Is the Vatican Jesus different from the Gnostic Jesus?

[HouseofIsrael]

I would suggest that every person's Jesus is different from every other Jesus.

God is not the author of confusion.

 

[HouseofIsrael]

the gospels were not written by anyone who knew or even saw jesus in his lifetime. Read Luke. You failed to argue your point before why try tis exact same line again?

That quote may be inaccurate, however if you speak of development of a bible then i could not object.

 

[Mr Cheese]

Originally Posted by Guitar's Cry
I would suggest that every person's Jesus is different from every other Jesus.


Thomas Merton said the same....

The Gnostic Gospel of Philip also says the same...

“Every one of us forms an idea of Christ that is limited and incomplete. It is cut according to our own measure. We tend to make ourselves a Christ in our own image, a projection of our own aspiration and desires and ideals. We find in Him what we want to find. We make Him not only the incarnation of God but also the incarnation of the things we and our society and our part of society happen to live for.”​

–Thomas Merton(seeds of contemplation)



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Jesus took them all by stealth, for he did not appear as he was, but in the manner in which they would be able to see him. He appeared to them all. He appeared to the great as great. He appeared to the small as small. He appeared to the angels as an angel, and to men as a man. Because of this, his word hid itself from everyone. Some indeed saw him, thinking that they were seeing themselves, but when he appeared to his disciples in glory on the mount, he was not small. He became great, but he made the disciples great, that they might be able to see him in his greatness.

--Gosp. Philip​

 

[sojourner]

I'm pretty sure Gnostic Jesus could take Vatican Jesus in a cage match ... as long as he had a folding chair.

Besides, his tights are more manly.