The resulting outcome of these efforts of creating official doctrine set up a God-Emperor as the highest official mouthpiece of The Truth of Jesus Christ's Teachings. This same institution became the Holy Roman Empire which created the Dark Ages, where all of humanity was ruled by The Church. A thousand years of darkness...
Or two thousand years. I mean, we are still in it. It has just changed from one dark room to another, run by the same group of people.
All the books not included in the 66 book cannon actually have doctrine that contradicts the Levite agent Saul's and the Church's teachings.
FTFY.
Conflating the works of Paul (or his underlings) as the teachings of Jesus has been a huge misdirection. If you look at the gospel of Thomas for example (quite possibly written by the brother of Jesus), there is nothing in there that contradicts any quote by Jesus in the Bible (red letters).
There is the actual sayings of Jesus, and there is the narrative overlay. There is substantial evidence of additions to that overlay as time went on. (That is just a place to start, it's not "the evidence").
The early Church Hierarchy recognized the contradictions between the teachings of Jesus and their narrative, which is why those books were never included in the cannon to begin with.
FTFY
Remember what happened as a result of this effort. We had the creation of The Church, at the behest of Emperor Constantine, which made into Law, on penalty of death, certain beliefs (like the Trinity, which was not doctrine before 383 AD). The resulting outcome of these efforts of creating official doctrine set up a God-Emperor as the highest official mouthpiece of The Truth of Jesus Christ's Teachings. This same institution became the Holy Roman Empire which created the Dark Ages, where all of humanity was ruled by The Church. A thousand years of darkness...
Or two thousand years. I mean, we are still in it. It has just changed from one dark room to another run by the same group of people.