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Originally Posted by Sethomas
Like I mentioned in my letter, I've studied the claims made in Stigmata extensively. The premise of the movie was utter shite, and the add-on saying that the Church has kept documents undercover is pure BS. They were referring to the Nag Hamadi codices, of which I have attended a lecture presented by a Catholic priest. You can find the texts online. You can see the originals in a museum in Egypt. No one can make a serious claim that they deserve the title "gospels" because they are clearly apocryphal literature from a Coptic break-off sect.
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I am rather naive in the Bible, only learning more about the Apocrypha now. Can you explain the difference between Apocrypha lit. and the scriptures chosen to comprise the Bible...?