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19308e No.630688

Hello, I have recently read the apocalypse of Paul and I liked it. Why is it not in the Bible?

ed8845 No.630691

>>630688

Where did you find it? I tried to find it once but couldn't get it in English.

And to answer your question, it can't be confirmed that it was actually written by Paul. The general consensus is that it was written a few hundred years after Paul's execution. So it likely didn't even exist at the time of The Bible's canonization. Also, it's probably heretical.


ed8845 No.630693

>>630691

Wait, maybe I'm thinking of a different text.


1cbfab No.630746

>>630688

>In the consulate of Theodosius Augustus the younger and Cynegius, a certain honourable man then dwelling at Tarsus, in the house which had been the house of Saint Paul, an angel appeared unto him by night and gave him a revelation, saying that he should break up the foundation of the house and publish that which he found; but he thought this to be a lying vision. But a third time the angel came, and scourged him and compelled him to break up the foundation. And he dug, and found a box of marble inscribed upon the sides: therein was the revelation of Saint Paul, and his shoes wherein he walked when he taught the word of God.

This sounds a lot like how the Book of Mormon was discovered according to Joseph Smith.

But yeah the text was apparently very popular among the lay people, but was excluded from canon because of doubts regarding its authenticity not necessarily because anything in it goes against dogma. Unless of course you are referring to the Gnostic Apocalypse of Paul which was definitely anathema.

As with the Book of Enoch and other texts that are not inherently heretical, read with caution and prayer, keeping in mind the true tenets of the faith.




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