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

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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