The Lost Gospels [9/9]

The Lost Gospels, presented by Anglican priest Pete Owen Jones, is a fascinating exploration into the huge number of ancient Christian texts that didn't make it into the New Testament. Shocking and challenging, these were works in that presented a Jesus who didn't die, who took revenge on his enemies and who kissed Mary Magdalene on the mouth. This Jesus is unrecognisable from that found in the traditional books of the New Testament.

Pete travels through Egypt and the former Roman Empire looking at the emerging evidence of a Christian world that's very different from the one we know. He discovers that in addition to the gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John, there were over 70 gospels, acts, letters and apocalypses circulating in the early Church.

Through these lost Gospels, Owen Jones reconstructs the intense intellectual and political struggles for orthodoxy that were fought in the early centuries of Christianity, a battle involving different Christian sects, each convinced that their gospels were true and sacred.

The worldwide success of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code has sparked new interest about the origins of the Christian faith. Pete Owen Jones sets out the context in which heretical texts like the Gospel of Mary emerged. He also strikes a cautionary note: if these lost Gospels had been allowed to flourish, Christianity may well have faced an uncertain future, or perhaps not survived at all.

The documentary, although a great feat of scholarship falls short of exploring some other important manuscripts such as the Gospel of Judas and the Gospel of Barnabas. It also fails to eplore the evidences in the gospels of the other possibility of Christ's nature: that he was entirely human.

However, the question that really needs to be asked is: isn't God himself supposed to decide what comprises of his book?

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• thomas
• mary
• magdalene
• peter
• jesus
• christianity
• bible
• new
• testament
• islam
• muslim
• qur'an
• quran
• allah
• muhammad
• sunnah

[soilofk]

what a great documentary!!!!

[MsPollywogg]

@Sophisima I do not know where you live, but I see the complete opposite of what you see about incaccessability to higher education. I see it being heavily marketed & it's putting people into debt. Student loans are very easy to get . The community colleges were not as avail, if at all until the recent 30 or 40 years in the U.S. They may lack prestiqe, but it is still good quality & is available for those who want it and the cost is a fraction ... CC's are a great place to start highr eduction

[Julecontrol]

For someone who has earnt his money from taking up a significant position in the Church of England, it seems a case of biting the hand that feeds to be casting doubts among its believers.

[CrystalR73]

Ok, I watched all of these, & not one mention of Enoch!... Hmmm

[tedc06]

Well The Gospels r not lost, if you raid the Vatican Valt I bet you, it still exists.

Vatican Valt holds secret forbidden knowledge "The True words of Jesus Christ"!

[flurto666]

What i can understand in all 9 parts Bible No metter what is not actul word of God him self like troa ( Old Testament ) or Quran in these two book God has address him self as i but in bible its 3rd persons word either Mark luke or Methew or lost gospals they are not actul words of God him self and dont show it that way that God has address him as I. New Testament is book of stories talking about a person who lived 2 to 3 hundreds years ago no metter you think he was man or god.

[l337pwnage]

Well, I certainly won't miss it when its gone.

[gatekeeperoflight]

The messiahs name is Yahusha and the father is Yahuah Elohim. And the first followers are called the Natsarim watchmen. The letter j never existed back then.

[NeverDawiser]

i agree, thanks for the upload :)

[CthulhuisTheWay]

This is a very Enlightening video, thank you for posting it. Is it available on DVD?

[movement26]

"Roman power and money made the difference".........I think that says all we need to know.