02469cam a2200373Ia 4500999001900000001000900019003000600028005001700034008004100051010001500092020001500107020001800122035002000140040009500160050002500255082002200280100003700302245006600339250002500405260003700430300002300467336002600490337002800516338002700544500005600571504006600627505031300693520077001006630007601776630005401852650004801906942001201954952012901966  c214640d21464055076968OCoLC20220511171344.0040429r20042003nyu      b    001 0 eng d  z2002036840  a0375703160  a9780375703164  a(OCoLC)55076968  aNNCCbengcNNCCdNNCCdBTCTAdYDXCPdBOSdOCLCGdP4IdTULIBdBDXdOCLCQdOCLCOdOCLCAdWSU 4aBS2860.T52bP34 200404a229/.8222bP133b1 aPagels, Elaine H.,d1943-91171410aBeyond belief :bthe secret Gospel of Thomas /cElaine Pagels  a1st Vintage Books ed  aNew York :bVintage Books,c2004  a257 pages ;c21 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aOriginally published: New York : Random House, 2003  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 191-226) and index00gch. 1.tFrom the feast of Agape to the Nicene Creed --gch. 2.tGospels in conflict : John and Thomas --gch. 3.tGod's word or human words? --gch. 4.tThe canon of truth and the triumph of John --gch. 5.tConstantine and the Catholic Church --tAcknowledgments --tNotes --tThe Gospel of Thomas --tIndex  a[This book] explores how Christianity began by tracing its earliest texts, including the secret Gospel of Thomas, rediscovered in Egypt in 1945 ... [The author explores] historical and archeological sources to investigate what Jesus and his teachings meant to his followers before the invention of Christianity as we know it ... [She] compares such sources as Thomas' gospel ... with the canonic texts to show how Christian leaders chose to include some gospels and exclude others from the collections we have come to know as the New Testament. To stabilize the emerging Christian church in times of devastating persecution, the church fathers constructed the canon, creed, and hierarchy--and, in the process, suppressed many of its spiritual resources.-Dust jacket00aGospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel)xCriticism, interpretation, etc91171500aBible.pJohnxCriticism, interpretation, etc9322 0aChristianityxEssence, genius, nature93103  2ddccBK  00102ddc40708FICaNNCCbNNCCcCARTd2022-05-11ennccfnnccl0o229/.8 P133bp004219r2022-05-11 00:00:00w2022-05-11yBK