Forgotten Scriptures

  PAUL, APOCALYPSE OF. Paul wrote of being caught up into Paradise in the third heaven, and hearing “things that cannot be told” (2 Cor 12:1-4). Such passages offered a clear opportunity for the writing of apocrypha, in this case to narrate Paul’s vision; in due course the opportunity was taken. Augustine mentions an Apocalypse of Paul, and a book of that name is condemned by the Decretum Gelasianum. The Decretum Gelasianum or the Gelasian Decree is so named because it was traditionally thought to be a Decretal of the prolific Pope Gelasius I, bishop of Rome 492–496. The Decretal was decrees of selection regarding the cannon among other things … The Decretum has five parts actually. Parts 1, 3, and 4 are not relevant to the canon. The second part is a canon catalogue. The Deuterocanonical Books (other than Baruch and the Letter of Jeremiah) are accepted by the catalogue, and are still found in the Roman Catholic Bible, though not in the Protestant canon…This work that we are studyi...

  Itinerary for Initial meeting on November 11 at 7 PM : 1- Gilman will open the meeting at 11-11-21 @ 7PM 2- Platform for the meeting will be on first meeting will be on Face Book Messenger… 3- We will discuss future meetings to be held on “Google meet” 4- Meeting day and time for the future.. 5- Structure of the meeting for the future… 1) Books to begin with : Suggestions: 2) #45 The Acts of John 3) 46 The Acropryphon of John …… or The Secret Book of John 4) #77 The vision of Paul 5) #14 The Epistle of Barnabas 6- Round table discussion on “The book of Judith “ The Introduction to Judith Judith, the character from whom the book takes its name, is not mentioned in the story’s first half (1:1–7:32). In the opening chapters, God’s divine sovereignty over Israel comes into direct conflict with Nebuchadnezzar’s political sovereignty over all the nations of the western world. Holofernes, commander-in-chief of the Assyrian armie...