Thomas

[Guest guest]

Hello All,

A small bit of supplementary information on

Thomas and his Gospel and on the Gnostics collated from

the Oxford Dict. of World Religions.

 

Thomas was the doubting Thomas of the Gospel of John

and tradition has it that he brought Christianity to

India. The Syrian Christian Church claim his as their

founder which would mean that Christianity is there for

longer than much of Europe. The Gospel of Thomas is a

gnostic Coptic document consisting of 114 secret

sayings of Jesus to his disciples. The Greek original

dates from c.150. Some of the sayings may be genuine

eg. "Love your brother as your soul (i.e. self) and

guard his as the apple of your eye".

 

Gnosticism is interesting. Some of its roots are in

the Jewish faith, other influences may be Eastern. It

would be the source of what are regarded as heresies as

their cosmology plainly contradicts scripture. For them

there is a remote supreme being and a demiurge

responsible for the imperfect world. They believed

that Christ's sufferings were apparent rather than

real.

 

Jung amongst moderns is influenced by their thought.

Harold Bloom the scholar aligns himself to them with a

goodly ladle of Kabbalah added. 'Omens of Millenium'

has a good deal of quite esoteric material. I

recommend it if you spot it in the publishers

remainders basket where I found it. I have extracted

some long sections in an essay on lokas

 

http://homepage.eircom.net/~ombhurbhuva/grailcup.htm

 

That comes with a mental health warning so it's not to

be brought on the list.

 

Best Wishes, Michael

[Guest guest]

thank you michael for that informative post!

 

yes! there is a 'doubting' thomas in all of us !

 

there are many myths surrounding apostle Thomas ; one such legend

says he traveelled to india and he was murdered there .

 

please read the follwing article

 

http://www.dino-online.de/leiste?url=http%3A//hamsa.org - 8k -

 

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