What is the status of Gospels and other lost texts?

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God revealed to Jesus the 'Good News' scripture.

Today, whilst the four-canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John may contain fragments of truth, the original teachings of Jesus are lost forever.

The table below lists a few Biblical books and their current status.

1. Mark Canonical Preserved
2. Matthew Canonical Preserved
3. Luke Canonical Preserved
4. John Canonical Preserved
5. Thomas Gnostic Preserved
6. Truth (Valentinian) Gnostic Preserved
7. Coptic The Egyptians Gnostic; Sethian Preserved
8. Nicodemus Preserved, intact, complete
9. Barnabas Preserved, intact, complete
10. Gamaliel Preserved, intact, complete
11. Mary Infancy, early stages of Jesus' life
12. Pseudo-Matthew Infancy, early stages of Jesus' life
13. Infancy Gospel of Thomas Infancy, early stages of Jesus' life
14. James Infancy, early stages of Jesus' life
15. Arabic Gospel Infancy, early stages of Jesus' life
16. Armenian Infancy, early stages of Jesus' life
17. Latin Gospel Infancy, early stages of Jesus' life
18. Syriac Gospel of the Boyhood Infancy, early stages of Jesus' life
19. Judas Partially
20. Peter Partially
21. Lots of Mary Partially
22. Philip Partially
23. Dialogue of the Saviour Fragment, minor pieces, lost
24. Eve Fragment, minor pieces, lost
25. Fayyum Fragment, minor pieces, lost
26. Mani Fragment, minor pieces, lost
27. Oxyrhynchus Papyri Fragment, minor pieces, lost
28. Saviour Fragment, minor pieces, lost
29. Twelve Fragment, minor pieces, lost
30. Papyrus Egerton 2 Fragment, minor pieces, lost
31. Papyrus Berolinensis Fragment, minor pieces, lost ?
32. Papyrus Cairensis Fragment, minor pieces, lost ?
33. Papyrus Merton Fragment, minor pieces, lost ?
34. Strasbourg Fragment, minor pieces, lost ?
35. Ebionites Reconstruct
36. Egyptians Reconstruct
37. Hebrews Reconstruct
38. Secret Gospel of Mark Reconstruct
39. Matthias Reconstruct
40. Nazarenes Reconstruct
41. Q Document Reconstruct
42. Signs Reconstruct
43. Cross Reconstruct
44. Bartholomew Lost, destroyed, no longer available
45. Seventy Lost, destroyed, no longer available
46. Four Heavenly Realms Lost, destroyed, no longer available
47. Perfection Lost, destroyed, no longer available
48. Marcion Lost, destroyed, no longer available
49. Basilides Lost, destroyed, no longer available
50. Andrew Lost, destroyed, no longer available
51. Apelles Lost, destroyed, no longer available
52. Cerinthus Lost, destroyed, no longer available
53. Bardesanes Lost, destroyed, no longer available
54. Encratites Lost, destroyed, no longer available
55. Gnostics Lost, destroyed, no longer available
56. Hesychius Lost, destroyed, no longer available
57. Lucius Lost, destroyed, no longer available
58. Longinus Lost, destroyed, no longer available
59. Manes Lost, destroyed, no longer available
60. Merinthus Lost, destroyed, no longer available
61. Scythianus Lost, destroyed, no longer available
62. Simonides Lost, destroyed, no longer available
63. Tatian Lost, destroyed, no longer available
64. Thaddaeus Lost, destroyed, no longer available
65. Valentinus Lost, destroyed, no longer available
66. Clementine Lost, destroyed, no longer available
67. Nativity of Mary Unknown
68. History of Joseph the Carpenter Unknown
69. Coptic Gospel of the Twelve Unknown
70. Adversary of the Law Unknown
71. Memoirs of the Apostles Unknown
72. Jesus Wife Unknown
Author: Guest   •   Updated: 19 Jul 2019
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Videos on 'Gospels' (72)

