![]() ![]() The word “Thomas” derives from the Aramaic and also means twin. The word “Didymos” derives from the Greek and means twin. Judas is Jesus’s brother Jude not Judas the betrayer. Its introduction fits well with the mystical nature of the sayings, described as secret, which Jesus passed along and disciple Didymos Judas Thomas recorded. Crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, miracle working, virgin birth and so forth are notable by their absence. ![]() Thomas is a sayings gospel Jesus said this, Jesus said that. Declared heretical by the fathers, it was given a death sentence by excluding it from the approved canon. Prior to that it was only known by the negative reference made to it by early Christian fathers and a few scraps of Greek text discovered at the turn of the 20 thcentury. The Gospel of Thomas (probably written in the late first century) was a lost work until 1945 when a Coptic version was discovered along with a cache of other Gnostic texts at Nag Hammadi, Egypt.
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