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b_b · 4666 days ago · link · · parent · post: Anti Abortion: The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger than the Happy Meal
Gospel of Judas is my favorite of the non-canonicals. I love the fact that Judas, in that Gospel, is the only one who can truly understand Jesus, and seems to believe that Jesus is otherworldly (I read one author interpret that as Judas thinking that Jesus was some kind of Alien, but I think the Gnostics took it to mean he was from one of the higher worlds, as their construction of the universe had many layers of heaven and earth). Of course this wouldn't (couldn't) have been chosen for the Canon, because its about subversion and rebellion, instead of strict obedience. In the Canon, Judas betrays Jesus and is punished as a result. Jesus, and by extension The Church, is not to be betrayed; hell awaits for any and all heretics. The Gnostics were persecuted to extinction in Europe for such beliefs.