Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

• 01. Ac 9:7 (cp. Dt 4:12) || Ac 22:9
In the propositional calculus of modern logic,
‘p & not-q’ is the truth-functional negation of ‘q &
not-p’. Thus ‘they heard but did not see’ directly
contradicts ‘they saw but did not hear’. Yet that
famous event on the Damascus road was the sole
original justification for Paul's supposed
commission in independence of Peter/Kefa and
the other Apostles. (In this instance, it is especially
important to consult the Greek text; translated
correctly in E. Pagels, 1975/79, in the Appendix
below.)
• 02. Ac 9:26-29 || Gal 1:17-2:1
Did Paul then travel immediately— or
seventeen years later!— from Damascus to
Jerusalem in order to meet the entire Apostolic
circle?
• 03. Mt 1:16, 22:41-45, Lk 3:23 || Rom 1:3
Paul asserts that Christ is descended from
David, which the Gospels explicitly deny.
• 04. Lk 2:49, 19:45-46 || Ac 17:24
The Gospels endorse the OT designation of
the Temple in Jerusalem as the very House of the
Lord. Paul nevertheless proclaims to the
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