Hidden Christianity: Forgotten Scriptures, Ignored Saints, Misplaced Mystics

Hidden Christianity: Forgotten Scriptures, Ignored Saints, Misplaced Mystics -- Fragments of a Faith Forgotten -- Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcast

Hidden Christianity: Forgotten Scriptures, Ignored Saints, Misplaced Mystics -- Fragments of a Faith Forgotten -- Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcast 

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"Contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the Saints." (from the Book of Jude)

The Septuagint Greek translation of the Jewish scriptures, made for the Library of Alexandria, was literally "The Bible" of early Christianity, and it included several additional texts (Apocrypha) not found in other Bibles. A translation of it in contemporary English has been published.

Aramaic Was the Language of the Original Jesus Movement: There are impressive Aramaic-Syriac manuscripts of the New Testament that have been translated into English, and even older Aramaic-Syriac manuscripts of the four gospels. Discover the Peshitta, and the Old Syriac Gospels (Evangelion da-Mepharreshe) from Codex Sinaiticus.

Divine Light in the Dead Sea Scrolls: We next turn our attention to the Dead Sea Scroll discovery of Qumran, and hear selections of hymns (psalms) composed by the enigmatic prophet, who was the founder of this community in antiquity, known only as "The Teacher of Righteousness". Also mentioned is the Book of First Enoch, quoted by Jude in the New Testament, and a popular text at Qumran.

The Psalms of Early Christianity Are Back: The book where the Messiah perhaps for the first time begins to materialize, makes his first literary appearance in the first century A.D., is the Book of the Odes. This mysterious collection of ancient hymns written in Syriac, a dialect of the Aramaic language, has been described as "some of the most beautiful songs of peace and joy that the world possesses." These mystical poems and prayers remind me of Rumi and other Sufi poets. Sometimes I refer to the Odes as 'the would-be book of New Testament psalms', and I find the Odes to be a very spiritual book, one of the finest examples of a "lost book of the Bible" that got misnamed, misfiled and misplaced somewhere along the way. And, yes, it was viewed to be scripture in some places, such as Asia Minor, Syria/Mesopotamia and Egypt.

The Author of the Gospel of Luke Said "Many" Had Already Composed Gospels Before He Wrote His: We learn about Sayings Gospel Q, a collection of the sayings of Jesus. Quotes from it were included in several early Christian gospels. We also explore a translation containing over twenty gospels and surviving fragments of gospels from the early centuries A.D.

The Gospel of Thomas, A Wisdom Gospel or Gospel For Contemplative Mystics Seeking A Present-Tense Kingdom of God Here and Now: The Gospel of Didymus Jude Thomas the Twin, a collection of the sayings of Jesus, went missing for almost two millennia until three copies of it were almost miraculously discovered several decades ago: two sections of it written in Greek found at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, and a more complete edition in the Coptic language discovered near a monastery not far from Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt buried under the sands of time in a clay storage jar. This important lost book has been found again. Practically predicting it’s own rediscovery the book of Thomas says: "Know what is before your face, and what is hidden from you will be revealed to you. For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor anything buried which will not be raised." (Saying Five) Also mentioned is the possible inclusion in the Gospel of Thomas of a few sayings of Yeshua from another early Christian scripture known as the Gospel of the Hebrews.

If You Don't Want Your Saints and Mystics, We'll Tak'em! In the West, they might not be known, are not usually quoted, and their names are never spoken. Today we remember a few of the "orphan" saints and "homeless" mystics of Christianity, including those from the almost unknown community called "The Church of the East". Shared are excerpts from the out-of-this-world prayers of Joseph the Visionary.

This Spiritual Awakening Radio podcast includes a list of recommended reading: translations of the scriptures referring to above, anthologies of apocryphal writings, and also mentioned is the book, Disciples, by Keith Akers, a scholarly, rather thorough and impressive documentation of the vegetarianism of the Jesus Movement (Ebionites or Hebrew Christians).

