> BL>   There are *four* gospels, or don't you even know that
 > BL> much?

 >  NP> Ahem ..... Now Five gospels since the discovery of the
 >  NP> Gospel of Thomas in the Nag Hammaddi (sp) texts

 > What about Timothy?

Didn't know about a Gospel of Timothy.
Only the letters of Paul to Timothy in the King James bible.


 >  NP> No doubt some of the more fundamentalist religions will
 >  NP> still say there is only four, but the fifth has been tested
 >  NP> and has been found to be genuine. It doesn't tell a story as
 >  NP> such.

 > I've seen references to 7 Gospels, I think in an article talking
 > about early heresies...

That would figure. There is agospel of Stephen that is way off the
mainstream and full of Gnostic ideas.  (heresies)


 >  NP> It does make an interesting read as some of the writings
 >  NP> are _nearly_ the same as in the other gospels, but some
 >  NP> others are unique and espouse ideas that the mainsteamers
 >  NP> would probably not agree with.

 > Which is probably why it was dropped...

I think that they didn't know of it's existence when the bible was put together.

Cheers
Niels Petersen

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