May 4, 2022
Why is it big news when someone claims to find a fragment of a
lost "gospel"? Why do people say that these ancient apocrypha
threaten to overturn everything Christians believe? In the second
century, some of these pseudonymous books appeared and quickly
landed in the remainder bin, called into question by giants such as
Irenaeus and Tertullian. They're news today because of a modern
myth, crafted by one of the renowned literary critics of the 20th
century — and sustained by ivy-league celebrities.
Paul Mankowski, S.J., "The Pagels Imposture," Catholic
Culture https://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=43736
Amy Weiss-Meyer, "What Ever Happened to the Gospel of Jesus’s
Wife?" The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/08/ariel-sabar-what-happened-to-the-gospel-of-jesus-wife/615160/
Mike Aquilina’s website https://fathersofthechurch.com
Mike Aquilina’s books https://catholicbooksdirect.com/writer/mike-aquilina/
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