Gnostic Gospels

Additional Biblical texts have been discovered, such as the Gospel of

Mary, which was part of the larger Berlin Gnostic Codex found in Egypt
in 1896.

Fifty further unused Biblical texts were discovered in Nag Hammadi in

Egypt in 1945, known as the Gnostic Gospels.

Among the Gnostic Gospels were the Gospel of Thomas—which

purports to be previously hidden sayings by Jesus presented in
collaboration with his twin brother—and The Gospel of Philip, which
implies a marriage between Jesus and Mary Magdalene . The original
texts are believed to date back to around 120 A.D.

The Book of Judas was found in Egypt in the 1970s. Dated to around
280 A.D., it is believed by some to contain secret conversations
between Jesus and his betrayer Judas.

These have never become part of the official Biblical canon, but stem
from the same traditions and can be read as alternative views of the
same stories and lessons. These texts are taken as indications of the
diversity of early Christianity.