Friday 20 May 2011

Super St-John Shun

Every now and then we're blessed enough to get a copy of an early draft of one of the Gnostic Gospels. And this is a very lucky find. The Gospel according to St Eady was found just before the death of King Herod Herod Antipas. It was therefore written before the lifting of the injunction on the reporting of the facts surrounding certain events in the middle of his reign. It thus gives us an early glimpse of the conditions of secrecy under which early Christians had to operate, as they worked to share the gospel.


In that time, St JTB was thrown in prison by KHA. For KHA had married AB, a person of unspecified relationship to himself . And St JTB told him "it is unlawful for you to have your close but undefinable relative P's close relative by marriage. But KHA used to like to listen to what St JTB used to  say [editor's note - still under superinjunction]
But AB's daughter, SLME, came and danced for KHA. And he said "Tell me what you want, even unto half this unspecified kingdom." And SLME told him. But I'm not at liberty to share what it was. And KHA was most upset, but he had promised in front of all his guests [names withheld for legal reasons, apart from Silvio Berlusconi who was definitely there]. And so KHA had to give SLME what she asked for. And that's all I can tell you. Apart from JTB was a bit shorter the next time we saw him.  Now, I've said too much already.


St Eady later got into a lot of trouble, after breaking a super-injunction on revealing the hour and the day. That's one gagging order you don't want to land. And one Judge you don't argue with.

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