where did Gnostics come up with their theory about there being a higher God ? they were a sect of Christianity correct / so they must have something from the Bible backing up their idea there was some sort of separate "spiritual Jesus" and etc..
They didn't use the Bible. They had their own gospels which were rejected from the accepted canon. Gnostics had different beliefs from region to region so its hard to say exactly where some of them got their ideas.
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The bible (NT) did not exist at the time of the Gnostic's. The books of the NT were available to every Christian. There is a very good chance that the Gnostic where aware of the the books that eventually were added to the bible.
The Gnostic's did not support an all powerful Roman church. Therefore, it is not surprising that they were left out when this Roman church put together the NT.
Did I say it did? No, not everyone, but yes they were widely accessible. The Gnostics did not use them though, hence why you Gnostic writers did not quote NT books, nor were NT scrolls found at any Gnostic sites.
The biggest reason is the lack of apostolic support for any of them. Thomas was the only one that came close because it was possibly written by an apostle or his followers.
The gospel of Q, though unknown writer(s), were pretty true to the statements of Jesus, yes. Then it's up to us/you/others to interpret the meanings of what he was trying to say.
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None of the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are original documents written my the people who bear their names. The Q Gospel might have been written by one of those four, but sense we don't have the Q Gospel, we will never know.
* how about the epistles/letters? they are also parts of the New Testament... and we are very positive those were written by Paul, James, Peter, Jude and John...
* and those epistles/letters go in accordance with the life story of Jesus through the 4 Gospels... eventhough the author did not identify themselves, we are still positive that the 4 Gospels are true...
The fact that it is not claimed that disciples wrote all the canonical gospels. Early dates of composition, when the alleged authors would still be alive, and early acceptance and defense of the four gospels as canon.
And yet, it can't be found anywhere and no one really talks about anything of the sort. It's wishful thinking and is full of fail imo.
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