JAS said
Omar6741 said
Are there any examples of Christian individuals or groups from 100AD to 35AD who did not accept the four gospels as authoritative scriptures?
I think scholars would be thrilled to even have a record that the gospels existed in the range of 35ce-100ce.
Do you know if what is assumed to be the first written of the apostolic fathers (First Epistle of Clement, circa 96 CE but possibly later) reference any of the gospels? I know it references Paul’s letters (including the forged ones), but don’t know about the gospels.
Robert said
Omar6741 said
Are there any examples of Christian individuals or groups from 100AD to 35AD who did not accept the four gospels as authoritative scriptures?
Hey, Omar. I presume you meant 350 AD. Around 200 CE’ the gospel of John (and the book of Revelation) were opposed by some guy named Gaius and a group dubbed the Alogoi because they were opposed to the doctrine of the logos, and because Epiphanius used this term as a pun/slur on them being ‘irrational’. Not much of anything reliable is known of this group.
Hi, Robert.
That is close; I actually meant 325 AD, following the description of this particular subforum.
I just remembered Marcion (d. 160), whose Gospel was a shorter version of Luke’s, and who didn’t include any of the other four in his canon.
Also, the Elchasaites had a revealed book that was delivered to their founder Elchasai by Christ and the Holy Spirit. That does not sound like any of the four Gospels; maybe they did accept one or more of these, though no evidence that they did survives.
The Didache refers to a ‘Gospel’ which was authoritative for that group, but experts still debate what it was.
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