What were some of the Gospels which were cut out of the Bible?

Answer 1

Gospels cut out of The Bible!? Where did you hear that!? There are no gospels that were cut out of the Bible!

Answer

There were never any gospels removed from the Bible as such, but there are quite a few that never made it there in the first place.

At the time of the early Church, the Bible was being finalised as to which books were deemed reliable enough to be called scripture. the four current gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) were all deemed reliable sources, written (apart from Luke) by eyewitnesses, and in Luke's case by a systematic and thourough scholarly historian who had used Mark -and other reliable sources - as his own source.

There were some documents that were doubtful, however. there was some controversy over Revelation, but that was eventually included. There was also controversy over some other documents that weren't eventually included including a short 'handbook' of Christian life -the 'Didache' - and the Gospel of Thomas. It is if interest, however, that the Didache IS included in some orthodox Bibles.

As to the gospels, there are many - but most apparently date from many years after Christ was walking on earth and so are deemed probably unreliable sources. These include the Gospel of Thomas, which included some child-stories of Jesus, the Gospel of Peter, The 'Secret' book of James, The Gospel of Mary, the Acts of Pilate, and the so-called Gospel of Judas.

For a comprehensive list of these documents and many others, look at the web site attached to this answer. But remember, don't take these Gospels as 'gospel' - they were excluded from the canon of scripture because of their unreliability and lack or providence, but they make interesting reading nonetheless.