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Podcast: The Gnostic Gospels of Nag Hammadi, An Inclusive Rather Than Exclusive Spirituality

In December 1945 a collection of ancient scriptures -- fifty-two books -- was unearthed near the village of Nag Hammadi in Egypt. These texts had been placed in a clay storage jar, sealed, and buried sometime during the Fourth Century AD. Monks who lived at a nearby monastery founded by Saint Pachomius most likely hid them there at the time. They would have been sacred texts once part of the library of this monastic community, one of several Pachomian monasteries operating in Egypt during those days.

Rather than confining themselves to only reading the Old and New Testaments or teachings exclusively from Orthodox Christian sources, these monks had a surprisingly diverse collection of writings that can only be characterized as inter-faith and multi-traditional. In other words, they were also studying the scriptures of other teachers, sages, religions and “cousin” esoteric mystical movements of their day.

“And there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. There is nothing buried that will not be raised!” (Saying of Jesus, Greek Gospel of Thomas)

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Spiritual Awakening Radio (and Sant Mat Satsang Podcasts) with James Bean, heard on various community, public radio stations and the web, explores the world of spirituality, comparative religion, world scriptures and other books, East and West, God, meditation, out of body or near death experiences (inner space), the vegan diet and other ahimsa ethics -- education for a more peaceful planet.

Sayings Attributed to Jesus from Lesser-known Gospels

Sayings Attributed to Jesus from Lesser-known Gospels

IMAGE: From an Armenian Illuminated Manuscript of the Gospel of Mark

This World is a Bridge

“This world is a bridge. Pass over it, but do not build your dwelling there.”

(Saying 200, “The Unknown Sayings of
Jesus,” Marvin Meyer, Harper San Francisco)

Love and Goodness are the Beginning of the Way

Judas asked, “Where does the Path begin?” Jesus answered, “It begins with love — love and goodness.” (An apocryphal gospel preserved in the Nag Hammadi Library called Dialogue with the Savior)

Have Faith in the Love of My Father

A saying of Jesus from an unknown gospel fragment written in the Sahidic dialect of Egypt, translated in, “Texts and Studies,” Volume Four, Coptic Apocryphal Gospels section, Kraus Reprints:

“Nothing is impossible unto you in the removal of the mountains. Now therefore have faith in the love of My Father.”

You Are Never Alone

Jesus said to his disciples: “You will flee, all of you, and will leave me alone, but I do not remain alone for my Father is with me.”

— “Gospel of the Savior,” translated by Charles. W. Hedrick, Polebridge Press, a Coptic gospel from Egypt

Always Look at Your Brother or Sister with Love

From the lost Gospel of the Hebrews, passages quoted by Jerome (4th-5th century):

“We can read in the Hebrew Gospel that the Lord, speaking to his disciples, said,

‘Never be glad except when you look at your brother or sister with love.’”

“The Gospel of the Hebrews that the Nazareans are used to reading listed this among the most serious crimes:

‘Those who have saddened their brother’s or sister’s spirit.’”

(The Complete Gospels, Robert J. Miller, Polebridge Press; also, Harper Collins)

Do not Grieve the Spirit

“The Lord admonishes and says: ‘Do not grieve the Holy Spirit which is in you, and do not extinguish the light which shines in you.’”

— Ps. Cyprian, De aleatoribus 3. Harnack, Der Pseudocyprianische Tractat de Aleatoribus, 17. (Extracanonical Sayings of Jesus, William D. Stroker, Scholar’s Press)

From the Book of the Knowledge (Gnosis) of the Invisible God:

The living Jesus answered and said to his apostles: “Blessed is he who has crucified the world and who has not allowed the world to crucify him.”

The apostles answered with one voice, saying: “0 Lord, teach us the way to crucify the world, that it may not crucify us, so that we are destroyed and lose our lives.”

The living Jesus answered: “He who has crucified it (the world) is he who has found my word and has fulfilled it according to the will of him who has sent me.”

(An unknown Coptic dialogues gospel consisting of five chapters found at the beginning of the manuscript of First Jeu, published in the book: “The Books of Jeu and the Untitled Text in the Bruce Codex”, Edited by Carl Schmidt, Volume Thirteen, Nag Hammadi Studies Series, Leiden, E.J. Brill books)