The Gnostic Gospels: Were They Illegal?

A common theory is that the Nag Hammadi Library, a collection of Gnostic texts, were an illegal stash of books hidden from Orthodox Christian authorities. But recent scholarship has called this theory into question. Were the Gnostic Gospels legal?

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Bibliography:

Mark Goodacre: https://www.academia.edu/26053....912/How_reliable_is_

Nicola Denzey Lewis and Justine Ariel Blount: https://www.academia.edu/81059....63/_Rethinking_the_O

Brent Nongbri, "The Nag Hammadi Discovery Story," https://brentnongbri.com/2018/....08/20/the-nag-hammad

Tony Burke, "What Do We Talk About When We Talk About the Nag Hammadi Library?" http://www.tonyburke.ca/wp-con....tent/uploads/What-Do

Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices

Photo credits:

Amulet: https://commons.wikimedia.org/....wiki/File:Jasper_int

Coptic Magical Text: https://commons.wikimedia.org/....wiki/File:Coptic_mag

Book of the Dead: https://commons.wikimedia.org/....wiki/File:Imhotep%27

Byzantine Amuletic Armband: https://commons.wikimedia.org/....wiki/File:Byzantine_

Codex II: http://ccdl.libraries.claremon....t.edu/cdm/singleitem

Codex V Interior: http://ccdl.libraries.claremon....t.edu/cdm/singleitem

Gospel of Thomas manuscript: https://commons.wikimedia.org/....wiki/File:El_Evangel