The Gnostic Gospels: The Jesus Teachings Erased from the Bible | Before Churches

The Gnostic Gospels: The Jesus Teachings Erased from the Bible | Before Churches For nearly two thousand years, Christians have read the four Gospels — Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John — as the complete story of Jesus’ life and teachings. But in the sands of Egypt, in caves, monasteries, and forbidden libraries, scholars discovered something shocking: entire collections of Jesus’ teachings that never made it into the Bible. These are the Gnostic Gospels — mysterious, poetic, spiritual texts that describe a very different Jesus. A teacher of inner awakening. A revealer of hidden knowledge. A guide to discovering the divine within. In this episode, we uncover the full story of the Gnostic Gospels: where they came from, who wrote them, what they actually teach, and why the early Church fought so fiercely to suppress them. What emerges is a forgotten chapter of Christian history — one that reveals how diverse and contested the first centuries of Christianity truly were. Discover: • The radical teachings of Jesus found in the Gnostic texts • Why the Gospel of Thomas shocked early Church leaders • How the Gnostics understood salvation, the soul, and the “Kingdom within” • The political and theological battles that erased these writings for centuries • What these lost teachings reveal about early Christian spirituality #Gnosticism #GnosticGospels #LostGospels #GnosticJesus #gnosticchristianity Before Churches helps you learn about the world of the very first Christians and the early Churches. This was a time long before giant churches were built or the Bible was a single book. In each video, we tell the stories of Jesus's earliest followers and what their lives were like. You’ll hear simple, true stories about how they gathered in homes, how their beliefs grew, and what the world was like back then. Don’t forget to subscribe so you don't miss anything!