Video: The Historicity of the Life of Jesus in the Gospels - Shabir Ally vs John Dominic Crossan 2:56:24
Video: Jesus Before the Gospels - Bart Ehrman 26:19
Video: Who Wrote The Gospels: Mark, Matthew, Luke & John? - Bart Ehrman 5:11
Video: Why did later Christians change the Gospels? - Tovia Singer 24:21
Video: Why do the Gospels routinely contradict each other? - Tovia Singer 22:53
Video: Troubling Passages in the Gospels - Tovia Singer 50:27
Video: God revealed scripture: Torah, Gospels, Injeel, New Testament Bible? - Shabir Yusuf vs Nathan 1/2 41:52
Video: God revealed scripture: Torah, Gospels, Injeel, New Testament Bible? - Shabir Yusuf vs Nathan 2/2 40:59
Video: Are Gospels Based on Eyewitness Testimony - Bart Ehrman vs Richard Bauckham 1/2 1:02:29
Video: Are Gospels Based on Eyewitness Testimony - Bart Ehrman vs Richard Bauckham 2/2 1:14:12
Video: Did Matthew, Mark, Luke and John actually author the Gospels? - Darrell Bock 5:09
Video: Can We Trust the Gospels? - Bart Ehrman vs Tim McGrew 1/2 1:00:10
Video: Can We Trust the Gospels? - Bart Ehrman vs Tim McGrew 2/2 1:09:55
Video: Were the Gospels Written Anonymously? - Jimmy Akin 5:04
Video: The Chronological Gospels - Rood Awakening 28:31
Video: Deconstructing the Gospels - John Hudson 6:38
Video: Banned From The Bible - Gospels Removed From Biblical History 1:23:29
Video: Authorship of the Gospels, Apostle Paul's Letters and Torah is disputed - Hamza Saudi vs Richard London 32:32
Video: Who wrote the Gospels? - Michael Kruger - Ehrman Project 4:38
Video: Why is Jesus' Resurrection such a problem in the Gospels? - Peleh Ben Avraham 10:13
Video: Contradictions in the Birth and Geneaology of Jesus in the gospels of Matthew and Luke - Ken Humphreys 12:06
Video: The Biblical gospels (Mark, Matthew, Luke, John) were originally 'Nameless' Anonymous Texts - Daniel Wallace 26:58
Video: Early History and Authorship of the Gospels - Richard Carrier 1/2 29:21
Video: Jesus' infancy is difficult to reconcile in the Gospels (his birthplace, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Egypt, 3 Kings etc.) - Mike Licona 2:25
Video: Jesus was unknown outside of the Gospels. We need Josephus - Lena Einhorn 22:41
Video: Why the Gospels are Fiction - Richard Carrier 1:28:26
Video: Early History and Authorship of the Gospels - Richard Carrier 2/2 20:51
Video: Mythical Jesus, Catholics and Engineering of Dates, Events, Gospels and Epistles (Clement & Barnabas) affirming pre-existant pagan Christ cults - Mike Lawrence (NotoriUK) 1:00:35
Video: There are many, many differences in the Gospels. I don't know why! - Mike Licona 54:19
Video: Gospels were not written by Mark, Matthew, Luke or John. These names were decided 100 years later - Bart Ehrman 0:16
Video: Jesus' disciples were Aramaic speaking, lower class, uneducated labourers. Gospels were written by highly educated, Greeks 50 years after Jesus - Bart Ehrman 1:16
Video: New Testament scholars agree Gospels are Anonymous, not written by Jesus' disciples, or eye-witnesses - Bart Ehrman 0:23
Video: Most Early Christian Gospels, Acts and Epistles were forgeries and fakes - Richard Carrier 0:46
Video: Christian Gospels are Symbolic Fiction; mythical narratives mined from Jewish texts and Pagan myths. Gospels are not history - Richard Carrier 1:24
Video: Gospels are 'stories' by Greek writers 40 years after Jesus' crucifixion, not eyewitness accounts - Bart Ehrman 1:16
Video: Mark, Matthew, Luke and John could not read or write. Who wrote the Gospels? - Bart Ehrman 1:09
