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The reader can find some correlation with the Gospels only in two verses of the Revelation to Saint John. The first one (I,5) says : "and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us fr...

John sends messages to seven (magic number) churches of Asia (Rev 1:4, and Rev 1:11), Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea. It is surprising that John never speaks of Antioch, Perga in Pamphylia, Iconium, Lystra and Derbe in Lycaonia, which were places where Paul pr...

Arianism is a nontrinitarian belief that asserts that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, created by God the Father, distinct from the Father and therefore subordinate to the Father. Arian teachings were first attributed to Arius (c. AD 250–336), a Christian presbyter in Alexandria, Egypt. The teaching...

Monarchianism , sometimes called Monarchism, is a (now heretical) theological movement that arose within the second and third century Church. It consists of a set of beliefs that emphasize God as being one, that God is the single and only ruler. This emphasis conflicted with the doctrine of the Tri...

You could have a look at the wikipedia article about Jean Meslier (1664 - 1729), a french priest living at the time of Louis XIV. Voltaire published his own expurgated version as Extraits des sentiments (feelings) de Jean Meslier (first edition, 1762). «Il souhaitait que tous les grands de la Terre ...

In the early first century CE, a Jewish small movement was created around Jesus in Palestine. After the execution of Jesus, and his resurrection (...), his followers found reason to continue the movement all the more vigorously. Their leader was James, the brother of Jesus. They did not take part in...

Remember that 90 % of the population (Christians or Pagans) could not read.
Their first immediate reaction was "listen !".

Several fragments of a Greek version of Thomas were found among the Oxyrhynchys Papyri in the late 19th century. These fragments consist of the preamble, and sayings 1-6, 26-28, 30-32, 36-38, and 39, as well as a saying not found in the Coptic version, which follows 32. These fragments are found on ...

Perhaps you have never heard of Peter Kirby, and his Early Christian Writings. He describes a list of Gospels, with their approximative dates of writing : The 4 Canonical Gospels. 50-90 The Signs Gospel. 50-140 The Gospel of Thomas. 80-150 The Gospel of the Hebrews. 70-160 The Gospel of Peter. 80-15...