The Da Vinci Code (Jesus, reject, gospel, tradition, churches)

[klubbhead024]

I finally got around to seeing this movie, and was actually quite pleased. I did have 1 question though. I know the book and the movie were fiction, but I thought I heard somewhere that some parts were true. The one main thing I was wondering is if there really was Gospels left out of the Bible.

[Comprehend]

Originally Posted by klubbhead024

I finally got around to seeing this movie, and was actually quite pleased. I did have 1 question though. I know the book and the movie were fiction, but I thought I heard somewhere that some parts were true. The one main thing I was wondering is if there really was Gospels left out of the Bible.

yeah, a lot. there is the Apocrypha, sudopegripha (sp?), etc but I don't know all of the names. recently there was a bunch of stuff in the news about the gospel of judas, but I have heard of a gospel of mary and others. There are gospels referenced right in the bible that aren't included.

[Cynic]

The Nag Hammadi Library:
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhlalpha.html

[Tigress]

I liked the movie, but would not recommend it over the book. The novel just has so much more detail, whereas the movie left out certain parts that I thought could have been included. Not to mention, and this is a spoilers warning, the book and the movie have somewhat different endings.

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by klubbhead024

I finally got around to seeing this movie, and was actually quite pleased. I did have 1 question though. I know the book and the movie were fiction, but I thought I heard somewhere that some parts were true. The one main thing I was wondering is if there really was Gospels left out of the Bible.

The compiling of Gospel traditions (all the stories about Jesus) that eventually were written and canonized (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) took about four hundred years.

The first four hundred years of the church were years of division - scores of groups claimed to be the true church, and many of them had their own Gospels, most of which were lost when the orthodox church "won" with Constantine.

The Gospels that we have left that were not canonized are very fragmented, principally because they were not used in orthodox worship services from 70ad to 350ad or so...

We should note that the groups were largely seperated by their teachings about Jesus, Paul, or the OT. The worship services were meals, and after a meal a book would be read aloud (not everyone could read) and discussed. The orthodox church only had (and therefore only preserved) the NT.

Both the orthodox churches and the other churches mutually rejected eachother's writings because both were very traditional. That is, they were told by their founder to only accept teachings of a certain kind, and only accepted writings that fit this... unless a later teacher convinced them otherwise. As new writings came out, they were not accepted by either group.... the orthodox church simply "won."

footnote: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Resources/Bauer/

[Mestemia]

Originally Posted by klubbhead024

I finally got around to seeing this movie, and was actually quite pleased. I did have 1 question though. I know the book and the movie were fiction, but I thought I heard somewhere that some parts were true. The one main thing I was wondering is if there really was Gospels left out of the Bible.

Ever seen the movie Titanic?
The one with Kate Winslet and Leonardio?
There were some true parts in that movie I.E. the ship sinking.

Same goes with The DavVinci Code movie. And the Book for that matter.

Yes there are scriptures that are not included in the Bible.
Jasper comes to mind right off the bat.
I have always wondered why the there are Books mentioned and sometimes even refered to in the Bible, yet missing.

Then I did a study on the history of the Bible. Clears up quite a bit.
The problem is that to many people use the words 'Bible' and 'Scripture' as synonyms.

Personally, I view the Bible as mans sad attempt at "Cliff Noting" the Scripture.

[nutshell]

The book is literary toilet paper - and not the soft kind.

[SB Habakuk]

Dan Brown sought an easy way out to explain the quirks of hristian thoughts, he does nothing to break down the ages of misconception built up by
1. Those who scribed the Bible9 The Kenites 2chron 2. 52
2. The Great Religous system originated by Thoth Trimestigus
3.Those who seek to rebuke those who enter into truth but do not enter themselves