Video: In John, Jesus is a God-like diety from Heaven. In earlier Gospels, Jesus is more of a man-prophet - Bart Ehrman 1:59
Video: New Testament Bible: 27 books were finally chosen 300 years after gospels were written - Bart Ehrman 1:33
Video: Gospels written 50 years after Jesus, and 20 years after Paul's Letters. Why so late? - Tovia Singer 3:31
Video: Besides the Gospels, their is No Evidence for Jesus' birth - John Dominic Crossan 1:06
Video: Mark, Matthew, Luke, John... Where's the other Gospels, Acts and Epistles? - Bart Ehrman 3:22
Video: Apostle Paul was highly controversial amongst early Christians who believed he had fabricated the Gospels - Bart Ehrman 1:57
Video: Gospels are 'Jesus Stories', rumours and gossip spread orally amongst early Christians - Bart Ehrman 3:15
Video: Gospels present fundamentally opposing Jesus stories due to 'oral culture' - Bart Ehrman 1:58
Video: Jesus' stories were orally circulating 40-60 years before Gospels were written - Bart Ehrman 1:03
Video: The four Gospels have anonymous authors, as did much Ancient Greek and Roman literature - Richard Bauckham 2:30
Video: Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Justin & Papias quoted from nameless, anonymous Gospels - Bart Ehrman vs Richard Bauckham 7:35
Video: Jesus' disciples did not write the Gospels. They were fishermen, labourers, peasants etc. - Richard Bauckham 2:10
Video: Gospels are not Jesus' words. They are Oral stories passed down years later - Bart Ehrman 2:13
Video: Oral story tellers created Jesus' stories long before the Gospels were written - Bart Ehrman vs Richard Bauckham 1:12
Video: Gospels are not 100% accurate accounts of Jesus - Bart Ehrman 4:55
Video: Jesus' resurrection is nowhere to be found in the New Testament Gospels - Bart Ehrman 4:31
Video: Council of Nicaea (325 AD) ignored earlier writings on Jesus' divinity in the Gospels - Charles Hedrick 0:56
Video: Gospels are anonymous, 'romantic', religious propaganda texts, not Historical realities - Charles Hedrick 0:49
Video: Christianity is based on Mythology. Gospels record historically unreliable events of Jesus - Charles Hedrick 0:53
Video: Mark, Matthew, Luke & John are 4 Gospels. Their are 34 more Gospels - Charles Hedrick 1:25
Video: Gospels were added to NT Bible canon based on their pre-100 AD Apostolic age - Richard Bauckham 1:27
Video: After 100 years, Church Fathers refered to gospels as Matthew, Mark, Luke & John - Bart Ehrman 0:38
Video: NT Gospels ordered so baby Jesus the Jewish Prophet, grows fully into God - Ken Humphreys 6:05
Video: In Gospels, Jesus is crucified by 'innocent' Pontius Pilate who reluctantly bows to Jewish leaders. In reality, Pilate was a ruthless, sadistic ruler - Mark Goodacre 2:07
Video: In Quran 5:47, God tells Christians to judge by 'corrupted' Gospels? - Mohammed Hijab vs Christian 1/2 28:25
Video: In Quran 5:47, God tells Christians to judge by 'corrupted' Gospels? - Mohammed Hijab vs Christian 2/2 17:30
Video: Bible Contradictions: 4 Reasons why Gospels Disagree 4:58
Video: In 367 AD, Athanasius decreed the 27 New Testament books. The Nag Hammadi Gnostic gospels declared illegal | ReligionForBreakfast 7:48
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Video: Are the Gospels historically reliable? - Bart Ehrman vs Peter J Williams 1:29:01
Video: No Arabic Bible? Syriac connected Early Muslims to Gospels - Emran El-Badawi / Gabriel Reynolds 1:11:59
Video: What the Gospels Reveal of Jesus | Peter Bolland 21:31


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