The Original Gospel


Is This The Original Gospel of Yeshúa, or …?

The Gospel of the Holy Twelve (GHT):
The Gospel of the Perfect life of Yeshu-Marya the Christ
—Updated Version—

By: Tracy Phillip Osborne©
Introduction Page Chapters 1-5Chapters 6-9Chapters 10-20Chapters 21-30Chapters 31-40
Chapters 41-50Chapters 51-60Chapters 61-70Chapters 71-80Chapters 81-89Chapters 90-96

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Unraveling all of these elements is like unraveling a tangled ball of yarn that cats have been playing with for years!







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  1. The Catholic Apostolic Church, also known as the Irvingian Church or Irvingite Church, is a denomination in the Restorationist branch of Christianity that originated in Scotland around 1831. It spread to Germany and the United States and was organized in 1835 with a fourfold ministry of “apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastors.” Here are some key points about the Catholic Apostolic Church:
    Origins and Spread: The church was founded in Scotland around 1831 and later spread to Germany and the United States. It was organized in 1835 with a unique fourfold ministry structure.
    Edward Irving: The church is sometimes referred to as Irvingism or the Irvingian movement after Edward Irving (1792–1834), a clergyman of the Church of Scotland credited with organizing the movement.
    Fourfold Ministry: The Catholic Apostolic Church has a distinctive organizational structure with apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastors.
    Restorationist Beliefs: The church teaches the restoration to the universal church of prophetic gifts by the direct inspiration of the Holy Ghost.
    Schism and Emergence of Other Denominations: Due to internal schisms, other Irvingian Christian denominations emerged from the Catholic Apostolic Church. ↩︎
  2. “The first collected edition of essays (or ‘Lections’) by the author, a former clergyman, Rev. Gideon Jasper Richard Ouseley (1834–1906, son of Ralph Ouseley) was published in 1901. By the time of Ouseley’s death the title was out of print but the executor of his manuscript, Samuel Hopgood Hart (1865–1958) re-issued the text in 1924. There have been numerous editions published since the 1950s and the title remains in print and on the Internet.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gospel_of_the_Holy_Twelve ↩︎
  3. One Preface, in part, notes:
    “Their ‘Gospel of the Holy Twelve’ was communicated to the Editors, in numerous fragments at different times, by Emmanuel Swedenborg, Anna Kingsford, Edward Maitland, and a priest of the former century, giving his name as Placidus, of the Franciscan Order, afterwards a Carmelite. By them it was translated from the original, and given to the Editors in the flesh,
    to be supplemented in their proper places, where indicated, from the ‘Four Gospels’ (A.V.) revised where necessary by the same.
    “To this explanation, the Editors cannot add, nor from it take away. By the Divine Spirit was the Gospel communicated to the four above mentioned, and by them translated, and given to the writers; not in séance rooms (where too often resort the idle, the frivolous and the curious, attracting spirits similar to themselves, rather than the good), but ‘in dreams and visions of the night,’ and by direct guidance, has God instructed them by chosen instruments; and now they give it to the world, that some may be wiser unto Salvation, while those who reject it, remain in their blindness, until they will to see.” copied from www.thenazareneway.com/ght_table_of_contents.htm ↩︎
  4. So, this would not be fraud on Rev. Ouseley’s part. Suppose that I received the same revelations and then created my own version based exclusively upon the Gospel of Luke into which I inserted the revelations and admitted that this is what I had done, it would not be fraud. You might claim that I had been deceived but that would not be fraud.

