Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

men transgresors by the Torah, only to reject the
Torah precisely for thus condemning them (Gal
3:10!), he was unacquainted with Christ's historical
teachings and practice; nor was he willing to learn
of them from the original Apostles (Gal 2:6). Thus
his soteriology focused entirely on the Passion, of
which he was aware, interpreting Christ's mission
as exclusively an OT Sacrifice. Whereas the
innovating Messianic message— Christ's
teachings as incarnate in his lifestyle, elaborated
thruout the canonical Gospels prior to the Passion
narratives— was entirely unknown to Paul. (On
the 3-valued logic of Biblical morality, See Perfect
in Ph Notes)
This is not to deny that he composed some
eloquently poetic passages (such as Col 1:15-20);
but these must, in light of the aforelisted doctrinal
conflicts, be considered no more than
ornamentation in Paul's writings. Those
documents, in their entirety, proclaim a
discipleship which is fundamentally incompatible
with the message of Christ himself as recorded in
the historical Gospels.
Remarkably enough, prior to Clement of
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