Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

eligion characteristic of the ‘mysteries’,... religious
movements of initiation into secret rites and
esoteric knowledge.
Og Mandino, The Christ Commission (1980):
The disciples and other intimate followers of Jesus
are all pious Jews.
Juan Luis Segundo, The Person of Today
confronting Jesus of Nazareth (1982): Within less
than thirty years of the events narrated by the
Synoptics concerning the life and proclamation,
death and resurrection of Jesus, Paul permits
himself to compose a long and complex exposition
of what this means, retaining, apparently, only the
two final specific events, the death and the
resurrection. Jesus' words are not cited (with the
exception of those pronounced over the bread and
wine at the Last Supper), his teachings are not
remembered. The key terms have disappeared
which he employed to designate himself, his
mission and his immediate audience: the Son of
Man, the Kingdom of God, the poor.
Abba Eban, Civilization and the Jews (WNET
Heritage video #3, 1984): Those who followed the
teachings of Jesus were known among other Jews
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