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As I mentioned earlier, the original manuscript for the Humane Gospel is not available for confirmation. The manuscript of the Gospel of the Holy Twelve is probably lost in Chinese occupied Tibet and the Akashic Records are held in poor regard by most Biblical scholars.
For these documents, then, we are forced to rely for proof of their validity on internal evidence within and between them and other established documents. All of these documents show Jesus as opposing animal sacrifice and favoring a vegetarian lifestyle. Most speak favorably about the concept of reincarnation and most also encourage respect and equality for women.
There is internal evidence within the Gospel of the Holy Twelve which suggests that it was written in ancient times. This evidence is thoroughly examined in a new version of this gospel titled "The Gospel of the Nazirenes" edited by Alan Wauters and Rick Van Wyhe. The authors examine texts written by the Roman Catholic church fathers and compare quotes from them which criticize Gnostic gospels with similar passages in the Gospel of the Holy Twelve.
There is one alternative gospel with well documented historic validity, though. This is the "Gospel of Thomas" which was found among the Nag Hammadi scrolls in Upper Egypt. Several passages in the Gospel of the Holy Twelve are quite similar to passages in the Gospel of Thomas. Here is a sample from the Gospel of the Holy Twelve:
Lection LII
9. As it is above, so it is below. As it is within, so it is without. As on the right hand, so on the left. As it is before, so it is behind. As with the great so with the small. As with the male, so with the female. When these things shall be seen, then ye shall see the kingdom of God.
10. For in me there is neither Male nor Female, but both are One in the All perfect. The woman is not without the man, nor is the man without the woman.
This passage bears a remarkable similarity to several sayings in the Gospel of Thomas.
(22) Jesus saw children who were being suckled. He said to his disciples: These children who are being suckled are like those who enter the Kingdom. They said to Him: Shall we then, being children, enter the Kingdom? Jesus said to them: When you make the two one, and when you make the inner as the outer and the outer as the inner and the above as the below, and when you make the male and the female into a single one, so that the male will not be male and the female not be female, when you make eyes in the place of an eye, and a hand in the place of a hand, and a foot in the place of a foot, and an image in the place of an image then shall you enter the Kingdom.
The following passage also contains similar correlations:
Lection LXVI
13. And one said unto him, Master, when shall the kingdom come? And he answered and said, When that which is without shall be as that which is within, and that which is within shall be as that which is without, and, the male with the female, neither male nor female, but the two in One. They who have ears to hear, let them hear.
Also compare this to the following passage from the Gospel of Thomas:
(106) Jesus said: When you make the two one, you shall become sons of Man, and when you say: "Mountain, be moved", it will be moved.
The mystical concept of "making the two one" is not found in the Bible but it is found abundantly in both the Gospel of the Holy Twelve and in the Gospel of Thomas.
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