the 4 gospels were chosen by the church hierarchy because they express that a church is hierarchy is necessary.
the gospels that say a church hierarchy is not necessary were left out.
not divine by whose standard?
of course Thomas contradicts the bible - the bible as the church wanted it compliled that is.
your arguements prove my point.
yes, the compilers did know what they were doing.
the other gospels depict an everyman version of Jesus that naturally discounts the necessity of having a structured hierarchy of leaders who are able to use the "divinity" of Jesus to hold and enforce power over the lay followers.
the 4 included gospels do touch on the subject, but are the best at saying what the early church hierarchy wanted the people to hear.
are you saying that the other gospels are not true accounts of Jesus? are you saying that the word of actual followers, disciples even, should be discounted as subjective depictions of his life and actions simply because the church dictates that they are not 'divine' enough??
why does the church need the accounts of the life, actions and words of Jesus to be a certain level of divine?