None of the 4 Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - are part of the 52 ancient texts written in circa 2th to the 4th centuries A.D.. These gnostic writings are part of the New Testament 'apocrypha.'
A:I believe that the Gnostic gospels are no more or less true than the gospels that were accepted by the dominant brach of Christianity, becoming part of what we now know as the New Testament. The incompatibility between the Gnostic gospels and the form of Christian teaching in the 'Catholic-Orthodox' Church inevitably meant that the Gnostic gospels would be banned, along with the Gnostic Churches.
The Gospel of Mary was attributed to Mary Magdalene, but is really a Gnostic gospel, probably written in the second century.
It is one of many Gnostic gospels, which are false gospels produced by people who were Gnostics, an early religious cult. See the Related Link below.
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Yes there are ones like the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary. These are known as Gnostic Gospels. See link provided below for more detailed information.
The Gnostic Gospels were rejected from the sacred canon primarily because they presented theological views that diverged significantly from orthodox Christian teachings, emphasizing secret knowledge and a dualistic worldview that conflicted with the established beliefs about the nature of God, Jesus, and salvation. Early Church leaders, such as Irenaeus and Athanasius, deemed these texts heretical, as they undermined the authority of the apostolic tradition and the teachings of the early Church. Additionally, the Gnostic Gospels often lacked the historical and apostolic connections that were essential for inclusion in the canon.
A:Many of the banned Gnostic gospels were found in 1945 at the Jabal al Tanf, a huge cliff across the Nile River from the town of Nag Hammadi. They had been hidden by Gnostic Christians in a large red earthenware jar, to avoid destruction by mobs from mainstream Christianity bent on destroying all literature that did not serve a purpose for their own Church.
The New Testament was originally written in Greek although there are older Gnostic Gospels written in Coptic (Egyptian).
They don't say anything about Catholics, because there was no Catholic church as such at the time.
Each gospel made up one book of the New Testament. There are four gospels in the New Testament; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Each of the gospels was written in the Koine Greek of the time (1st and 2nd centuries AD). There are a number of other gospels, some of them having been referred to as gnostic gospels, (Thomas being a quite famous one). However, after Bishop Iraeneus of Lyon (now a city in France) perceived the need for only four gospels (early in the 3rd century AD), this became the standard - for all Bibles.
The four gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
No one knows who wrote the gospels.