# Gospel question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gospel-question/10914>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 23, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gospel-question/10914 "2000-04-23T15:14:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Ezstrete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ea924/32.png) [@Ezstrete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ezstrete)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gospel-question/10914/1 "2000-04-23T15:14:00Z")

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Has anyone out there ever heard of “The Gospel of St.Thomas”?

If so----what’s it all about?

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**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gospel-question/10914/2 "2000-04-23T15:29:00Z")

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I seriously doubt that it exists.

No, no, it was a joke. You know, Doubting Thomas and all.

::Ducks the flying objects::

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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gospel-question/10914/3 "2000-04-23T15:43:00Z")

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I’ve heard of it-- it’s something odd-- I think it’s an apocryphal text (The Acts of St. Thomas) which explains that he went to India and converted a few kings there. Corroborration? Apocrypha (“scripture” which accreted later with uncertain provenance), in any case, and not part of the gospels proper.

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**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gospel-question/10914/4 "2000-04-23T15:47:00Z")

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Cecil wrote a column on the Gospel of Thomas, here’s a link from the archives: [www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_141.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_141.html)

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**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gospel-question/10914/5 "2000-04-23T15:50:00Z")

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_Has anyone out there ever heard of “The Gospel of St.Thomas”?_

This has also been discussed in a number of threads on this board, for example:  
[lost bible books](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/002692.html) in General Questions and [The Gospel According to Thomas- Fact or Fraud??](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000822.html) in Great Debates.

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**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gospel-question/10914/6 "2000-04-23T15:54:00Z")

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Just read the Cecil article and realize it doesn’t really go into much detail about that book. Here is a better one:  
[http://home.epix.net/~miser17/faq.html](http://home.epix.net/~miser17/faq.html)

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**Author:** ![Ezstrete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ea924/32.png) [@Ezstrete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ezstrete)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gospel-question/10914/7 "2000-04-24T05:14:00Z")

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My deepest thank you to one and all.

Your help is appreciated.

'n I’m “outa here.”

EZ