Apocalypse of James: Lost original Greek text of banned Bible book found at Oxford University

News.com AU ^ | December 2, 2017 | Jamie Seidel

[Lurker]

“The Holy Spirit.”

Who exactly decided what that is?

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[circlecity]

"Are the weird things Matthew described at the death of Christ supported by others? "At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. 52The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.…"

Well, both of the other synoptic gospels refer to the torn curtain. They also refer that something happened that was momentous enough to make the Centurion turn to Jesus and admit he must have been the son of God. That's consistent with Matthew. Matthew's account also fulfills prophecy from Jeremiah and Ezekiel. So, yes I believe it is supported by scripture.

[firebrand]

Did I say anything about that?

[sparklite2]

Okay. Thanks.

[Salvavida]

It wasn’t a “banned” Bible book because it was never part of the Canon of Scripture. Fake news.

[circlecity]

The Church. The traditional cannon has been remarkably consistent from the beginning. (I’m not talking whether you do or don’t accept the apocrypha as canonical here.) All of the current books of the NT were widely read and preached from the time they were written in the first century. There was always a general consensus on the traditional cannon with some minor disagreement on two or three books, but not much. The Holy Spirit was guiding the early church from the start in this regard. Just as Jesus and Paul said it would.

[RegulatorCountry]

It goes back to ritualistic belief verging upon Gnosticism regarding the “keys of heaven” and Peter. From what I can tell RC’s seem to think it’s a physical object imbued with some sort of magical power. If you need a key then an abracadabra password isn’t far-fetched but it’s straight out of Harry Potter. Par for the course if so.

[Mark17]

And James was stuck with having to remember a password. He has my sympathies.

Maybe his user name was James, and his password was “I_am_the_half_brother_of_Jesus.

😁😀😁😆

[sparklite2]

I suppose it’s better than having to know
the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow.

[bar sin·is·ter]

European or African?

[sparklite2]

I don’t know.
AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeerrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggh!

[bar sin·is·ter]

They call me... Tim....

[Southack]

The passwords are to pass by the 3 soul stealers. You answer their question of who you are by saying that you are a son of the Pre-Existent Father, for one example.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks sparklite2.

[SunkenCiv]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Gospel_of_Mark

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“And James was stuck with having to remember a password.”

Was he logged in?

[Mark17]

I suppose it’s better than having to know the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow.

As opposed to a ladened one? 🤣

[SteveH]

Bump for intersting canon discussion

[stockpirate]

The group who put the new testement together were not lovers of the Lord.

[Elsie]

This sounds like something from the History Channel.

Next thing ya know we'll have found photos from Alexandria's library that PROVES that Ancient Aliens really built the pyramids!