Does anyone actually believe in the newly found "Gospel of Judas"?

Great Question.

Irenaeus also mentioned several Gnostic writings that were being passed around in his day. Some of these were found in 1945 at Nag Hammadi, Egypt. With reference to the followers of the Gnostic teacher Valentinus, Irenaeus wrote, “Indeed, they have arrived at such a pitch of audacity, as to entitle their comparatively recent writing ‘the Gospel of Truth,’ though it agrees in nothing with the Gospels of the Apostles, so that they have really no Gospel which is not full of blasphemy” (Against Heresies 3.11.9). And in April 2006, the National Geographic Society will be publishing an English translation of the recently discovered Gospel of Judas. However, Irenaeus referred to this false gospel as a writing of the Cainites, who claimed that Judas Iscariot, “knowing the truth as no others did, accomplished the mystery of the betrayal; by him all things, both earthly and heavenly, were thus thrown into confusion. They produce a fictitious history of this kind, which they style the Gospel of Judas” (Against Heresies 1.31.1). We learn from the writings of the early church father Irenaeus that heretics have always tried to add to or take away from the authentic writings of the apostles and prophets. Today these ancient forgeries may tell us what early heretics believed, but they give us no reliable information about Jesus, nor do they have any spiritual value for true Christians.

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Not sure about the Gospel of Judas. But I know people talk out their neck when it comes to Judas. Like he was such a terrible man. He was one of Jesus's hand picked disciples. Does

anyone ever mention that he hanged himself after he turned

Jesus in.

Judas may have written it, I think it was not included in the Bible because no other part of the Bible backed it up. The Gospels all back each other up on the main points. Judas so called Gospel is only his opinion and may not be factual.

Actually tj It is not so hard to believe. It is only difficult because it conflicts with what is said in the bible. This is not a fatal flaw because the bible conflicts with its self in many places. How likely is it that Jesus was not aware that the events that ended his earthly life were about to happen. He seems to predict it well before it happens.

Many believe that his intent in taking a physical body was to show us that our primary reality is that of spirit. He needed to die to show us this about our selves. Judas could have been the only one that he trusted to carry out his so-called betrayal. In many ways it makes more sense than the biblical version.

This could be why the church kept it hidden for so long.

Love and blessings

don

It's a Gnostic writing. They wrote all kinds of nonsense that doesn't make sense in the context of Jesus' life. Gnostics weren't Christians. They were a group that tried to combine Christianity with mysticism. Some of the things they taught are truly laughable.

You make a good point... when did he have time to write it? Anyone could have written this about Judas after the fact... the question is who was the person and was it divinely inspired? Hard to say... I haven't read it, just know the gist of it.

The first five books are attributed to Moses. How did Moe write an account of his own death? The gospel of Judas is no less unbelievable than any of the rest of it.

Why would we believe anything the man who betrayed Jesus had to say anyway? If it contradicts the other Gospels then of course it's garbage.

It is a gnostic gospel written by a bunch of gnostics believers. The gnostic believers in Jesus believed that you couldn't get to heaven without secrets. All of their writings have "secrets" in them.

Could he have written it before the betrayal? I haven't had a chance to read it. Is it available?