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[David Aikema]

On 4/7/06, Timothy Butler <tbutler at ofb.biz> wrote:
> I thought I'd point out this link to the actual text of the Gospel of
> Judas:
>
>         http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/_pdf/GospelofJudas.pdf
>
>         It is a rather brief 7 pages (even if it had been theologically
> acceptable, I'm pretty certain it wouldn't have been fit for the
> canon, given the shortness, limited narrative of Jesus' life, etc.).

I wouldn't include shortness in my list of qualifications for
something to be canonical.  There are some rather short books in the
Bible (eg. Jude)

Dave