Are the apocryphal gospels true?
Some reflections on why the canonical Gospels are in the Bible whereas the apocryphal Gospels are not.
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Some reflections on why the canonical Gospels are in the Bible whereas the apocryphal Gospels are not.
This video considers how long it took before Jesus's first followers came to believe that he was the Son of God.
Did Jesus claim or imply that he was anything more than a prophet? Or did his followers transform him into the Son of God many years later?
Are the Gospels full of contradictions? What would have been seen as normal standards of trustworthy historical writing at that time?
Did the early Christian communities apply Jesus's teaching to the problems they faced or alter the facts to fit their agendas?
Do the Gospels give us any indication that they are using eyewitness testimony? Richard Bauckham examines some of the minor characters in…
Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?
This video describes the discovery of the earliest copy of part of John's Gospel, the 'John Rylands Fragment'.
Were the Gospel accounts corrupted as they were passed on? Was there any way to prevent this happening?