THE BIBLE · EXCLUDED BOOKS
45+ Texts Removed
Over 50 gospels, epistles, apocalypses, and church manuals circulated in early Christian communities. The texts that were excluded were not excluded because they were false. They were excluded because they described a movement that did not serve the institution being built. Here are eight of the most significant.
The excluded texts were not excluded because they were false. They were excluded because they described a movement in which women led, in which hell was temporary, in which the divine was accessible without a priest, and in which community was more important than hierarchy. The institution chose the texts that served the institution.