Believed to have been written by Didymos Judas Thomas, portions of the Gospel
of St. Thomas were found at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt in the late 1800's. A complete
version was discovered in Coptic (an Egyptian language derived from the Greek
alphabet) at Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. Today, because of its more primitive
form -- it takes the form of “sayings” -- some scholarship dates the work to as
early as 40 A.D. which would place it before the four canonical gospels, and
some have called it the “fifth Gospel”  The canonized Gospels, which are
generally held to have been written about 70 A.D., are considered not to be in
their original form but have taken on embellishments and additions through
various versions and translations, a common pitfall of notoriety and
institutionalization.
"The Last
Supper"
by Peter Wood
 
Gospel of Thomas

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 The many layers of meaning are drawn out beautifully in The Gnostic Gospel of
St. Thomas: Meditations on the Mystical Teachings by Tau Malachi. Originally
composed as a series of letters to his circle in California, Malachi recommends
reading one per day. Indeed, one letter gives enough meaning and depth to
dwell on and carry with you for an entire day.  Below are links to just a few
sample letters that have spoken powerfully to the Agape Circle.
Saying 17
Excerpt from letter: “Rather than the drop of saltwater poured back into the
ocean, it as though the ocean pours through the drop of saltwater, so that the
individual and universal are perfectly self-aware as one self that is completely
selfless.”  Read more...
Saying 29
Excerpt from letter: “To speak of faith in God is something more than merely
believing in the existence of God.  Rather, it is belief with understanding in the
ever-more you can be in the Spirit of God, the ever-becoming of yourself and
the whole of creation, ever nearer and more like unto God itself.”  Read more...

Meditations on the
Gospel of St. Thomas
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 Saying 63
Excerpt from letter: “It must be understood that, while incarnation again and
again into the material plane of existence is, in a certain sense, bondage and
exile, at the same time it is a great blessing, for it is in the material plane of
existence that the soul has the greatest possibility for swift refinement and
evolution.”  Read more...