Gospels of Thomas and Philip and Truth - Syriac Christian Church

The Gospels stipulate that those worthy of salvation must transcend matrimony
(note that Lk 18:28-30 occurs after Lk 4:38-39); let us not forget that, according to
Gen 3:16, monandry was Eve's punishment for disobedience! Paul notwithstanding
permits a continuation of marriage among the Disciples.
• 15. Num 6:5, Lev 19:27, Mt 2:23 (Jud 13:5), Tr 21 || I-Cor 11:14
The Hebrew tradition was that long hair on male or female is a sign of holiness
and special devotion to God. Indeed the word at Mt 2:23 is ΝΑΖΩΡΑΙΟΣ (the LXX or
Septuagint term for Nazirite), not ΝΑΖΑΡΗΝΟΣ (i.e. someone from Nazareth). Were
not John the Baptist and Christ both thus consecrated from birth?
• 16. Mt 6:24-34, 10:8, Mk 10:13-31, Lk 10:38-42, 14:28-33, Ac 4:32-36 || Ac
18:1-3, I-Cor 11:34, II-Thes 3:612
Christ decrees a cessation of working for mammon, donating all private
possessions to the poor, and following thereafter a lifestyle both communal and
itinerant— without anxiety day-to-day like the birds and the flowers, with all shared
possessions being distributed equitably among those who have need— thus lifting
the curse of toil from mankind (Gen 3:17-19). Paul's advice, on the contrary, is to ‘eat
at home’ and avoid idlers, who must either work or go hungry.
• 17. Mt 11:25, 18:1-5, 21:16 (Ps 8:2), Mk 10:15, Th 4 || I-Cor 13:11
Yeshua teaches that one must become childlike in order to find the Kingdom of
Heaven; Paul says the exact opposite.
• 18. Mk 7:14-23, Lk 7:34 || Rom 14:21, I-Cor 8:13
Either we ought, or we ought not, to maintain some particular diet for religious
reasons. Yet Paul agrees with neither the OT's dietary rules (kashrut) nor the
Savior's remarkable midrash (commentary) thereupon.
• 19. Mt 12:19 (Isa 42:2), Lk 10:7 || Ac 17:16-34, 20:20
Paul preaches house-to-house, as well as in the streets and squares— contrary
to Christ's paradigm.
• 20. Mt 6:5-6 || I-Tim 2:8
Paul demands the very same outspoken prayer which Christ condemns as
exhibitionist; the Savior states that one should only pray in solitude and in secret,
never openly.
• 21. Mt 18:1-4, Mk 9:33-35, Lk 14:7-11 || II-Cor 11:5-12:13
Paul's recounting of his travels is insubordinately boastful and rivalrous— rather
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