Observations
of Non-Christian Scholars
Celsus was a great pagan scholar
of the second century who wrote a book refuting Christianity. A famous
German scholar Eichhorn reproduced the following statement of Celsus:
The Christians have changed their
Gospels three or four times to the extent that the contents of the Gospels
have become distorted.
This is clear evidence coming from
a non-Christian scholar, confirming the deliberate distortions made in the
Gospels. There are people in European countries who do not believe in
prophet-hood and divine revelation. If we were to try and collect their
statements with regard to the distortions it would require a separate
volume. We confine ourselves to the presentation of only two. Anyone
curious to know more should refer to their books which are easily
available all over the world. One of their scholars, Parker said:
The Protestants claim that the Old
and the New Testaments have been preserved and protected from the
slightest damage through an eternal and everlasting miracle, but this
claim is not strong enough to stand against the great army of variations
present in the Bible. The number of these is not less than thirty
thousand.
He seems to have based his remark
on Mill’s
findings. He avoided other statements which describe this number as being
up to one million. The author of Ecce Homo printed in London in
1813 said in the supplement to his book:
This is the list of the books
which are ascribed to Jesus by the ancient Christians. Some of them are
attributed to the Disciples and other follower”:
The
Books of Jesus
The books that are ascribed to
Jesus are seven in number.
1.
The letter that was written
to Achars, King of Odessia.
2.
.Epistle of Peter and Paul.
3.
The book of Parables and
Sermons.
4.
The Psalms, a collection of
his cryptic teachings to the disciples and followers.
5.
The book of Jugglery and
Magic.
6.
The book of Jesus and Mary.
7.
The Epistle that fell from
heaven in the 6th century AD.
The Books of Mary
The books that are ascribed to
Mary are eight in number.
1.
Her letter to lgnatius.
2.
Her letter to Siciliane.
3.
The Book of Mary.
4.
The biography of Mary and
her Sayings.
5.
The book of Christ’s
miracles.
6.
The book of questions put
to her by the elders and the young.
7.
The book of Solomon’s
ring.
The
Books of Peter
The books ascribed to Peter are eleven in number.
1.
The Gospel of Peter.
2.
The Acts of Peter.
3.
The Revelation of Peter I.
4.
The Revelation of Peter 11.
5.
His Epistle to Clement.
6.
The discourse of Peter and
Epian.
7.
The Teaching of Peter.
8.
The Sermon of Peter.
9.
The Mode of Peter’s
Prayer.
10.
The book of Peter’s
travels.
11.
The book of Peter’s
inferences.
The Books of John
The books ascribed to John
are nine.
1.
1.The Acts of John.
2.
2.The Gospel of John.
3.
The book of John's travels.
4.
The sayings of John.
5.
His Epistle to Andrew.
6.
The book of Mary's death.
7.
The story of Christ and his
descent from the cross.
8.
The Apocryphon of John.
9.
The Book of John's prayers.
The Books of Andrew
The books ascribed to Andrew are
two.
1.
The Gospel of Andrew.
2.
The Acts of Andrew.
The Books of Matthew
The books ascribed to Matthew are
two.
1.
The Gospel of Childhood.
2.
The Mode of Matthew’s
Prayers.
The Books of Philip
There are two books ascribed to
Philip.
1.
The Gospel of Philip.
2.
The Acts of Philip.
There is also the Gospel of
Bartholomew, ascribed to the Disciple Bartholomew.
The
Books of Thomas
The books that are ascribed to
Thomas are five.
1.
The Gospel of Thomas.
2.
The Acts of Thomas.
3.
The Gospel of Christ’s
childhood.
4.
The book of Thomas's travels.
5.
The book of Thomas’s
revelation.
The Books of James
The books ascribed to James are
three.
1.
The Gospel of James.
2.
The book of James.
3.
The book of of James's
travels.
The Books of Matthias
There are three books ascribed to
Matthias who is said to have been admitted among the disciples.
1.
The Gospel of Matthias.
2.
The traditions of Matthias.
3.
The acts of Matthias
The Books of Mark
The books that are a scribed to
Mark are three.
1.
The Gospel of Egyptians.
2.
The Prayers of Mark.
3.
The Book of Pishan Barhas.
The
Books of Barnabas
Barnabas was a disciple of the
Apostles, a descendant of Levi. His name was Joseph, and was called
Barnabas because he sold his farm gave the money to the Apostles for
preaching. The word signifies ‘son
of guidance’.
There
are two books ascribed to Barnabas.
1.
The Gospel of Barnabas.
2.
The Epistle of Barnabas.
The
Gospel of Theodotion is ascribed to Theodotion
The
Books of Paul
The number of books ascribed to
Paul, apart from those included in the New Testament, is fifteen.
1.
The Acts of Paul.
2.
The Acts of Thecla.
3.
The Epistle to the
Laodiceans.
4.
The Third Epistle to the
Thessalonians.
5.
The Third Epistle to the
Corinthians.
6.
The Epistle of the
Corinthians to Paul and his reply to them.
7.
His Epistle to the lonians
and their reply to him.
8.
The Apocalypse of Paul.
9.
The Second Revelation of
Paul.
10.
The Vision of Paul.
11.
The Ascent of Paul.
12.
The Gospel of Paul.
13.
The Sermon of Paul.
14.
The book of Spells of
Serpents.
15.
The book of Acts of Peter
and Paul.
The author of Ecce Homo
also said:
When the falsity of the Gospels,
the Revelations, and the Epistles is so evident, how can it be ascertained
that the genuine books are those which are acknowledged by the
Protestants, especially with the fact in mind that even these books also
had many alterations and additions before the invention of printing
machines. The difficulties are really serious.
