The Gospel of Judas: Controversy? or Enlightenment?

The Gospel of Judas was uncovered in Egypt in the 1970's and has now finally been restored and translated. Although several pages of the text were destroyed by the hands of time and an unlikely mishap at Burger King. This is no joke, the document was mistankingly left behind at a Burger King and several pages may have been mistankingly thrown away on food trays. Enough of the document has been restored to show a very different view of Judas and his relationship with Christ that has sparked a controversy in the Christian mainstream beliefs and the Catholic church.

The Gospel of Judas is alleged to be documented accounts from Judas's personal journal that were adapted and transferred to papyrus paper. The document details an in depth account of Jesus's last days on earth and the role that Judas was destined to fulfill. Many of the Gospels in the New Testament portray Judas as an evil do-er and a scoundrel. The Gospel of Judas portrays him in a much different light. It portrays him as Christ's most loved and deeply spiritual disciple. The controversy lies in the fact that it shows that Judas was not at all a traitor, in fact it states that Jesus himself asked Judas to betray him. Jesus knew that the betrayal had to occur for him to be sacrificed on the cross for the salvation of others. Jesus then told Judas that he would be cursed by the generations that followed, but that he would one day come to rule over them. The portrayal of Judas in the Gospel of Judas is quite the opposite of that in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.