"Whoever blasphemes against the Father will be forgiven, and
whoever blasphemes against the son will be forgiven,
but whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit will not be forgiven, either on earth or in heaven."
The Gospel of Thomas is a non-canonical sayings gospel. It was discovered near Nag ..... Forgiveness, Very important – particularly in Matthew and Luke, Assumed, Mentions being forgiven in relation to blasphemy against Trinity, Very ...
The historical Jesus[edit]
Some modern scholars believe that the Gospel of Thomas was written independently of the canonical gospels, and therefore is a useful guide to historical Jesus research.[70][77] Scholars may utilize one of several critical tools in biblical scholarship, the criterion of multiple attestation, to help build cases for historical reliability of the sayings of Jesus. By finding those sayings in the Gospel of Thomas that overlap with the Gospel of the Hebrews, Q, Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, and Paul, scholars feel such sayings represent "multiple attestations" and therefore are more likely to come from a historical Jesus than sayings that are only singly attested.[78]
Comparison of the major gospels[edit]
The material in the comparison chart is from Gospel Parallels by B. H. Throckmorton,[79] The Five Gospels by R. W. Funk,[80] The Gospel According to the Hebrews by E. B. Nicholson[81] and The Hebrew Gospel and the Development of the Synoptic Tradition by J. R. Edwards.[82]
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Item
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Matthew, Mark, Luke
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John
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Thomas
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New Covenant
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Forgiveness
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Mentions being forgiven
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The Lord's Prayer
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Not mentioned
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Not mentioned
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Love & the poor
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Jesus starts his ministry
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Disciples-number
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Disciples-inner circle
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Disciples-others
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Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James, Simon the Zealot,
Judas Thaddaeus, & Judas Iscariot[103]
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Possible Authors
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Unknown
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Virgin birth account
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Not mentioned,
although the "Word becomes flesh" in John 1:14
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N/A as this is a
gospel of Jesus' sayings
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Jesus' baptism
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N/A
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Preaching style
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Storytelling
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Jesus' theology
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proto-Gnostic
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Miracles
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Many miracles
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N/A
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Duration of ministry
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Not mentioned,
possibly 3 years according to the Parable of
the barren fig tree (Luke 13)
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N/A
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Location of ministry
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Mainly Galilee
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Mainly Judea, near
Jerusalem
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N/A
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Passover meal
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Body & Blood =
Bread and wine
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Interrupts meal for
foot washing
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N/A
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Burial shroud
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A single piece of
cloth
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N/A
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Resurrection
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N/A
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The 1999 fiction movie Stigmata is about the supposed attempt by the Roman Catholic Church to suppress the Gospel of Thomas by excluding it from the Catholic Bible.
