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Critics claim that Christianity (including | Critics claim that Christianity (including Latter Day Saints) has missed a part which contradicts LDS doctrine regarding Jesus and Judas. | ||
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==Response== | ==Response== | ||
The source for this claim would be a text called Gospel of Judas which was discovered in El Minya, Egypt, | The source for this claim would be a text called Gospel of Judas which was discovered in El Minya, Egypt, which in the 1970s, it was obtained by National Geographic. The Gospel of Judas is dated to about 150 A.D. Most scholars have link this text to the Gnostic movement and have concluded that this text was a late forgery.{{ref|NT}} | ||
==Conclusion== | ==Conclusion== | ||
Their is no evidence that the Gnostic Gospel of Judas was the work of one of the apostels. | |||
==Endnotes== | ==Endnotes== | ||
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*FAIR Topical Guide: | *FAIR Topical Guide: | ||
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===Audio Recordings=== | ===Audio Recordings=== | ||
Revision as of 04:26, 1 July 2008
Criticism
Critics claim that Christianity (including Latter Day Saints) has missed a part which contradicts LDS doctrine regarding Jesus and Judas.
Source(s) of the criticism
- Internet message boards
Response
The source for this claim would be a text called Gospel of Judas which was discovered in El Minya, Egypt, which in the 1970s, it was obtained by National Geographic. The Gospel of Judas is dated to about 150 A.D. Most scholars have link this text to the Gnostic movement and have concluded that this text was a late forgery.[1]
Conclusion
Their is no evidence that the Gnostic Gospel of Judas was the work of one of the apostels.
Endnotes
- [note] Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Eric D. Huntsman, and Thomas A. Wayment. Jesus Christ and the World of the New Testament: An Illustrated Reference for Latter-day Saints. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 312 ISBN 9781590384428
Further reading
FAIR web site
- FAIR Topical Guide:
- FairMormon Topical Guide: Agency vs. Predestination FairMormon link
Audio Recordings
Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, S. Kent Brown, Frank Judd, Gaye Strathearn, and Thomas A. Wayment, “The Truth About the Gospel of Judas,” Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006.