You are absolutely correct about having a firm foundation in the original NT gosples and epistles. I believe the book of Enoch might be inspired. I have read the other "lost books" and don't really have an opinion on them.ps139 said:Luna, as far as the Catholic Church is concerned, the canon is closed. The "lost gospels" may be interesting reading but they are not the Word of God. They are LOST for a reason - they were thrown out. When the Bible was being put together in the 4th century, some wanted to include these false gospels, but at the Councils of Carthage and Rome the Holy Spirit worked through the Church to give us only inspired books in the Bible.
I have read parts of one of them (might have been Thomas) and I was disgusted by it. I will not mention why I was disgusted, but all I will say is that before anyone reads the false gospels, you should have a firm foundation in the true gopels, so you will recognize heresy when it rears its ugly head. Remember, these false gospels were written to spread heresy, to confuse Christians, to spread lies about Christ. IF you decide to read them, remember the purpose for which they were written: to confuse YOU. And be careful.
I go to sites all the time concerning contradictions in the bible and and one that throws out all of Paul's epistles and labels him as false apostle!!! Here are 2 sites that I know of and unless you truly have a lot of faith in the bible right now, I would stay away from these sites.
Otherwise, these sites can actually help with bible study, because you look at how they are translating and interpreting scripture and why they are wrong compared to the way you yourself interpret and view scripture.
. The bible is 100% devinely written the way I see it, and I have pretty much decided it is mostly fullfilled, so I just look at how others see it and can usually refute a lot of what they are looking at.
Note to readers. I removed both sites that I had posted, because I feared some people that weren't strong enough in the Spirit might get doubts about the bible from them. But there are sites all over that show contradictions and falseness in the bible, but all of it can be refuted easily enough.
This is a messianic site trying to bring jews to believe in Christ, but by doing that, they throw out all of Paul's epistles!!!!!! I can refute almost all of this pretty easy, but it is dangerous if you don't undertand Paul already.
This one has so many contradictions of mainly the OT Torah and prophets, but also some in the NT. Because of the symbolism and figuratism of God's words in the bible, a lot of what this site has can be refuted also, but it must be thru the Holy Spirit and God.
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