Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

in logion 6, reveals an underlying Semitic
source document (see Guillamont, Recent
Scholarly Comments). As indicated in the
press release reprinted below, almost all
biblical scholars who have been studying
this document since its first publication have
now concluded that Thomas should be
accepted as an authentic fifth Gospel, of an
authority parallel to John and the Synoptics.
It is particularly to be noted that several of
the logia in Thomas (12 24 28 37) are
evidently post-resurrection sayings.
The Gospel of Philip— as can be inferred
from its entries 51 82 98 101 137— was
composed at least in part after 70 AD by
Philip called the Evangelist (not the
Apostle), who appears in the Book of Acts at
6:1-6 8:4-40 21:8-14. There is no known
previous reference to or citation of this
complex scripture, which is an elegant
series of reflections on the Abrahamic
tradition, on Israel and the (incarnate)
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