Originally posted by DeepThought
That's interesting. One thing to note is that there were copious Gospels floating around. These include the Gospel of Judas, the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, and the Gospel of Thomas. They seem to me to represent factions in the early Jewish Church. The ones I've named are quite different to the Canonical Gospels and make claims about the eponymous disc ...[text shortened]... ine about a wife, is more or less similar to the Canonical Gospels than the ones I've mentioned.
It's now difficult to say.
When the Bible that we now know was put together at the Council of Nicea, it was ordered that all other texts (not approved), to be destroyed.
This is why ancient people buried scrolls, to save them from destruction. But other documents, such as this 'gospel of Jesus' wife', were partially destroyed. However, Harvard University has deemed this writing as authentic, and it's likely Jesus was married to a woman......not the church....a woman.
The more I learn how biased the 'council' was, regarding the books that were allowed in the Bible, and more importantly, the ones that were not allowed, it seems much of the 'real truth' has been hidden....purposely!