The Books Banned From the Bible: What Are the Gnostic Gospels?

For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, become a subscriber at https://www.alexoconnor.com To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic VIDEO NOTES Elaine Pagels is an American historian of religion. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Pagels has conducted extensive research into early Christianity and Gnosticism. LINKS Read "The Gnostic Gospels": https://amzn.to/4ad5n5X TIMESTAMPS 00:00 What is a Gnostic Gospel? 04:51 How the Gnostic Gospels Were Discovered 10:36 Secret Knowledge & Teachings 18:01 Do the Gnostic Gospels Contradict the New Testament? 23:01 Was Jesus Sent to Save Us From an Evil God? 28:27 Was Paul the Only True Apostle? 31:16 Nuances in Marcion & Valentinus’ Writings 37:44 Concept of God the Mother 41:20 Is Jesus the Serpent in Genesis? 47:02 Spiritual Revelation Over Authority 50:37 Worshipping Bishops as Though They Were Gods 54:42 What People Should Keep in Mind About the Gnostic Gospels 57:20 Controversial Final Passages in Thomas 1:07:33 Elaine’s Book SPECIAL THANKS A special thanks to my top-tier supporters on Patreon: Tom Rindell James Younger, DDS CONNECT My Website/Blog: http://www.cosmicskeptic.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter:   / cosmicskeptic   Facebook:   / cosmicskeptic   Instagram:   / cosmicskeptic   TikTok: @CosmicSkeptic The Within Reason Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... CONTACT Business email: [email protected] ------------------------------------------