    Separately, in later years after its’ publication and his death, Edmond Bordeaux Szekely claimed that he was given access to the Vatican Library where he translated another very similar recension of it along with other Essene writings. This, it was said, had been confiscated when it was presented by someone who brought it from the East. I studied it as well. It seems to me that he retranslated and edited The Gospel of the Holy Twelve (GHT). He (and Nicolas Notovitch who wrote “The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ”), most likely used Rev. Ouseley’s GHT to create their own works. Szekely called his retranslation, The Essene Humane Gospel of Jesus Christ. He also, wrote, “The Essene Gospel of Peace”. Was this fraud on his part? Here is a good discussion of it from Keith Akers: https://compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2014/02/18/pious-fraud-vegetarian-style/ and in contrast to his analysis of GHT: https://compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2014/02/12/dreams-and-visions-of-the-night/ ↩︎

References

References
1 From Melchizedek back to the beginning. The word, Melchizedek, translates to the King of Righteousness; but, if we change the vowels in zedek, we get the name Zadok. We then have, Zadok the King!
2 This Gospel began to be revealed in the late 1800’s. It subsequently was published with explanations of its origins and recovery. It is claimed to be the base from which the Four Canonical Gospels were originally constructed, before they themselves suffered from the editorial pen of the Roman “correctors”. It resembles a harmony of the 4-Gospels; However, it includes additional information that supports an ideology that was removed by “orthodoxy” long ago; And, whose truth strikes a pleasing chord within the heart of those sensing something missing in the scriptures and desiring the original. That is its true test!
There is a preface in one of its publications that says, it “was communicated . . . in numerous fragments at different times, by Emmanuel Swedenborg, Anna Kingsford, Edward Maitland, and a priest of the former century, giving his name as Placidus, of the Franciscan Order—afterwards, a Carmelite. By them it was translated from the original, and given to the Editors in the flesh, to be supplemented in their proper places, where indicated, from the “Four Gospels” (A.V.) revised where necessary by the same. To this explanation, the Editors cannot add, nor from it take away. By the Divine Spirit was the Gospel communicated to the four above mentioned, and by them translated, and given to the writers; not in séance rooms (where too often resort the idle, the frivolous and the curious, attracting spirits similar to themselves, rather than the good), but “in dreams and visions of the night,” and by direct guidance, has God instructed them by chosen instruments; and now they give it to the world, that some may be wiser unto Salvation, while those who reject it, remain in their blindness, till they will to see.” (“Explanatory Preface” From an early 20th century edition published in London.) [Note: The editors were working with the canonical Gospels that were corrupted long ago; Thus, this must be taken into account as new texts are discovered and fresh insights are gained.It was claimed by some that the Apostle John wrote it and sent it with a disciple to India-Tibet for safekeeping. It was translated and brought back West in the 1700’s or 1800’s, but confiscated by the RCC. E. Francis Udny believes it was translated by the hand of Francis Bacon: others by the Franciscan-Carmelite Monk named, Placidus, one of the four who delivered it to Rev. Ousley. Whatever the case may be in that regard, it was received by Rev. Ouseley through revelations, dreams, visions and direct guidance. So, what if? under Apostolic authority in ≈ the 50-60’s AD, a copy of this original was sent with disciples to the East and preserved? Centuries later, did, Bacon or Placidus, or surviving Essenes, or, Nestorians bring it back to the West from the East, as some think was done with Sefer Josippon? These assertions are presently beyond examination; then again, the same vagueness exists for the canonical Bible. However, one can research into original Judaism and Christianity (studying the redaction of the Tanakh and the Gospels, Vegetarianism, Reincarnation) and arrive at the same conclusions, aside from reading this Gospel account. Indeed, reading this will help you see what you will find in such research in a familiar format. It takes for granted, that the canonical old and new testaments are documents that long ago were reconstructed and edited from previous originals, even as modern scholarship with various scenarios now accepts. Its beauty is found by those who thirst for righteousness and read it. I tentatively give it primary status in the NT—the presupposition upon which the rest of the canonical New Testament was written. Paqid, Yo’el Ben Avraham, MA
There is similar book by Edward Bordeaux Szekely, called, The Essene Humane Gospel. It appears to be an edited version of The Gospel of the Perfect Life and may (speaking charitably) originate from a later branch of Nazarean Essenes. Along with other writings that Szekely translated, he claimed that he was given access to them by a priest in the Vatican library. His writings do not necessarily reflect the original Essenes nor our interpretations
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