REL STD 5A Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Signs Gospel, Ebionites, Bardaisan
Document Summary
Christian leaders agreed upon: a standard, uniform way to worship, a standard, uniform way to think about jesus" divinity, a standard, uniform holy scripture, jewish bible ( old") + 27 new christian documents ( new", gospel of matthew. Gospel" = story about jesus: gospel of mark, gospel of luke, gospel of john, acts of the apostles. Apostles" = original 12 students of jesus: letter to the romans, letter 1 to the corinthians, letter 2 to the corinthians ix. Letter to the galatians: letter to the ephesians xi. Book of revelation: gospel of thomas, gospel of judas iv, secret book of james vi. Infancy gospel of thomas: rejected gospels, four gospels chosen as sacred and included in new. Testament, but dozens of others were rejected: diatesseron, gospel oxyrhynchus 1224 ix. Gospel of eve: and there may have been other gospels we don"t know about. Ancient, medieval, early modern views of the bible.