Al Kafirun

No one has addresses my question as to what proof there is that they were aware of the existence of the Gospel of Thomas. Granted, I could get off my ass and look for myself, but..

spin

Yeah, you do that. No more buts.


spin

Legion

Bias towards narrative gospels played a role too, but I don't think (and this is mostly just speculation) that it was a bigger role than the theological aspects.

Al Kafirun

Okay, smarty-pants, I got up, put all my weight on my infected toe (ingrown nail) and couldn't find squat.

There's a ton of articles that speculate on why it was excluded but none of them mention any evidence showing that it was even known about.

Irenaeus quotes HAPPILY lines that run parallel to the GOT, but his references to a Gospel ascribed to Thomas concerns the infancy gospel. Same with Hippolytus and Origen. I don't even think it was widely distributed at the time.

Hot damn, I figured something out on my own.