Gospel of Thomas
Here the Gospel of Thomas will be presented as notes someone took while being taught how to read the sensus plenior of scripture. The term 'sensus plenior' is being used to refer to the hidden meaning of scripture which God intended, but of which the human author was not aware.
You will find many opinions about sensus plenior along a spectrum from a denial of it's existence to an admonishment that if it exists, we are not permitted to read it because we are not apostles.
With the view that the genre of Biblical revelation is that of sublime childish riddle, the sensus plenior would be expected to teach doctrine in agreement with New Testament doctrine. It is the revelation of Christ which provides the clues to solve the "mystery which has been hidden from the beginning".
After I had been studying sensus plenior for many years, I stumbled on the GOT and recognized that it appeared to be teaching the methods I was using. In order to have that background, I will briefly explain the rules used to constrain sensus plenior from being free-for-all allegory and then step through Thomas with interpretations which show that Thomas is consistent with sensus plenior. The discussion may include examples from scriptural sensus plenior using the notes from Thomas as the guide to interpretation.
I don't make the the claim that GOT should be scripture. But it would be similar to any modern book about the Bible. This may prove to be a bit of an embarrassment to those who have blindly parroted others saying that it is Gnostic or occult teaching. I believe that you will find the sensus plenior to be thoroughly orthodox in its doctrine of Christ.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Some rules for sensus plenior
- 3. Saying 1
- 4. Saying 2
- 5. Saying 3
- 6. Saying 4
- 7. Saying 5
- 8. Saying 6
- 9. Saying 7
- 10. Saying 8
- 11. Saying 9
- 12. Saying 10
- 13. Saying 11
- 14. Saying 12
- 15. Saying 13
- 16. Saying 14
- 17. Saying 15
- 18. Saying 16
- 19. Saying 17
- 20. Saying 18
- 21. Saying 19
- 22. Saying 20
- 23. Saying 21
- 24. Saying 22
- 25. Saying 23
- 26. Saying 24
- 27. Saying 25
- 28. Saying 26
- 29. Saying 27
- 30. Saying 28
- 31. Saying 29
- 32. Saying 30
- 33. Saying 31
- 34. Saying 32
- 35. Saying 33
- 36. Saying 34
- 37. Saying 35
- 38. Saying 36
- 39. Saying 37
- 40. Saying 38
- 41. Saying 39
- 42. Saying 40
- 43. Saying 41
- 44. Saying 42
- 45. Saying 43
- 46. Saying 44
- 47. Saying 45
- 48. Saying 46
- 49. Saying 47
- 50. Saying 48
- 51. Saying 49
- 52. Saying 50
- 53. Saying 51
- 54. Saying 52
- 55. Saying 53
- 56. Saying 54
- 57. Saying 55
- 58. Saying 56
- 59. Saying 57
- 60. Saying 58
- 61. Saying 59
- 62. Saying 60
- 63. Saying 61
- 64. Saying 62
- 65. Saying 63
- 66. Saying 64
- 67. Saying 65
- 68. Saying 66
- 69. Saying 67
- 70. Saying 68
- 71. Saying 69
- 72. Saying 70
- 73. Saying 71
- 74. Saying 72
- 75. Saying 73
- 76. Saying 74
- 77. Saying 75
- 78. Saying 76
- 79. Saying 77
- 80. Saying 78
- 81. Saying 79
- 82. Saying 80
- 83. Saying 81
- 84. Saying 82
- 85. Saying 83
- 86. Saying 84
- 87. Saying 85
- 88. Saying 86
- 89. Saying 87
- 90. Saying 88